Over the last several years, the ILYA and SailZing.com have built-up quite a rules knowledge resource focused on the areas that seemed to be the most challenging for sailors and race officials. As of this posting, we have almost 40…

Rule 42, Propulsion, addresses permitted and non-permitted ways to affect the boat’s speed while racing. For this post, we assembled and organized all the available Rule 42 resources, including the rule, “official” interpretations, World Sailing cases, video examples, and commentary…

Rule 42, Propulsion, addresses permitted and non-permitted ways to affect the boat’s speed while racing. Propulsion is sometimes referred to as kinetics. Many sailors don’t understand or apply the rule correctly for a variety of reasons: Lack of education and…

Summary of racing sailing scoring notations and abbreviations used in racing sailing scoring along with scoring notes.

Capsize and turtle recovery in a sailboat is easier if you know the tricks. In many small boats, you can quickly recover from a capsize without assistance and keep sailing. If you turtle, or if conditions are less than ideal,…

What is regatta etiquette in sailing? An internet search might lead you to think it’s the fancy stuff – proper dress in the clubhouse, flag traditions, colors. Or it might imply following the racing rules. To others it might mean…