Racing Rules of Sailing

The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) govern sailboat, sailboard and kiteboard racing worldwide. Published by World Sailing every four years, the rules establish the framework for fair and safe competition.

Australian Sailing provides access to the current rules, Australian Sailing prescriptions and resources to help competitors, officials and race management personnel understand and apply the rules.

2025-28 Racing Rules of Sailing

The 2025-28 'Blue Book' Racing Rules of Sailing contains the rules governing sailboat, sailboard and kiteboard racing, together with Australian Sailing prescriptions.

All rule references are bookmarked within the PDF, making it easy to navigate directly to specific rules throughout the publication.

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Introductory Rules of Racing

The Introductory Rules of Racing are experimental rules specifically designed for sailors who are new to racing small dinghies.

Intended for sailors with no more than two years of racing experience, they provide a simpler introduction to racing rules and are particularly suited to Green Fleet regattas.

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Changes to the 2025-28 Racing Rules of Sailing

World Sailing and Australian Sailing have produced documents and presentations to assist with learning what changes were made to the 2025-2028 version of the Racing Rules of Sailing.

Click on the links below to find out what has changed:

World Sailing - 2025-28 RRS World Sailing (Study Version)

World Sailing - 2025-28 RRS Changes & Corrections

Australian Sailing - Summarised changes for Competitors

Australian Sailing - Summarised changes for Race Management