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RACING RULES OF SAILING 2017-2020 - MAJOR CHANGES

12
Dec 2016

Every four years, on New Year’s Day of the year following the Olympic Sailing Competition, revised racing rules published by World Sailing take effect.

The new edition of the RRS follows consideration of suggested rules changes from Member National Authorities, Class Associations and race officials over the last four years. The 2017 - 2020 RRS apply for all events from 1 January 2017, but events which begin in 2016 may postpone this date via the notice of race and sailing instructions.

Copies of the new RRS are available to purchase from World Sailing or can be downloaded for free from the World Sailing website.

Below are links produced by renowned rules experts highlighting some of the important changes for 2017:

Article by Dick Rose on the rules that apply when boats meet. Most of the changes in the Part 2 rules are intended to simplify or clarify a rule and will not result in major game changes.

Overview of Significant Changes to RRS by Dave Perry