Foreword

Team Racing continues to develop as an important part of our sport. Sailed in dinghies and increasingly in keel-boats, it attracts all ages and experiences, from school and junior sailors at local events to World and Olympic Champions. Its pinnacle is the World Sailing Team Racing World Championships.

This Call Book has been developed and refined with input from sailors and umpires alike due to the need for as much consistency as possible in responding to on the water protests. The aim of the Call Book is to help resolve any doubt amongst sailors, judges and umpires about situations referred to in the Call Book.

This latest edition updates calls to maintain consistency with the Racing Rules of Sailing for 2021 – 2024 and also introduces new calls and fine-tunes the existing text.

It is important to note that this Call Book, like previous editions, is only authoritative for Team Racing sailed under RRS Appendix D. This includes racing with and without umpires.

The World Sailing Racing Rules Committee trusts that competitors, judges and umpires will continue to provide input to the Racing Rules Committee for further development of the Call Book.

Readers with comments and suggestions are invited to send them to the World Sailing Executive Office.

John Doerr
Chair
World Sailing Racing Rules Committee
December