THE RACING RULES OF SAILING 2021-2024 - AVAILABLE NOW 2025-2028 Coming Soon
US Sailing makes the rules available whenever and wherever you want. Our premier product, the Racing Rules App, ensures you have access to the rules at all times.
US Sailing has expanded the menu of App features to streamline your overall experience. This NEW App provides you with optimized and searchable access to the rules and media resources to help you reference them in real-time.
You can submit a protest or request redress from your device, draw and submit animated protest diagrams with the Whiteboard feature, and much more using the NEW Racing Rules App.
Coming Soon
The RRS 2025-2028 and Study Pack will be available soon in an upcoming update. Please check back later.
The Racing Rules of Sailing is published every four years by World Sailing, the international authority for the sport. These rules, amended by US “prescriptions,” govern sailboat racing in the United States and in the portions of international races that pass through U.S. waters. The Racing Rules of Sailing for 2021-2024 take effect on January 1, 2021.
App Features
Submit a Protest or Request Redress Online
A built-in form allows you to submit a protest or request redress from your device – no paper needed!
Whiteboard Feature
Need help drawing protest diagrams? Our whiteboard feature makes it easy. When you are finished, you can submit up to six diagrams or automatically combine them into a motion graphic to make your case.
Media Library
Explore video, web and print resources that expand your comprehension of the Racing Rules and how we play the game.
Dave Perry’s Understanding the
Racing Rules of Sailing through 2024
Resources
Racing Rules for 2021-2024
US Prescriptions to The Racing Rules of Sailing for 2021-2024
Changes and Corrections
Changes and Corrections to the RRS for 2021-2024 effective 1 January 2022.
WS Changes & Corrections to the RRS 1.1.2022
An Overview of the Significant Rule Changes in The Racing Rules of Sailing for 2021-2024 by Dave Perry
(Excerpted from Dave Perry’s Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing through 2024 – posted December 10, 2020)
2022 Test Rule 18 Information
The World Sailing Rule 18 Working Party is trying to find ways to simplify rule 18 (Mark-Room) without making significant changes to the current game. At the link below, you can find the text of the 2022 Test Rule 18 and guidance for using it.
Appendices KG and LG, Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions Guides and Templates for 2021-2024
World Sailing has provided guides and templates for writing the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions. Please consult Appendix J, Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions, for detailed guidance, and read the notes in the PDF Guides for suitable language to use in writing race documents.
Hearing Request Form
Use this form to request a protest hearing, redress hearing or reopening (formerly known as the protest form)
The Racing Rules of Sailing for 2021-2024 Study Version
"This document is designed to provide you with the explanations for each change in the Definitions and the rules of Parts 1-7. The first two pages contain instructions designed to help you get maximum benefit from time spent studying this special version of the RRS. We hope you find this ‘Study Version of the Racing Rules for 2021-2024’ helpful!"
- Dick Rose, Chairman of the World Sailing
Racing Rules Working Party