New Officials Accreditation Policy and Officials Complaints Policy
Australian Sailing has updated its policy framework for the accreditation and regulation of officials.
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Streamlined Re-Accreditation Requirements for Officials
Australian Sailing is pleased to announce a significant upgrade to the re-accreditation requirements for accredited officials
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What You Can Do About It – Part IV
Competitors, parents, coaches, and support persons sometimes demonstrate behaviour that is below the standard expected of participants in sailing. What to do about it though?
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Using Code Flag Y
Lifejackets are an easy and effective way to reduce risk while sailing, but they only help when they’re being worn. So, how do we ensure that competitors wear a lifejacket?
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To Jury, Or Not To Jury
Organising authorities of major events need to weigh up whether to have a jury or whether to allow for the possibility of appeals.
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Numbers, Insignia, Buttons and Stickers
To breeze though event registration competitors need to make sure that sails are not only measured, but they have the correct sail numbers, insignia, buttons and stickers.
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Calling for Room to Tack
One of the many changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing for the 2025-2028 cycle concerns rule 20. That rule deals with room to tack at an obstruction and hails.
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Appeals published to Australian Sailing website
Three new appeal decisions have been published to the Australian Sailing website.
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RRS changes for Officials and Competitors
Leading experts from around Australia explain changes in the RRS that competitors and race officials need to know.
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Faster appeal decisions
Changes in the Racing Rules of Sailing have significantly improved turn-around time on appeal decisions.
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Conditions for approving juries
Organising authorities seeking approval to deny the right of appeal by using a ‘National Jury’ must remember there is an important condition in the rule.
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Appeal published to Australian Sailing website
A new appeal has been published to the Australian Sailing website.
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The 2025-28 Racing Rules of Sailing are published
The 2025-28 Racing Rules of Sailing with Australian Sailing’s prescriptions have been published for competitors and race officials.
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Weights for IRC
Endorsed IRC certificates are those where the weight and measurements have been checked to ensure they don’t favour any boat and the integrity of the competition is upheld.
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What can you do about it – Part III
Competitors are sometimes upset because of something that happened and want it fixed. What to do about it though? The Racing Rules of Sailing provide the options.
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Study pack for the Racing Rules of Sailing is available
The study pack for the 2025-28 Racing Rules of Sailing is now available on the World Sailing website.
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Sails must be measured and stamped
In a new IRC rule introduced in 2024, all sails shall have a measurement sticker or stamp which includes its dimensions and sail area.
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On the 'new rules' with Howard Elliott
Howard Elliott, International Judge, provides competitors and race officials an explanation of how the 2025-28 Racing Rules of Sailing 2025-2028 have been updated from 2021-24.
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