2020 – 2021 Polar Bear Hearings and Decisions

Protest & Redress Forms:

https://www.sailing.ca/uploads/2019/09/Sail_Canada_protest_form_2013.pdf

https://www.sailing.ca/uploads/2019/09/Sail_Canada_redress_form_20133.pdf

Hearings on Zoom:

Hearings during the 2020 – 2021 Series may be held on Zoom, a video conferencing solution available for PC, Mac, most mobile phones and tablets. Please notify the race committee before the hearing at racing@vancouverrowingclub.ca if you are unable to use or operate Zoom.

  1. Participants will be provided with a Zoom call URL link and a date and time to call in via email. This time will be 15 minutes prior to the start of the hearing to ensure there are no technical issues.
  2. Parties and their witnesses will be assigned to Breakout Rooms until the start of the hearing.
  3. Only the parties will be pulled into the main Hearing Room to begin the hearing.
  4. Witnesses will independently be pulled into the Hearing Room when called for testimony, and then returned to their Breakout Room until the conclusion of the hearing, in case further testimony or clarification is required.
  5. During deliberation, all parties will be assigned to their Breakout Rooms until a hearing decision of the Protest Committee is ready to be presented to the parties.
  6. Parties will be brought back to the Hearing Room for a reading of the decision.
  7. Once the decision has been read, all witnesses will be brought into the main Hearing Room and everyone will be thanked and dismissed.

    8. In-person Hearings at Vancouver Rowing Club:

    Hearings may also be held in person at VRC, at the discretion of the Chief Judge, using strict PPE and physical distancing protocols.

    Unless otherwise directed, parties and witnesses attending an in-person hearing should report to the office located atop Vancouver Rowing Club prior to the hearing time to be directed to the Hearing Room. Please note public parking is available on Stanley Park Drive and the large lot opposite the club, across Stanley Park Drive. The lot nearest the club is for permit holders only.

    1. The hearing room will enable each judge, party and/or witness to remain at least 2 metres from one another
    2. Masks and hand sanitizer will be available to judges, parties and witnesses if needed.
    IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PARTIES TO ENSURE THEIR WITNESSES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
    Hearing Race Protestor Protest/Redress Protestee Date/Time/Location Decision Rule(s)
    1 Oct 25 – Race 1 Blue Joy Redress Race Committee Nov 4 @ 7:30PM (Zoom) Request denied RRS 27.1; Definition of Finish; RRS A5

    2020 – 2021 Polar Bear Series Protest Committee:
    Tom Sitar, NJ – Chief Judge
    Paul Martin, CJ
    Gord McKee, CJ
    Jennifer Ross, CJ/NRO
    David Trigg, CJ
    Wm. (Bill) Lutz, CRO
    Jim Allan

    Take me back to Polar Bear.