IDENTIFICATION ON SAILS
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTIONBASIC PRINCIPLESPART 1, FUNDAMENTAL RULES
[Rules 1 - 6.2]
PART 2, WHEN BOATS MEETPART 2, SECTION A, RIGHT OF WAY[Rules 10 - 13]
PART 2, SECTION B, GENERAL LIMITATIONS[Rules 14 - 17]
PART 2, SECTION C, AT MARKS AND OBSTRUCTIONS[Rules 18 - 20.4]
PART 2, SECTION D, OTHER RULES[Rules 21 - 23.2]
PART 3, CONDUCT OF A RACE[Rules 25 - 37]
PART 4, OTHER REQUIREMENTS WHEN RACINGPART 4, SECTION A, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS[Rules 40.1 - 47]
PART 4, SECTION B, EQUIPMENT-RELATED REQUIREMENTS[Rules 48 - 56.3]
PART 5, PROTESTS, REDRESS, HEARINGS, MISCONDUCT AND APPEALSPART 5, SECTION A, PROTESTS, REDRESS, RULE 69 ACTION[Rules 60 - 62.4]
PART 5, SECTION B, HEARINGS AND ,MAKING DECISIONS[Rules 63 - 68]
PART 5, SECTION C, MISCONDUCT[Rules 69 - 69.3]
PART 5, SECTION D, APPEALS[Rules 70 - 72]
PART 6, ENTRY AND QUALIFICATION[Rules 75 - 80]
PART 7, EVENT ORGANIZATION[Rules 85 - 92.2]
APPENDIX A, SCORING[Rules A1 - A10]
APPENDIX B, WINDSURFING COMPETITION RULES[Rules B1 - B3]
APPENDIX C, MATCH RACING RULES[Rules C1 - C11.3]
APPENDIX D, TEAM RACING RULES[Rules D1 - D5.5]
APPENDIX E, RADIO SAILING RACING RULES[Rules E1 - E8]
APPENDIX F, KITEBOARDING RACING RULES[Rules F1 - F9]
APPENDIX G, IDENTIFICATION ON SAILS[Rules G1 - G5]
APPENDIX H, WEIGHING CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT[Rules H1 - H3]
APPENDIX J, NOTICE OF RACE AND SAILING INSTRUCTIONS[Rules J1 - J2.2]
APPENDIX K, NOTICE OF RACE GUIDEAPPENDIX L, SAILING INSTRUCTIONS GUIDEAPPENDIX M, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROTEST COMMITTEES[Rules M1 - M8]
APPENDIX N, INTERNATIONAL JURIES[Rules N1 - N4.4]
APPENDIX P, SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR RULE 42[Rules P1 - P5.3]
ADDENDUM Q, UMPIRED FLEET RACING[Rules Q1 - Q5.5]
APPENDIX R, PROCEDURES FOR APPEALS AND REQUESTS[Rules R1 - R6]
APPENDIX S, STANDARD SAILING INSTRUCTIONS[Rules S1 - S14]
APPENDIX T, ARBITRATION[Rules T1 - T4]
APPENDIX TS, SECTION A, [Rules TS1 - TS1]
APPENDIX TS, SECTION B, [Rules TS2 - TS2]
APPENDIX TS, SECTION C, [Rules TS3 - TS3]
APPENDIX TS, TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEMES
INTRODUCTIONBASIC PRINCIPLESPART 1, FUNDAMENTAL RULES
[Rules 1 - 6.2]
PART 2, WHEN BOATS MEETPART 2, SECTION A, RIGHT OF WAY[Rules 10 - 13]
PART 2, SECTION B, GENERAL LIMITATIONS[Rules 14 - 17]
PART 2, SECTION C, AT MARKS AND OBSTRUCTIONS[Rules 18 - 20.4]
PART 2, SECTION D, OTHER RULES[Rules 21 - 23.2]
PART 3, CONDUCT OF A RACE[Rules 25 - 37]
PART 4, OTHER REQUIREMENTS WHEN RACINGPART 4, SECTION A, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS[Rules 40.1 - 47]
PART 4, SECTION B, EQUIPMENT-RELATED REQUIREMENTS[Rules 48 - 56.3]
PART 5, PROTESTS, REDRESS, HEARINGS, MISCONDUCT AND APPEALSPART 5, SECTION A, PROTESTS, REDRESS, RULE 69 ACTION[Rules 60 - 62.4]
