Rules Specialist Group Opinions

The Rules Specialist Group (“RSG”) is a group of Racing Rules experts who are tasked to answer Racing Rules questions for Australian Sailing. This group was created by the National Racing Rules and Officials Committee. The answers provided by the RSG are opinions of this specialist group and are not authoritative interpretations of the Racing Rules. 

The Group is comprised of International and National Umpires and Judges who volunteer their time and knowledge to help the sport of sailing. 

The current members of the Rules Specialist Group are:

• Steven Hatch
• John Standley
• David Brookes
• Richard Slater
• Damien Boldyrew
• Ed Vincent
• Phillipe Mazard

Below are the responses from the RSG to a variety of questions asked of Australian Sailing.