• Basic Principles
• Basic Principles Preamble
• Sportsmanship And The Rules
• Environmental Responsibility

• 1 Safety
  • 1.1, Helping Those in Danger,
  • 1.2, Life-Saving Equipment and Personal Flotation Devices
• 2 Fair Sailing
• 3 Decision To Race
• 4 Acceptance of the Rules
• 5 Rules Governing Organizing Authorities and Officials
• 6 World Sailing Regulations

Section A, When Boats Meet

• Preamble
• 10 On Opposite Tacks
• 11 On the Same Tack, Overlapped
• 12 On the Same Tack, Not Overlapped
• 13 While Tacking

Section B, General Limitations

• 14 Avoiding Contact
• 15 Acquiring Right of Way
• 16 Changing Course
• 17 On The Same Tack; Proper course

Section C, At Marks and Obstructions

• Preamble
• 18 Mark-Room
  • 18.1 When Rule 18 Applies
  • 18.2 Giving Mark-Room
  • 18.3 Tacking in the Zone
  • 18.4 Gybing in the Zone
• 19 Room To Pass An Obstrucion
  • 19.1 When Rule 19 Applies
  • Giving Room at an Obstruction
• 20 Room To Tack At An Obstruction
  • 20.1 Hailing
  • 20.2 Responding
  • 20.3 Passing On a Hail to an Addtional Boat
  • 20.4 Additional Requirements for Hails
Section D, Other Rules
• Preamble
• 21 Starting Errors; Taking Penalties; Backing A Sail
• 22 Capsized, Anchored Or Aground; Rescuing
• 23 Interfering With Another Boat

Conduct Of a Race

• 25 Notice Of Race; Sailing Instructions And Signals
• 26 Starting Races
• 27 Other Race Committee Actions Before The Starting Signal
• 28 Sailing The Course
• 29 Recalls
  • 29.1 Individual Recall
  • 29.2 General Recall
• 30 Starting Penalties
  • 30.1 I Flag Rule
  • 30.2 Z Flag Rule
  • 30.3 U Flag Rule
  • 30.4 Black Flag Rule
• 31 Touching A Mark
• 32 Shortening Or Abandoning After The Start
• 33 Changing The Next Leg Of The Course
• 34 Mark Missing
• 35 Race Time Limit And Scores
• 36 Races Restarted Or Resailed
• 37 Search and Rescue Instructions

Preamble
Section A, General Requirements

• 40 Personal Flotaion Devices
  • 40.1 Basic Rule
  • 40.2 When Rule 40.1 Applies
• 41 Outside Help
• Propulsion
  • 42.1 Basic Rule
  • 42.2 Prohibited Actions
  • 42.3 Exceptions
• 43 Exoneration
• 44 Penalties At The Time Of An Incident
  • 44.1 Taking a Penalty
  • 44.2 One-Turn and Two-Turns Penalties
  • 44.3 Scoring Penalty
• 45 Hauling Out; Making Fast; Anchoring
• 46 Person In Charge
• 47 Trash Disposal

Section B, Equipment-Related Requirements

• 48 Limitations on Equipment And Crew
• 49 Crew Position; Lifelines
• 50 Competitor Clothing And Equipment
• 51 Movable Ballast
• 52 Manual Power
• 53 Skin Friction
• 54 Forestays And Headsail Tacks
• 55 Setting and Sheeting Sails
  • 55.1 Changing Sails
  • 55.2 Spinnaker Poles; Whisker Poles
  • 55.3 Sheeting Sails
  • 55.4 Headsails and Spinnakers
• 56 Fog Signals and Lights; Traffic Separaion Schemes; Tracking Systems

Preamble
Section A, Protest; Redress; Support Persons

• 60 Protests
  • 60.1 Right to Protest
  • 60.2 Intention to Protest
  • 60.3 Delivering a Protest
  • 60.4 Protest Validity
  • 60.5 Protest Decisions
• 61 Redress
  • 61.1 Requesting or Considering Redress
  • 61.2 Requests for Redress
  • 61.3 Invalid Requests
  • 61.4 Redress Decisions
• 62 Support Persons

