These guides, updated to conform to the rules in this edition of the The Racing Rules of Sailing, are available, in various formats, at the World Sailing website at sailiing.org/racingrules/documents. National authorities are encouraged to translate the guides, and World Sailing will make translated versions available at that website.
The guides, which will have a two-letter designation starting with 'K' or 'L', may be downloaded either as PDF documents or as Word documents. This will enable users to easily and quickly create, using the tested wording in the guides, either the notice of race or the sailing instructions, or both, for a particular event.
Suggestions for improving these guides are welcome and should be sent to rules@sailing.org.
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April 2025
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July 2017
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November 2019
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November 2019
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July 2017
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March 2025
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January 2020
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October 2018
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December 2018
Team Race Rapid Response Calls
February 2016
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November 2019
US Appeals
September 2025
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World Sailing Judges Manual
September 2025
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