The Racing Rules of Sailing are published in English by World Sailing and will always take precedence over any translation, unless the translation of a particular racing rule has the status of a rule change as provided for in rules 85 and 86.

When, as a consequence of breaking a rule, a boat has compelled another to break rule 30.3 or 30.4, and that boat did return to the pre-start side of the starting line, start correctly, sail the course and finish, the protest committee should exonerate her for breaking either rule 30.3 or 30.4,

 Basic Principles – Sportsmanship and the Rules provides that when competitors break a rule they will promptly take a penalty, which may be to retire. Any procedure regarding retirement after finishing stated in the sailing instructions shall be followed as soon as the boat becomes aware of the breach. 

 If a boat is entitled to redress under rule 62, a qualifying series shall be considered as a separate series in the regatta. 

 In an event using a handicap/rating system, if no rule contains any provision for rounding a boat’s corrected time, rounding to any unit of time is incorrect.