All,
I'll be having words; I initially thought this bloke was a learner from the back of the fleet (and so IMO it's better to have a quiet word), I later found he was near the front and should know better.
The issue can be that if you protest every offence you get a rep for being a bit agressive - but as others have said, the rule obayence in parts of the UK fleet is in a shocking state (this litte event has shown me how bad it is when P vs S is getting ignored, I'm gioing to be protesting people from now on.
One other problem (that I am trying to get addredssed) is that my club ususally hold protests after racing each day, but I have a young family and so want/need to get back to them; I've asked the club to holds protests the following week at lunch time.
We'll see what happens !