Several changes have been made to the current edition of The Racing Rules of Sailing.
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) announced today that, as a result of actions taken by the ISAF Racing Rules Committee and the ISAF Council during the ISAF Annual Conference, several changes in The Racing
Rules of Sailing for 2009-2012 will take effect on 1 January 2010.

Rule 18.2(c) will be changed to prohibit a newly discovered and potentially dangerous tactic that was an unintended consequence of the current wording of this rule. The revised rule will no longer …

The World Match Racing Tour has announced its schedule of events for 2009, the total prize purse for the 2009 Tour season now stands at over $1.5 million, the largest in the sport.
The overall winner of the Tour will be crowned 2009 ISAF Match Racing World Champion.

The World Championship will again receive worldwide television coverage with 10 shows broadcast to over 15 international networks reaching over 600 million homes in 90 countries.
“2009 will be a very exciting series for the World Championship”, commented Tour Director, Craig MITCHELL “We are truly …

The Indian Women’s Team came back heroes from their ISAF Grade 1 competition in Busan, Korea last month where they beat the China and Korea to stand 9th out of 11 international teams in their first international outing.

Below is a detailed day-by-day report passionately and painstakingly put down by none other than one of the team members – Ayesha, which allows us to believe that there is only more going to happen with Women’s Match Racing and Women’s Sailing in India.
Ayesha…
Prelude
It all began during the Nation’s Cup regional finals Asia, …

For the first time under the ageis of the Yatching Association of India and Match Racing Association of India, the ISAF (international sailing federation) Nations Cup Regional Finals Asia 2008 will be held off the waters of Chowpatty from the 14th to the 19th of October, 2008.
The city of Mumbai with its great Maritime history adds another jewel to its crown by conducting the ISAF Nations Cup Regional Finals Asia 2008 off the waters of Chowpatty at the H2O complex from 14 to 19 Oct 2008, under the aegis of …

Known as the Formula 1 of Sailing, Match Racing is perhaps the oldest and most common sort of sailing races ever…and as it’s name suggests, requires only 2 sail-boats that match each other’s class.
In simplest of words, a match race can be described as a duel between two identically-matched boats with a winner – and a loser.THE TRUE CHARACTER…
Match racing has its own set of rules, which are slightly different from the regular racing rules that create very close, aggressive competition in which collisions are certainly not rare.
Match racing …

Sailing as a sport began in China in 1978 and developed rapidly. More than 20 provinces, cities and regions now plan to start sailing competitions. Although there is still a long way to go for China’s 470 and Tornado-class sailors to catch other world-class teams, the Olympics provides the Chinese athletes a great opportunity to learn.
As the host, China is directly qualified to enter all 11 sailing events. Sailors competing in Yngling, 49er and Finn events were selected from Qingdao.The Chinese team also has gold medal chances in men’s and …

The ISAF blind international sailing championship is all set to be held between 13th – 21st March 2009 at Lake Rotorua – New Zealand. This World Championship will bring together both blind sailors and sighted support crews from around the world to compete in this prestigious international event. It is anticipated that up to 30 crews from 10 countries will participate across the three divisions.

Blind Sailing International (B.S.I.) is the governing body for competitive international sailing for persons who are blind or visually impaired. Sailors who meet the universal …