DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

The need for a set of agreed interpretations of the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) for racing in radio controlled sailing boats, referred to as 'radio sailing', was identified by the International Jury at the 2011 International One Metre World Championships. They recommended that radio sailing develop a specific case or call book.

The challenge was taken up by Peter Johnson (GBR) and Gordon Davies (IRL). With input from many sailors and officials, they led the development that resulted in the publication of the first case book (as it was then titled) in 2015. This was supported by the International Radio Sailing Association (IRSA).

Since then the interpretations have been developed and refined to resolve problems arising at events and to address some practices that had grown over time and were not consistent with the RRS and authoritative WS publications.

In 2020 the copyright of the Call Book was kindly transferred by the original authors to World Sailing (WS). This is the first edition approved by World Sailing.

Many people have been involved in preparing this book. Roy Granich, in his then role as IRSA Racing Committee Chairman, spent a great deal of time discussing and arguing with the authors. Richard Thompson, a member of the WS Racing Rules Committee, provided valuable insight into how these interpretations could integrate into the greater body of writings on the rules. Graham Bantock, Roger Stollery, Olivier Cohen, Zoran Grubusa and many others made insightful contributions.