📖 Rules of Racing RRS 2025–2028 · quick reference
← Navigator Definitions Def Abandon ▾ Def Clear Astern / Clear Ahead / Overlap ▾ Def Fetching ▾ Def Finish ▾ Def Keep Clear ▾ Def Leeward and Windward ▾ Def Mark ▾ Def Mark-Room ▾ Def Obstruction ▾ Def Proper Course ▾ Def Racing ▾ Def Room ▾ Def Start ▾ Def Tack — Starboard or Port ▾ Def Zone ▾ Part 1 — Fundamental 1.1 Helping Those in Danger ▾ 1.2 Life-Saving Equipment & PFDs ▾ 2 Fair Sailing ▾ 3 Decision to Race ▾ Part 2 — When Boats Meet 10 On Opposite Tacks ▾ 11 On the Same Tack, Overlapped ▾ 12 On the Same Tack, Not Overlapped ▾ 13 While Tacking ▾ 14 Avoiding Contact ▾ 15 Acquiring Right of Way ▾ 16.1 Changing Course ▾ 16.2 Beat to Windward — Bearing Away ▾ 17 On the Same Tack; Proper Course ▾ 18.1 When Rule 18 Applies ▾ 18.2 Giving Mark-Room ▾ 18.3 Tacking in the Zone ▾ 18.4 Gybing in the Zone ▾ 19 Room to Pass an Obstruction ▾ 20 Room to Tack at an Obstruction ▾ 21 Starting Errors; Penalties; Backing a Sail ▾ 22 Capsized, Anchored or Aground; Rescuing ▾ 23 Interfering With Another Boat ▾ Part 3 — Conduct of a Race 26 Starting Races — 5/4/1/0 Sequence ▾ 28 Sailing the Course ▾ 29.1 Individual Recall (Flag X) ▾ 29.2 General Recall (First Substitute) ▾ 30.1 I Flag Rule (Round-the-Ends) ▾ 30.2 Z Flag Rule (20% Penalty) ▾ 30.3 U Flag Rule ▾ 30.4 Black Flag Rule ▾ 31 Touching a Mark ▾ 32 Shortening or Abandoning After the Start ▾ 33 Changing the Next Leg of the Course ▾ 34 Mark Missing ▾ Sig AP — Postponement ▾ Sig N — Abandonment ▾ Sig Orange / Blue Flag — Line Ends ▾ Part 4 — Other Requirements 40 Personal Flotation Devices (Flag Y) ▾ 41 Outside Help ▾ 42.1 Propulsion — Basic Rule ▾ 42.2 Propulsion — Prohibited Actions ▾ 42.3 Propulsion — Exceptions ▾ 44.1 Penalties — Taking a Penalty ▾ 44.2 One-Turn / Two-Turns Penalties ▾ 47 Trash Disposal ▾ Excerpts from the World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing 2025–2028. Quick reference only — consult the full rulebook for protests and definitive wording.