
APPENDIX B WINDSURFING FLEET RACING RULES
Windsurfing fleet races (including marathon races) shall be sailed
under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix. The
term ‘boat’ elsewhere in the rules means ‘board’ or ‘boat’ as
appropriate. A marathon race is a race intended to last more than
one hour.
Note: Links to windsurfing rules for some other formats or
competitions can be found on the World Sailing website.
CHANGES TO THE DEFINITIONS
The definitions Mark-Room, and Tack, Starboard or Port are changed
to:
Mark-Room Mark-Room for a board is room to sail her proper course
to round or pass the mark.
Tack, Starboard or Port A board is on the tack, starboard or port,
corresponding to the competitor’s hand that would be nearer the mast
if the competitor were in normal sailing position with both hands on
the wishbone and arms not crossed. A board is on starboard tack when
the competitor’s right hand would be nearer the mast and is on port
tack when the competitor’s left hand would be nearer the mast.
The definition Zone is deleted.
Add the following definitions:
Capsize A board is capsized when she is not under control because
her sail or the competitor is in the water.
Rounding or Passing A board is rounding or passing a mark from
the time her proper course is to begin to manoeuvre to round or pass
it, until the mark has been rounded or passed.
B1 CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 1
[No changes.]
B2 CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 2
13 WHILE TACKING
Rule 13 is changed to:
After a board passes head to wind, she shall keep clear of other
boards until her sail has filled. During that time rules 10, 11 and
12 do not apply. If two boards are subject to this rule at the same
time, the one on the other’s port side or the one astern shall keep
clear.
16.1 CHANGING COURSE OR POSITION OF EQUIPMENT
Rule 16.1 is changed to:
When a right-of-way board changes course or the position of
her equipment, she shall give the other board room to keep
clear.
17 ON THE SAME TACK BEFORE A REACHING START
Rule 17 is changed to:
When, at the warning signal, the course to the first mark is
approximately ninety degrees from the true wind, a board
overlapped to leeward of another board on the same tack during
the last 30 seconds before her starting signal shall not sail above
before her starting signal shall not
sail above her shortest course through the starting line to the
first mark while they remain overlapped if as a result the other
board would need to take action to avoid contact, unless in
doing so she promptly sails astern of the other board.
18 MARK-ROOM
18.1 When Rule 18 Applies
The first sentence of rule 18.1(a) is changed to:
Rule 18 applies between boards when they are required to
leave a mark on the same side and at least one of them is
rounding or passing it.
18.2 Giving Mark-Room
Rule 18.2(a) is changed to:
(a) When the first of two boards is rounding or passing the
mark,
(1) if the boards are overlapped, the outside board shall
give the inside board mark-room;
(2) if the boards are not overlapped, the board clear astern at that moment shall give the other board
mark-room.
When a board is required to give mark-room by rule
18.2(a), she shall continue to do so for as long as this rule
applies, even if later an overlap is broken or a new
overlap begins.
Rule 18.2(b) is changed to:
(b) Rule 18.2(a) no longer applies if the board entitled to
mark-room passes head to wind.
Rule 18.3 is deleted.
18.4 Gybing or Bearing Away
Rule 18.4 is changed to:
When an inside overlapped right-of-way board must gybe or
bear away at a mark to sail her proper course, until she gybes or
bears away she shall sail no farther from the mark than needed
to sail that course. Rule 18.4 does not apply at a gate mark.
22 CAPSIZED; AGROUND; RESCUING
Rule 22 is changed to:
22.1 If possible, a board shall avoid a board that is capsized or has not
regained control after capsizing, is aground, or is trying to help
a person or vessel in danger.
22.2 If possible, a board that is capsized or aground shall not interfere
with another board.
23 INTERFERING WITH ANOTHER BOARD; SAIL OUT OF WATER
Add new rule 23.3:
23.3 In the last minute before her starting signal, a board shall have
her sail out of the water and in a normal position, except when
accidentally capsized.
B3 CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 3
26 STARTING RACES
Rule 26 is changed to:
26.1 System 1 (for Upwind Starts)
Races shall be started by using the following signals. Times shall
be taken from the visual signals; the absence of a sound signal
shall be disregarded.
