1/1/2017 1:50:03 PM by Andrew Alberti

January/February 2017 - The 2017 - 2020 Racing Rules of Sailing I

My articles started here in the Kwasind in 1997, when the Racing Rules of Sailing were completely rewritten. Every four years since then, they undergo some smaller changes. This year is no different. As far as the right-of-way rules for fleet racing are concerned, the changes this year are very minor. Almost all of the new rules mean what you thought they meant last year. As is often the case, someone has found some loopholes and World Sailing is trying to fix them. If you never found the loophole, these tweaks won’t change anything for you.