78.2 When a
rule
requires a valid certificate to be produced or its
existence verified before a boat
races
, and this cannot be done, the boat may
race
provided that the appropriate
committee
receives a statement
signed by the person in charge that a valid certificate exists. The boat
shall produce the certificate or arrange for its existence to be verified
by the appropriate
committee
before the start of the last day of the event, or
of the first series, whichever is earlier. The penalty for breaking this
rule is disqualification without a hearing from all races of the event.