News from the Racing Committee

14 Jan
2023

Racing Committee members now complete

The Racing Committee Members are now complete

Gordon Davis (Chair) IRE
Didier Greze (deputy) FRA
Cxema Pico IRL
Glenn Dawson AUS
Patrice Montero FRA
Chuck Le Mahieu USA
Murray Cummins NZL
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14 Sep
2016

IRSA Discretionary Penalties Guidelines for Radio Sailing

Racing Rule E7, Penalties allows the protest committee considerable discretion in giving penalties for breaches of many rules. The IRSA Discretionary Penalty Guidelines are intended to assist protest committees in giving penalties that...

14 Sep
2016

IRSA NOR and SI Guide

IRSA has updated the IRSA Notice of Race and Sailing Instruction Guides. These documents propose standard wording for Notices of Race and Sailing Instructions for World and Continental Championships. The guide will also be useful when preparing...

12 Sep
2016

Addendum Q update

A proposal in the Executive Committee to add in IRSA Addendum Q:

Q1.1 (g) After the first sentence of rule 20.1 add ‘The competitor controlling the boat shall hail ‘(her own sail number) room to tack.'

Had been approved. The...

05 Sep
2016

IRSA Race Management Policies

The IRSA Race Management Policies for Major Events are now available on the IRSA Website.

This document proposes policies for race management at major radio sailing events, including IRSA International Class World and Continental...

20 Feb
2016

Race Management Policies for International Events (DNM Consultation Paper)

The IRSA Racing Committee has been working on adapting a widely used ISAF/World Sailing  document which sets out “Race Management Policies for International Events”. An initial draft of the proposed document is attached to this news.

01 Jun
2015

Rule Changes and Updates IRSA submissions for the 2017-2020 Rule Book

It has been a busy few months for the incoming Racing Committee. The deadline for submissions to ISAF for changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing was fast approaching.Proposals for changes on Appenidx E were transmitted...

10 Mar
2015

Radio sailing case book now available for download

 

The Radio sailing case book -- Interpretations of the racing rules for radio sailing -- can now be downloaded from the "Documents" page, "Racing Rules", "Reports", or click on the following link.