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ISAF Q&A Booklet 2012
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2012 001 F12OCS and scoring.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 027 M14Rounding, passing or leaving a mark.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 026 G13When time limit expires but race is not abandoned.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A - 2011 025 M13What constitutes class rules?
ISAF Q&A Booklet 2011
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 024 J23No redress for penalties taken.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 023 K03Not sailing the course correctly.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 022 A01Hindering another boat's progress in the race.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 021 J22Correcting mistakes on a protest form.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 020 J21The role and functions of a measurer or equipment inspector.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 019 J20Requirements for a request for redress.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 018 G12Timing of individual recall signals.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 017 B22Causing serious damage to a boat that is a mark.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 016 J19May lost glasses be considered injury or damage?
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 015 L09When equipment cannot be satisfactory repaired.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 014 M12The meaning of ‘boat’ as used in the Racing Rules of Sailing.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 012 J18When facts are conclusions.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 011 J17When reopening a hearing after the event.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 010 B21Rules involving penalties taken before the starting signal.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 009 N06OA restrictions on Competitor Advertising.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 008 B20Hailing for room to tack – and multiple obstructions.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 007 N05More about national authority prescriptions about international juries.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 006 M11A boat ‘sailing’ and a boat ‘moving’ – is it the same?
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 005 N04National Authority prescriptions about International Juries.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 004 G11When a racing boat fails to start, without being OCS.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 003 J16Five questions about Appendix P.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 002 J15The meaning of 'reasonable time' in rule 66.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2011 001 B19When two boats are moving astern by backing a sail.
ISAF Q&A Booklet January 6 2011
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010.041 DO7When one Gate Mark is drifting.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A's BookletThe Racing Rules of Sailing Q&A's booklet contains all valid Q&A's.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-40 N03Prescriptions about the composition of a protest committee.
ISAF Q&A Booklet December 10 2010
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A2010.039 G10When is a signal displayed?
ISAF Q&A Booklet November 5 2010
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2010 037 C04Racing boats as obstructions on the starting line.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A-2010 036 K02About scoring in Team Racing.
ISAF Q&A Booklet October 18 2010
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-035 J14Two incidents on the water, but only one incident being protested.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A Booklet October 11 2010
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-034 GO9
ISAF Q&A Booklet Octuber 6 2010
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-33 C03Positioning of inner limitation starting marks
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-32 M10Responding as soon as possible when hailing for room to tack.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-31 J13Damage that is obvious to the boats
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-30 J12About the right to appeal a measurement protest decision
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-029 J11Redress for incidents that happen before the warning signal.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-28 J10Protest flag display when multiple protests in a race.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-27 M09Proper Course and sail configuration.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-26 M08Paddle test and the exceptions in rule 42.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-025 B18Clarifications about Mark-Room and rule 18.3
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-024 D06The rights of an OCS boat that is sailing the course.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-023 F11Resolving ties in series score when redress is involved
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-022 M07When touching only the flag on a mark
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-021 G08When using VHF to recall boats
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-020 B17Two boats tacking in the zone when another is fetching
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-019 M06Changing course and rule 16
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-018 G07Race committee procedures for sighting the starting line
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-017 B16Windward boat must always keep clear
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-016 G06When sailing clubs mix responsibilities for club regattas
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-015 G05Changing the meaning of Race Signals in the saling instructions
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-014Approval for appointment of protest committees .
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-013Rules 19 and 20 when multiple boats meet.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-011Overlap changing from leeward to windward overlap.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-012Rule 18.3 and ‘causing a boat to sail above close-hauled’
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-010Posting OCS lists at the windward mark
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-009Finishing mark and rules 18.2 and 18.5
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-008Redress when boats get entangled with marks
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-007National prescriptions not complying with rule 86.1(a)
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-006Protest time limit when race time limit runs out
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-005Conditions for a protest committee to reinstate an abandoned race
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-004About touching marks and the definitions Finish and Racing
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-0013 boats overlapped on port tack approaching an obstruction; a racing boat on starboard tack.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-003Compelled to break a rule by an unidentified boat breaking a rule
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2010-002Life line material and the Racing Rules of Sailing.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-041A clarification about submitting questions about Jury decisions.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-040About denial of appeal and national prescriptions.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-039When a protest committee protests a boat under rule 60.3(a)(2).
