Thoroughly agree

without protests and subsequent dealing with , matters and resentment can roll on such as Scooby and his "problem " ,

Something to be stressed to those begining racing so that it is a "normal " part of a race proceedure and one everyone is comfortable about .

One other thing that gets MY goat is when folk go off taliking about "i'm going to protest the committee " (this strangely seems more common than protesting competitors !)
When there is no course for such an action , when committees hear the "protest " word hackles come out , sleeves rolled up ready for a fight !

When the real issue and course of action is seeking redress which is the rectification of an error (without prejudice) by a race committee that affects a boats finishing position .Sounds much better!

I've sought redress from an international jury before and their opening line of attack was "so you 're the guy protesting the committee then " to which I replied "no thats not possible I'm seeking redress " they instantly calmed down and I got my OCS back .

Rules ,protests , redress and appeals have become a very forgotten part of most racing apart from the very high end .