
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 racing rules means ‘board’ or ‘boat’ as
appropriate. A marathon race is a race intended to last more than one
hour.
Note: Rules for Slalom, Expression (including Wave and Freestyle)
and Speed disciplines are not included in this appendix. These are
available at 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. However, mark-room for a board does not
include room to tack unless she is overlapped inside and to windward
of the board required to give mark-room and she would be fetching the
mark after her tack.
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:
Capsized 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.
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
the shortest course 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
Rule 18 is changed as follows:
The first sentence of rule 18.1 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.
Rule 18.2(b) is changed to:
(b) If boards are overlapped when the first of them is rounding
or passing the mark, the outside board at that moment shall
thereafter give the inside board mark-room. If a board is
clear ahead when she is rounding or passing the mark, the
board clear astern at that moment shall thereafter give her
mark-room.
Rule 18.2(c) is changed to:
(c) When a board is required to give mark-room by rule
18.2(b), she shall continue to do so even if later an overlap
is broken or a new overlap begins.
Rule 18.2(d) is changed to:
(d) Rules 18.2(b) and (c) cease to apply if the board entitled
to mark-room passes head to wind.
Rule 18.3 is deleted.
18.4 Gybing and 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. 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.
The sailing instructions may specify the use of some other
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 RIGHT TO PROTEST; RIGHT TO REQUEST REDRESS
OR RULE 69 ACTION
Rule 60.1(a) is changed by deleting ‘or saw’.
61 PROTEST REQUIREMENTS
61.1 Informing the Protestee
Rule 61.1(a) is changed to:
(a) The protesting board shall inform the other board at the
first reasonable opportunity. When her protest will
concern an incident in the racing area, 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. However,
(1) if the other board is beyond hailing distance, the
protesting board need not hail but she shall inform
the other board at the first reasonable opportunity;
(2) no red flag need be displayed;
(3) if the incident was an error by the other board in
sailing the course, she need not hail but she shall
inform the other board either before or at the first
reasonable opportunity after the other board finishes;
(4) if at the time of the incident it is obvious to the
protesting board that either competitor is in danger,
or that injury or serious damage resulted, the
requirements of this rule do not apply to her, but she
shall attempt to inform the other board within the
time limit of rule 61.3.
61.2 Protest Contents
Add to rule 61.2:
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.
62 REDRESS
Rule 62.1(b) is changed to:
(b) injury, physical damage or capsize because of the action
of
(1) a board that broke a rule of Part 2 and took an
appropriate penalty or was penalized, or
(2) a vessel not racing that was required to keep clear.
63 HEARINGS
63.6 Taking Evidence and Finding Facts
Add to rule 63.6:
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.
64 DECISIONS
Rule 64.4(b) is changed to:
(b) When 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 shall be bound by the reply of the authority.
65 INFORMING THE PARTIES AND OTHERS
Add to rule 65.2:
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
Rules 70.5 and 70.5(a) are changed to:
70.5 There shall be no appeal from the decisions of an international
jury constituted in compliance with Appendix N, and no appeal
from the decisions of the protest committee for a race in an
elimination series that will qualify a board to compete in a later
stage of an event. Furthermore, if the notice of race or sailing
instructions so state, the right of appeal may be denied provided
that
(a) it is essential to determine promptly the result of a race that
will qualify a board to compete in a a subsequent event (a
national authority may prescribe that its permission is
required for such a procedure);
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
completed to constitute a series shall be stated in the notice of
race or sailing instructions. 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 completed,
or
(b) two worst scores when 12 or more races have been
completed.
However, the notice of race or sailing instructions may make a
different arrangement. A race is completed if scored; see rule
90.3(a). 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 start,
did not sail the course, did not finish, 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.
APPENDIX G RULES DELETED
Rules G1.2(a)(2) and G1.2(a)(3) are deleted.