Help Making Auditing Decisions
Help is available to Equipment Auditors who are faced with difficult decisions or uncertainty.
Safety
News
Equipment Auditor Accreditations Changes Completed
Australian Sailing has completed changes needed to accredit Equipment Auditors directly, and have removed the need for appointment by a club.
Safety
AIS Sat Phones and HF Radio
The electronic equipment required by the Special Regulations has been updated changing its requirements for Sat Phones and HF radio
Safety
Performance tips from Michael Blackburn
Michael Backburn offers some quickfire tips for racing under IRC or ORC.
Ratings
Proposing Rule Changes
Boat owners wanting to propose changes to rating rules should contact Australian Sailing.
Ratings
Owners’ Working Group
The Owners’ Working Group is to link owners of keelboats with Australian Sailing.
Ratings
Rollover preferences now stored in your revSPORT account
Clubs can now view and edit Season Rollover preferences right from within your revSPORT portal
Online Services
Equipment Auditor Accreditations on The Move
Australian Sailing is looking to accredit Equipment Auditors directly and remove the need for appointment by a club.
Safety
All Competitors as Club Members from January 2022
Clubs are reminded that from 1 January 2022 all competitors in any race are required to be a member of a club
Racing Rules
Rules Specialist Group Opinions
Another indication that the season is kicking off is the Rules Specialist Group being posed some questions which have been answered.
Racing Rules
Appeal Decisions Published
The season is well and truly kicked off again, resulting in two new appeal decisions being published to the Australian Sailing website.
Racing Rules
Visible Sail Numbers
As the season kicks off again it is a timely reminder that sail numbers need to be clear and visible for all Race Management to see.
Racing Rules
Appointment of Race Officials
The organising authority has the ultimate authority to appoint race officials including the protest and technical committees, and umpire teams.
Racing Rules
Race Entry and Insurance
Notices of Race always require entrants to have third party liability insurance but there is often variation between clubs and classes on how to capture, process and store evidence of insurances.
Racing Rules
Safety
The Three Things that Matter
Tom Duggan, International Race Officer and PRO for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, shares the secrets to running good races.
Racing Rules
World Sailing Resources Available
World Sailing have issued updated race management, umpiring and judging resources that supplement the 2021-24 Racing Rules of Sailing.
Racing Rules
Scoring under ORC Club
Races scored using the ORC Club rating system offers clubs and owners something above the arbitrary and often capricious nature of performance handicapping.
Racing Rules