Organising authorities seeking approval to deny the right of appeal by using a ‘National Jury’ must remember there is an important condition in the rule.
Endorsed IRC certificates are those where the weight and measurements have been checked to ensure they don’t favour any boat and the integrity of the competition is upheld.
Competitors are sometimes upset because of something that happened and want it fixed. What to do about it though? The Racing Rules of Sailing provide the options.
Howard Elliott, International Judge, provides competitors and race officials an explanation of how the 2025-28 Racing Rules of Sailing 2025-2028 have been updated from 2021-24.
Competitors are sometimes upset because of something that you did and they want it fixed. What to do about it though? The Racing Rules of Sailing provide the options.
Competitors are sometimes upset because of something that happened and want it fixed. What to do about it though? The Racing Rules of Sailing provide the options.
Sailing is an equipment-based sport and trusting that other competitors' equipment meets the rules is incredibly important. Fortunately, the rules provide systems to deal with this and there are some great examples of it in play.