Owners’ Working Group
The Owners’ Working Group is to link owners of keelboats with Australian Sailing.
Ratings
News
Rollover preferences now stored in your revSPORT account
Clubs can now view and edit Season Rollover preferences right from within your revSPORT portal
Online Services
Equipment Auditor Accreditations on The Move
Australian Sailing is looking to accredit Equipment Auditors directly and remove the need for appointment by a club.
Safety
All Competitors as Club Members from January 2022
Clubs are reminded that from 1 January 2022 all competitors in any race are required to be a member of a club
Racing Rules
Rules Specialist Group Opinions
Another indication that the season is kicking off is the Rules Specialist Group being posed some questions which have been answered.
Racing Rules
Appeal Decisions Published
The season is well and truly kicked off again, resulting in two new appeal decisions being published to the Australian Sailing website.
Racing Rules
Visible Sail Numbers
As the season kicks off again it is a timely reminder that sail numbers need to be clear and visible for all Race Management to see.
Racing Rules
Appointment of Race Officials
The organising authority has the ultimate authority to appoint race officials including the protest and technical committees, and umpire teams.
Racing Rules
Race Entry and Insurance
Notices of Race always require entrants to have third party liability insurance but there is often variation between clubs and classes on how to capture, process and store evidence of insurances.
Racing Rules
Safety
The Three Things that Matter
Tom Duggan, International Race Officer and PRO for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, shares the secrets to running good races.
Racing Rules
World Sailing Resources Available
World Sailing have issued updated race management, umpiring and judging resources that supplement the 2021-24 Racing Rules of Sailing.
Racing Rules
Scoring under ORC Club
Races scored using the ORC Club rating system offers clubs and owners something above the arbitrary and often capricious nature of performance handicapping.
Racing Rules
Meaning of Hull
Changes in the 2021-24 Racing Rules of Sailing have led race officials to question World Sailing about what forms part of a boats hull.
Racing Rules
Working in the Cup with Richard Slater
From being Rules Advisor for Young Australia in 1999 to Chief Umpire for the 36th America’s Cup in 2021 Richard Slater has worked both sides of the Auld Mug.
Racing Rules
Australian Sailing working with Surf Life Saving in SA
Australian Sailing and Surf Life Saving collaborate to provide a first aid/safety course with a difference.
Safety
Equipment Auditor Accreditations on The Move
Australian Sailing is looking to accredit Equipment Auditors directly and remove the need for appointment by a club.
Safety
Anchor Comparison Data for Auditors
In the quest to keep weight down for racing, some yachts have been known to use a range of lightweight high tensile aluminum anchors.
Safety