Rulebooks

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YRA Sailing Regulations

This is an extract of the Sailing Regulations, Rules and Time Allowances from a reprint of the Yacht Racing Association (a group of New York Yacht Clubs) Constitution and By-Laws.

Royal Canoe Club Rules

This is an external site where someone has posted the Royal Canoe Club rules from London in 1910 (see page 29 for the racing rules)

IYRU Rules

This is an external site where someone has posted the International Yacht Racing Rules as revised by the permanent committee in 1929

NAYRU Yacht Racing Rules

This is an extract from The Sailing Rules in Yacht Racing  by G.E. Hills, 1940.  These rules still have close-hauled port-tack boats have right of way over free starboard-tack boats.

NAYRU Yacht Racing Rules

This is an extract from The New Yacht Rules by Robert Bavier, Jr. 1965.  

RYA Yacht Racing including the International Racing Rules

CYA The 1973 Yacht Racing Rules of the IYRU

Personal note.  This is the first rulebook I learned from.

CYA The 1977 Racing Rules of the International Yacht Racing Union

CYA The 1981 Racing Rules of the International Yacht Racing Union

CYA 1985-1998 International Yacht Racing Rules

CYA International Yacht Racing Rules 1989-1992

CYA International Yacht Racing Rules including CYA Prescriptions 1993-1996

This was the last set of rules before the major re-write in 1997.

CYA International Yacht Racing Rules including CYA Prescriptions 1993-1996

This was a major rewrite of the rules including a complete renumbering

Racing Rules of Sailing for 2001-2004 - ISAF

This and all subsequent versions are PDFs from ISAF / World Sailing not scans.

Racing Rules of Sailing for 2005-2008 - ISAF

Racing Rules of Sailing for 2009-2012 - ISAF

Racing Rules of Sailing for 2013-2016 - ISAF

Racing Rules of Sailing for 2017-2020 - World Sailing

Racing Rules of Sailing

This is the current version so the link is to the World Sailing Site.