PART 5, SECTION B, HEARINGS AND ,MAKING DECISIONS[Rules 63 - 68]
PART 5, SECTION C, MISCONDUCT[Rules 69 - 69.3]
PART 5, SECTION D, APPEALS[Rules 70 - 72]
PART 6, ENTRY AND QUALIFICATION[Rules 75 - 80]
PART 7, EVENT ORGANIZATION[Rules 85 - 92.2]
APPENDIX A, SCORING[Rules A1 - A10]
APPENDIX B, WINDSURFING COMPETITION RULES[Rules B1 - B3]
APPENDIX C, MATCH RACING RULES[Rules C1 - C11.3]
APPENDIX D, TEAM RACING RULES[Rules D1 - D5.5]
APPENDIX E, RADIO SAILING RACING RULES[Rules E1 - E8]
APPENDIX F, KITEBOARDING RACING RULES[Rules F1 - F9]
APPENDIX G, IDENTIFICATION ON SAILS[Rules G1 - G5]
APPENDIX H, WEIGHING CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT[Rules H1 - H3]
APPENDIX J, NOTICE OF RACE AND SAILING INSTRUCTIONS[Rules J1 - J2.2]
APPENDIX K, NOTICE OF RACE GUIDEAPPENDIX L, SAILING INSTRUCTIONS GUIDEAPPENDIX M, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROTEST COMMITTEES[Rules M1 - M8]
APPENDIX N, INTERNATIONAL JURIES[Rules N1 - N4.4]
APPENDIX P, SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR RULE 42[Rules P1 - P5.3]
ADDENDUM Q, UMPIRED FLEET RACING[Rules Q1 - Q5.5]
APPENDIX R, PROCEDURES FOR APPEALS AND REQUESTS[Rules R1 - R6]
APPENDIX S, STANDARD SAILING INSTRUCTIONS[Rules S1 - S14]
APPENDIX T, ARBITRATION[Rules T1 - T4]
APPENDIX TS, SECTION A, [Rules TS1 - TS1]
APPENDIX TS, SECTION B, [Rules TS2 - TS2]
APPENDIX TS, SECTION C, [Rules TS3 - TS3]
APPENDIX TS, TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEMES
APPENDIX GIDENTIFICATION ON SAILS
See Rule 77
G1WORLD SAILING CLASS BOATS
G1.1Identification
Every boat of a World Sailing Class shall carry on her mainsail and, as provided in rule G1.3(c) for letters and numbers only, on her spinnaker and headsail
- the insignia denoting her class;
- at all international events, except when the boats are provided to all competitors, national letters denoting her national authority from the table below. For the purposes of this rule, international events are World Sailing events, world and continental championships, and events described as international events in their notices of race; and
- a sail number of no more than four digits allotted by her national authority or, when so required by the class rules, by the class association. The four-digit limitation does not apply to classes whose World Sailing membership or recognition took effect before 1 April 1997. Alternatively, if permitted in the class rules, an owner may be allotted a personal sail number by the relevant issuing authority, which may be used on all the owner's boats in that class.
Sails measured before 31 March 1999 shall comply with rule G1.1 or with the rules applicable at the time of measurement.
Note: An up-to-date version of the table below is available on the World Sailing website.
Note: An up-to-date version of the table below is available on the World Sailing website.