Section B, Hearings And Making Decisions

• Preamble
• 63 Conduct Of Hearings
  • 63.1 Rights of Parties
  • 63.2 Hearings
  • 63.3 Conflict of Interest
  • 63.4 Hearing Procedure
  • 63.5 Decisions
  • 63.6 Informing the Parties and Others
  • 63.7 Reopening a Hearing
• 64 Discretionary Penalties
• 65 Legal Liability And Costs

Section C, Misconduct

• 69 Misconduct
  • 69.1 Obligation not to Commit misconduct; Resolution
  • 69.2 Action by a Protest Committee
  • 69.3 Action by a National Authority and World Sailng

Section D, Appeals

• 70 Appeals And Requests To A National Authority
• 71 National Authority Decisions
• 72 Interpretations

Entry And Qualification

• 75 Entering An Event
• 76 Exclusion Of Boats Or Competitors
• 77 Indentification On Sails
• 78 Compliance With Class Rules; Certificats
• 79 Categorization
• 80 Rescheduled Event

Event Organization

• 85 Changes To Rules
• 86 Changes To The Racing Rules
• 87 Changes To Class Rules
• 88 National Prescriptions
  • 88.1 Prescriptions that Apply
  • 88.2 Changes to Prescriptions
• 89 Organiing Authority; Notice Of Race; Appointment Of Race Officials
  • 89.1 Organizing Authority
  • 89.2 Notice of Race; Appointment of Race Officials
• 90 Race Committee; Sailing Instructions, Scoring
  • 90.1 Race Committee
  • 90.2 Sailing Instructions
  • 90.3 Scoring
• 91 Protest Commitee
• 92 Technical Committee

Scoring

• A1 Number of Races
• A2 Series Scores
• A3 Starting Times And Finishing Places
• A4 Scoring System
• A5 Scores Determined By The Race Committee
• A6 Changes In Places And Scores Of Other Boats
• A7 Race Ties
• A8 Series Ties
• A9 Guidance On Redress
• A10 Scoring Abbreviations

Match Racing Rules

• Preamble
• C1 Terminology
• C2 Changes To The Definitions And The Rules Of Parts 1, 2, 3 And 4
• C3 Race Signals And Changes To Related Rules
  • C3.1 Starting Signals
  • C3.2 Changes to Related Rules
  • C3.3 Finishing Line Signals
• C4 Requirements Before The Start
• C5 Signals By Umpires
• C6 Protests And Requests For Redress By Boats
  • C6.5 Umpire Decisions
  • C6.6 Protest Committee Decisions
• C7 Penalty System
  • 7.1 Deleted Rule
  • 7.2 All Penalties
  • 7.3 Penalty Limitations
  • 7.4 Taking and Completing Penalties
• C8 Penalties Initiated By Umpires
• C9 Requests For Redress Or Reopening; Appeals; Other Proceedings
• C10 Scoring
• C11 Ties
  • C11.1 Round-Robin Series
  • C11.2 Knockout Series
  • C11.3 Remaining Ties

Team Racing Rules

• Preamble
• D1 Changes To The Racing rules
  • D1.1 Definitions and the Rules of Part 2 and 4
  • D1.2 Protests and Requests for Redress
  • D1.3 Penalties
• D2 Umpired Races
  • D2.1 When Rule D2 Applies; Redress and Breaksdowns
  • D2.2 Protests by Boats
  • D2.3 Umpire-Initiated Decisions
  • D2.4 Signalling an Umpire Decision
  • D2.5 Taking a Penalty Signalled by an Umpire
  • D2.6 Limitations on Other Proceedings
• D3 Scoring A Race
• D4 Scoring An Event
  • D4.1 Terminology
  • D4.2 Event Format
  • D4.3 Scoring a Round-Robin Stage
  • D4.4 Round-Robin Tie Breaks
  • D4.5 Scoring a Knockout Stage
• D5 Breaksdowns When Boats Are Supplied By The Organizing Authority

Special Procedures For Rule 42

• Preamble
• P1 Observers and Procedures
• P2 Penalties
  • P2.1 First Penalty
  • P2.2 Second Penalty
  • P2.3 Third and Subsequent Penalties
  • P2.4 Penalties Near the Finishing Lin
• P3 Postponement, General Recall Or Abandonment
• P4 Redress Limitation
• P5 Flags O and R
  • P5.1 When Rule P5 Applies
  • P5.2 Before the Starting Signal
  • P5.3 After the Starting Signal