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RACING RULES GUIDANCE

Under the umbrella of its Racing Charter, the RYA provides guidance on the Racing Rules of
Sailing. The guidance offered is the opinion of experts and is not a binding interpretation of
the rules, nor will it be appropriate for all racing.

1 GUIDANCE BOOKS
The RYA has produced two guidance books which are available free of charge on the
World Sailing racing rules of sailing app (a partnership between World Sailing and the
RYA – see www.rya.org.uk/go/wsapp), the RYA website at www.rya.org.uk/racingrules,
or by clicking on www.rya.org.uk/go/RRSguidance. The books are available as eBooks
or as PDF files – eBooks are recommended as they provide automatic notification of
updates.

RYA CASE BOOK
The RYA Case Book contains illustrative and persuasive, but not binding, interpretations
and explanations of the rules.

RYA RACING RULES GUIDANCE
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This book, which contains three categories of guidance :
 General Guidance
 RYA Rules Disputes Procedures
 Guidance Primarily for Race Officials

The books will be updated as required, but at least annually in December. Additions and
changes between updates are published on the RYA’s website. Guidance in this book
which is new or changed since the previous December is sidelined.

2 ADVISORY SERVICES
The RYA also provides advisory services. The RYA Racing Rules Committee provides
an advisory service to help individuals, protest committees, clubs, classes and other
organisations with their interpretation of the racing rules. This is intended to offer prompt
informal advice without the delays inherent in a formal appeal. The RYA Race
Management Committee provides advice on race management issues, including the
writing of notices of race and sailing instructions.

The RYA Racing Charter and its application can be found at the front of the RYA edition of
the Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020 (yellow pages after the Definitions).

Details of other RYA racing rules publications can be found on the back page of this book.

Comments or questions are welcome and should be made by email to the RYA at
racingrules@rya.org.uk.

Editor:

Gordon Stredwick
RYA Racing Rules Manager

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The date on each guidance is the date it was last updated
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