Minutes before starting signal |
Visual signal |
Sound signal |
Means |
5* |
Class flag |
One |
Warning signal |
4 |
P, I, U, or black flag |
One |
Preparatory signal |
1 |
Preparatory flag removed |
One long |
One minute |
0 |
Class flag removed |
One |
Starting signal |
* or as stated in the notice of race or sailing instructions
The warning signal for each succeeding class shall be made with
or after the starting signal of the preceding class.
26.2 System 2 (for Reaching Starts)
Races shall be started by using the following signals. Times shall
be taken from the visual signals; the absence of a sound signal
shall be disregarded.
Minutes before starting signal |
Visual signal |
Sound signal |
Means |
3 |
Class flag |
|
Attention signal |
2 |
Red flag; attention signal removed |
One |
Warning signal |
1 |
Yellow flag; red flag removed |
One |
Preparatory signal |
1/2 |
Yellow flag removed |
|
30 second |
0 |
Green flag |
One |
Starting signal |
26.3 System 3 (for Beach Starts)
(a) When the starting line is on the beach, or so close to the
beach that the competitor must stand in the water to start,
the start is a beach start.
(b) The starting stations shall be numbered so that station 1 is
the most windward one. Unless the sailing instructions
specify some other system, a board’s starting station shall
be determined
(1) by ranking (the highest ranking board on station 1,
the next highest on station 2, and so on), or
(2) by draw.
(c) After boards have been called to take their positions, the
race committee shall make the preparatory signal by
displaying a red flag with one sound. The starting signal
shall be made, at any time after the preparatory signal, by
removing the red flag with one sound.
(d) After the starting signal each board shall take the shortest
route from her starting station to the water and then to her
sailing position without interfering with other boards. Part
2 rules will apply when both of the competitor’s feet are
on the board.
30 STARTING PENALTIES
Rule 30.2 is deleted.
31 TOUCHING A MARK
Rule 31 is changed to:
A board may touch a mark but shall not hold on to it.
B4 CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 4
42 PROPULSION
Rule 42 is changed to:
A board shall be propelled only by the action of the wind on
the sail and by the action of the water on the hull or its
appendages. However, pumping and fanning the sail is
permitted. The board shall not be propelled by paddling,
swimming or walking.
44 PENALTIES AT THE TIME OF AN INCIDENT
Rule 44 is changed to:
44.1 Taking a Penalty
A board may take a 360°-Turn Penalty when she may have
broken one or more rules of Part 2 in an incident while racing.
Alternatively, the notice of race or sailing instructions may
specify the use of some other penalty, in which case the
specified penalty shall replace the 360°-Turn Penalty.
However, if the board caused injury or serious damage or,
despite taking a penalty, gained a significant advantage in the
race or series by her breach, her penalty shall be to retire.
44.2 360°-Turn Penalty
After getting well clear of other boards as soon after the
incident as possible, a board takes a 360°-Turn Penalty by
promptly making a 360° turn with no requirement for a tack or
a gybe. When a board takes the penalty at or near the finishing
line, her hull shall be completely on the course side of the line
before she finishes.
50 COMPETITOR CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT
Rule 50.1(a) is changed to:
(a) Competitors shall not wear or carry clothing or equipment
for the purpose of increasing their weight. However, a
competitor may wear a drinking container that shall have
a capacity of no more than 1.5 litres.
PART 4 RULES DELETED
Rules 45, 48.2, 49, 50.1(c), 50.2, 51, 52, 54, 55 and 56.1 are
deleted.
B5 CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 5
60 PROTESTS
60.2 Intention to Protest
Rule 60.2(a)(1) is changed to:
(a) If a protest concerns an incident observed by the
protestor in the racing area:
(1) If the protestor is a board, she shall hail ‘Protest’ at
the first reasonable opportunity. She shall also inform
the race committee of her intention to protest as soon
as practicable after she finishes or retires.
60.3 Delivering a Protest
Add to rule 60.3(a):
This rule does not apply to a race in an elimination series that
will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event.
60.4 Protest Validity
In rule 60.4(a), delete ‘or did not see’.
61 REDRESS
61.4 Redress Decisions
In rule 61.4(b)(2) and 61.4(b)(3), change ‘injury or physical
damage’ to ‘injury, physical damage or capsize’.