National authority Letters Algeria ALG American Samoa ASA Andorra AND Angola ANG Antigua ANT Argentina ARG Armenia ARM Aruba ARU Australia AUS Austria AUT Azerbaijan AZE Bahamas BAH Bahrain BRN Barbados BAR Belarus BLR Belgium BEL Belize BIZ Bermuda BER Bolivia BOL Botswana BOT Brazil BRA British Virgin Islands IVB Brunei BRU Bulgaria BUL Cambodia CAM Canada CAN Cayman Islands CAY Chile CHI China, PR CHN Chinese Taipei TPE Colombia COL Cook Islands COK Croatia CRO Cuba CUB Cyprus CYP Czechia CZE Denmark DEN Djibouti DJI Dominican Republic DOM Ecuador ECU Egypt EGY El Salvador ESA Estonia EST Fiji FIJ Finland FIN France FRA Georgia GEO Germany GER Great Britain GBR Greece GRE Grenada GRN Guam GUM Guatemala GUA Hong Kong, China HKG Hungary HUN Iceland ISL India IND Indonesia INA Iran IRI Iraq IRQ Ireland IRL Israel ISR Italy ITA Jamaica JAM Japan JPN Jordan JOR Kazakhstan KAZ Kenya KEN Korea, DPR PRK Korea, Republic of KOR Kosovo KOS Kuwait KUW Kyrgyzstan KGZ Latvia LAT Lebanon LIB Libya LBA Liechtenstein LIE Lithuania LTU Luxembourg LUX Macau, China MAC Madagascar MAD Malaysia MAS Malta MLT Mauritius MRI Mexico MEX Moldova MDA Monaco MON Montenegro MNE Montserrat MNT Morocco MAR Mozambique MOZ Myanmar MYA Namibia NAM Netherlands NED Netherlands Antilles AHO New Zealand NZL Nicaragua NCA Nigeria NGR North Macedonia MKD Norway NOR Oman OMA Pakistan PAK Palestine PLE Panama PAK Papua New Guinea PNG Paraguay PAR Peru PER Philippines PHI Poland POL Portugal POR Puerto Rico PUR Qatar QAT Romania ROU Russia RUS Samoa SAM San Marino SMR Saudi Arabia KSA Senegal SEN Serbia SRB Seychelles SEY Singapore SGP Slovak Republic SVK Slovenia SLO Solomon Islands SOL South Africa RSA Spain ESP Sri Lanka SRI St Kitts & Nevis SKN St Lucia LCA St Vincent & Grenadines VIN Sudan SUD Sweden SWE Switzerland SUI Tahiti TAH Tajikistan TJK Tanzania TAN Thailand THA Timor Leste TLS Tonga TGA Trinidad & Tobago TTO Tunisia TUN Turkey TUR Turks & Caicos TCA Uganda TTO Ukraine UKR United Arab Emirates UAE United States of America USA Uruguay URU US Virgin Islands ISV Vanuatu VAN Venezuela VEN Vietnam VIE Zimbabwe ZIM
G1.2Specifications
- National letters and sail numbers shall be
- in capital letters and Arabic numerals,
- of the same colour,
- of a contrasting colour to the body of the sail, and
- of a sans-serif typeface.
In addition, the letters and numbers identifying the boat shall be clearly legible when the sail is set.
- The height of characters and space between adjoining characters on the same and opposite sides of the sail shall be related to the boat’s overall length as follows:
Overall length Minimum height Minimum space between characters
and from edge of sail
Under 3.5 m 230 mm 45 mm
3.5 m -- 8.5 m 300 mm 60 mm
8.5 m -- 11 m 375 mm 75 mm
Over 11 m 450 mm 90 mmG1.3Positioning
Class insignia, national letters and sail numbers shall be positioned as follows:
- General
- Class insignia, national letters and sail numbers, where applicable, shall be placed on both sides and such that those on the starboard side are uppermost.
- National letters shall be placed above the sail numbers on each side of the sail.
- Mainsails
- The class insignia, national letters and sail numbers shall, if possible, be wholly above an arc whose centre is the head point and whose radius is 60% of the leech length.
- The class insignia shall be placed above the national letters. If the class insignia is of a design that it may be placed back to back, then it may be so placed.
- Headsails and Spinnakers
- National letters and sail numbers are only required on a headsail whose foot length is greater than 1.3 x foretriangle base.
- The national letters and sail numbers of headsails shall be displayed wholly below an arc whose centre is the head point and whose radius is 50% of the luff length and, if possible, wholly above an arc whose radius is 75% of the luff length.
- The national letters and sail numbers shall be displayed on the front side of a spinnaker but may be placed on both sides. They shall be displayed wholly below an arc whose centre is the head point and whose radius is 40% of the foot median and, if possible, wholly above an arc whose radius is 60% of the foot median.
G2OTHER BOATS
Other boats shall comply with the rules of their national authority or class association in regard to the allotment, carrying and size of insignia, letters and numbers. Such rules shall, when practicable, conform to the above requirements.
G3CHARTERED OR LOANED BOATS
When so stated in the notice of race or sailing instructions, a boat chartered or loaned for an event may carry national letters or a sail number in contravention of her class rules.
G4WARNINGS AND PENALTIES
When a protest committee finds that a boat has broken a rule of this appendix, it shall either warn her and give her time to comply or penalize her.
G5CHANGES BY CLASS RULES
World Sailing Classes may change the rules of this appendix provided the changes have first been approved by World Sailing.