The ISAF-appointed independent international jury will be hearing four cases during the Lisbon stopover after alleged breaches of sailing rules during Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race.
– Team SCA piling on pressure in Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7
– Team Brunel grab advantage over MAPFRE and overall leaders ADOR
– Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing report two cases of sickness on board
Team SCA are to answer two cases: that they sailed against the traffic flow in a Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS), and, additionally, into a Rhode Island Sound exclusion zone.
Dongfeng Race Team and MAPFRE are also facing protests that they sailed against the traffic flow in a TSS.
The Race Committee has brought all the cases to the jury, If a penalty is to be given, the jury has discretion on what it will be.
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— Volvo Ocean Race (@volvooceanrace) May 26, 2015
No date has yet been set for the hearings although race organisers say they want to have them settled as soon as possible following the fleet’s expected arrival in Lisbon on Wednesday (May 27).
