The Investec Loyal crewman cleared of asking a helicopter pilot for help during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race has described the episode as "silly".
Tactician Michael Coxon was the subject of a protest lodged by the race committee on Wednesday, when the supermaxi dramatically upset rival Wild Oats XI to cross the finish line first.
Coxon had asked an ABC pilot about Wild Oats' sails during a radio interview with the broadcaster on Tuesday morning.
An international jury accepted that Coxon was concerned about how the sails had fared after a night of enduring 30-knot winds because his company, had supplied them.
Coxon says a simple phone call would have cleared up the matter.
