HMMM-KAY...

This is the actual decision, which helps us get in the jury's head a bit:
http://noticeboard.volvooceanrace.c...l-Case-9-Telefonica-rudders-revised3.pdf

The issue is that the replacement rudders do not meet the "like for like" requirement, which is above and beyond the class rules.

This is a tough call, but makes a lot of sense. The jury admits that they don't believe there would be a performance advantage to using the replacement rudders, but would be foolish to allow their use, only to be proven wrong later.

In the first post here, it was stated that rudders were "lost" which would make repair not an option. Since they have two weeks to repair them (and apparently, none were actually lost), I'm sure that repairing them won't be an issue (looking back at all the other miraculous repairs that have been done throughout this race with shorter timelines and remote locations).

Mike