Racing Rules of Sailing
The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) governs the sport of sailboat, sailboard and kite board racing. It is revised and published every four years by World Sailing. The 2021-2024 version with Australian Sailing prescriptions is available to download. The 2025-2028 version is also available to download, effective from 1 Jan 2025.
All rule references within the ‘Blue Book’ are bookmarked allowing for easy navigation throughout the publication.
2025-2028 Racing Rules of Sailing 2025-2028 Racing Rules of Sailing ‘Blue Book’ with Australian Sailing prescriptions. 2021-2024 Racing Rules of Sailing |
Summary of changes to 2025-2028 Racing Rules of Sailing World Sailing and Australian Sailing have produced documents and presentations to assist with learning what changes were made to the 2025-2028 version of the RRS WS 2025-2028 RRS World Sailing (Study Version) WS 2025-2028 RRS Changes & Corrections AS Changes to the RRS – Presentation Article |
Introductory Rules of Racing These rules are experimental and are written for off the beach sailors who are starting to race small dinghies and have no more than 2 years of racing experience. Their intended used would be for a Green Fleet regatta. |
