Racing rules (sailing)
The racing rules of sailing ( English Racing Rules of Sailing ) regulate behavior during sailing, kite, windsurfing and model boat regattas. They are updated by World Sailing every four years (after the Olympics) . The current edition (2017-2020) came into force on January 1, 2017.
There are 92 rules, which are divided into 7 parts. Part 5 of this is further divided into sections A to D:
- Basic rules
- Encounter of boats
- Conducting a race
- Other requirements in a race
- Protests, Redress, Hearings, Misconduct, and Appeals (Sections A through D)
- Registration and qualification
- Organization of races
There are also appendices A to T (without I, O and Q).
literature
- Deutscher Seglerverband (Ed.): Racing rules sailing . 2017-2020. DSV-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-88412-498-7 .
Web links
- Ulrich and Wolfgang Finckh: For sailors and race officials. Retrieved February 8, 2020 .
- Racing Rules of Sailing. 2017 - 2020. WORLD SAILING, accessed on February 8, 2020 (English).