63 CONDUCT OF HEARINGS
63.4 Hearing Procedure
Add to rule 63.4:
However, for an elimination series race that will qualify a
board to compete in a later stage of an event, protests and
requests for redress need not be in writing; they shall be made
orally to a member of the protest committee as soon as
reasonably possible following the race. The protest committee
may take evidence in any way it considers appropriate and may
communicate its decision orally.
63.5 Decisions
Rule 63.5(d) is changed to:
(d) If the protest committee is in doubt about a matter
concerning the measurement of a board, the meaning of a
class rule, or damage to a board, it shall refer its
questions, together with the relevant facts, to an authority
responsible for interpreting the rule. In making its
decision, the committee is bound by the authority’s reply.
63.6 Informing the Parties and Others
Add to rule 63.6(b):
This rule does not apply to a race in an elimination series that
will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event.
70 APPEALS AND REQUESTS TO A NATIONAL AUTHORITY
Rule 70.3(b) is changed to:
(b) that are essential to promptly determine the result of a
race that will qualify a board to compete in a subsequent
event (a national authority may prescribe that its
permission is required for such a procedure);
Add new rule 70.3(e):
(e) made in an elimination series that will qualify a board to
compete in a later stage of an event.
B6 CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 6
78 COMPLIANCE WITH CLASS RULES; CERTIFICATES
Add to rule 78.1: ‘When so prescribed by World Sailing, a
numbered and dated device on a board and her centreboard, fin
and rig shall serve as her measurement certificate.’
B7 CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 7
90 RACE COMMITTEE; SAILING INSTRUCTIONS;
SCORING
The last sentence of rule 90.2(c) is changed to: ‘Oral instructions
may be given only if the procedure is stated in the sailing
instructions.’
B8 CHANGES TO APPENDIX A
A1 NUMBER OF RACES; OVERALL SCORES
Rule A1 is changed to:
The number of races scheduled and the number required to be
scored to constitute a series shall be stated in the notice of race
or sailing instructions; see rule 90.3(a). If an event includes
more than one discipline or format, the notice of race or sailing
instructions shall state how the overall scores are to be
calculated.
A2 SERIES SCORES
Rule A2.1 is changed to:
Each board’s series score shall, subject to rule 90.3(b), be the
total of her race scores excluding her
(a) worst score when from 5 to 11 races have been scored, or
(b) two worst scores when 12 or more races have been
scored (see rule 90.3(a)).
However, the notice of race or sailing instructions may make a
different arrangement. If a board has two or more equal worst
scores, the score(s) for the race(s) sailed earliest in the series
shall be excluded. The board with the lowest series score wins
and others shall be ranked accordingly.
A5 SCORES DETERMINED BY THE RACE COMMITTEE
Add new rule A5.4:
A5.4 For an elimination series race that will qualify a board to
compete in a later stage of an event, a board that did not sail
the course, retired or was disqualified shall be scored points
equal to the number of boards permitted to sail in that race.
A8 SERIES TIES
Rule A8 is changed to:
A8.1 If there is a series-score tie between two or more boards, each
board’s excluded race scores shall be listed in order of best to
worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie
shall be broken in favour of the board(s) with the best excluded
race score(s).
A8.2 If a tie remains between two or more boards, each board’s race
scores, including excluded scores, shall be listed in order of best
to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the
tie shall be broken in favour of the board(s) with the best
score(s). These scores shall be used even if some of them are
excluded scores.
A8.3 If a tie still remains between two or more boards, they shall be
ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining
ties shall be broken by using the tied boards’ scores in the nextto-
last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall
be used even if some of them are excluded scores.
B9 CHANGES TO APPENDIX G
G1 WORLD SAILING CLASS BOARDS
G1.3 Positioning
Rule G1.3 is changed to:
The class insignia shall be displayed once on each side of the
sail in the area above a line projected at right angles from a point
on the luff of the sail one-third of the distance from the head to
the wishbone. The national letters and sail numbers shall be in
the central third of that part of the sail above the wishbone,
clearly separated from any advertising. They shall be black and
applied back to back on an opaque white background. The
background shall extend a minimum of 30 mm beyond the
characters. There shall be a ‘–’ between the national letters and
the sail number, and the spacing between characters shall be
adequate for legibility.