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Description & Qualifications for Judges
The CYA's Judge Program has been developed to provide qualified, trained individuals to act as judges and protest committee chairs, as well as providing an opportunity to enthusiastic sailors who are keen to be involved in conducting fair protest hearings at all levels of competition.
There are three levels in the CYA Judge Programme plus the ISAF International Judge:
- Club Judge
- Regional Judge
- National Judge
- International Judge
* A CYA certified race official is working on behalf of CYA, and therefore covered by the Director and Officer Liability Policy (see CYA website), as long as the following conditions are met. To be eligible, a race officer must be:
- currently certified, at any level, as a CYA race officer. The person must be certified at least as either a Club Judge, Assistant Race Officer, or Canadian Umpire
- a member of a CYA member yacht club
- working on a volunteer basis at the named event/series
- using the current racing rules of sailing**
**According to Rule 89.1 in the 2009-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing the organizing authority of a race must be (1) the ISAF, (2) a member national authority of ISAF (CYA), (3) a member club or organization of a national authority (CYA) or (4) an unaffiliated member club/organization that is working in conjuction with a member club/organization AND that has been approved by the national authority (CYA) and ISAF.
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