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-038Using a lead trapeze harness strap buckle (that is a dive weight) and rule 43.1(a).
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-037Questions about rule 42 when rules 49 to 54 do not apply.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-036When does rule 18.3 stop applying?
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-035Case 112 and Q&A 2009-026
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-034When one Gate Mark is missing.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-017When Mark-Room includes room to tack
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-033'How early must a boat start taking action to avoid a collision?'
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-032When is a boat ‘sailing on another leg’?
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-031How may scoring mistakes be corrected after a regatta?
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-030A clarification about rule 18.3.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-029A question about rule 53, textured surfaces and wet sanding.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-028Obligations when a boat hails for room to tack.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-027When boats start in both directions – what should be done?
Deleted Q&AsList of deleted Q&As with effect of 1 January 2009
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-026When does a boat finish – when is the line a finishing line
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-025Questions about the windward mark and proper course
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-023A discussion about different aspects of a situation when a boat learns, in an invalid hearing, that she has broken a rule.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-022How much room is Mark-Room?
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-021Rights and obligations at obstructions.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-019Questions about the new definition Fetching.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-018Is a finishing line a 'Gate'?
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-015Racing Rules Q&A 2009-015 about abandonment in match racing. Where to draw the line for what would be an improper action by the race committee.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-016Racing Rules Q&A 2009-016 about shortening of course, finishing when the race committee is positioned at the 'wrong' end.
Q&A Procedure 2009The 2009 procedure for the administartion of Q&As
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2008-004The ISAF Racing Rules Question & Answer 2008/004 regarding the use of the Gybing Line.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2008-001ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 08-001, regarding numbering of races
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2008-003ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer 2008/003 regarding retiring after finish
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2007-006ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 007-06, notifying boats of a protest
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2007-004ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 07-004, relating to Rule 30.1 (Round-an-End Rule)
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2007-003ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 07-003, relating to fetching at the finish
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2007-001ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 07-001, relating to redress under rule 62.1(b)
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2006-005ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 06-005, relating to a collision between two catamarans on opposite tacks at the gate
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2006-003ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 06-003, relating to passing the pin end of the finishing line on the wrong side
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2006-002ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 06-002, relating to when a boat has 'cleared' the finishing line and marks
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2004-008ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 04-008, relating to breaking Rule 42 during the starting sequence
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2004-006ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 04-006, relating to Rule 42.3(b) and when a boat is on a beat to windward
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2003-007ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 03-007, relating to the legality of disconnecting the headstay to gybe the boat
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2003-004ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 03-004, relating to abandoning races
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2003-002ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 03-002, relating to identifing OCS boats at the starting line
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2003-001ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 03-001, relating to International Juries and when they are constituted
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2002-01ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 02-001, relating to International Jury members on signal and finish boats and Rule N1.1
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2001-001ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer Service, 01-001, relating to the time limit of races
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-014Racing Rules Q&A 2009-014 about the clarification of rule 28. A catamaran rounding a mark with one hull flying over the mark.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-013Racing Rules Q&A 2009-013 about scoring series with multiple rankings.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-012Racing Rules Q&A 2009-012 about when the race committee observes a boat touching a mark
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-011Racing Rules Q&A 2009-011 about the weighing and credibility of evidence in protest hearings.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-010Racing Rules Q&A 2009-010 about the fact that a boat forced to the wrong side of a mark still needs to sail correctly around that mark. She is not 'compelled' to break rule 28
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-009Racing Rules Q&A 2009-009 about the use of sailing instructions to shorten races for safety reasons after some boats have crossed the finishing line.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-008Racing Rules Q&A 2009-008 about the clarification of 'side of a mark' for the purpose of rule 28.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-007Racing Rules Q&A 2009-007 about hiking devises and rule 49.1.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-006Racing Rules Q&A 2009-006 about the clarification of rule 90.3(a): A race cannot be scored when no boats have sailed the course in compliance with rule 28 and finished
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-005Racing Rules Q&A 2009-005 relating to ISAF Case 45 - a case about a sailing instruction that required boats to finish contrary to the definition 'Finish'
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-004Racing Rules Q&A 2009-004 about 'Keeping Clear' in a windward /leeward situation
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-003Racing Rules Q&A 2009-003 about the term 'Starting Area'
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-002Racing Rules Q&A 2009-002 about the clarification of 'number of boats entered in a series' for the purpose of scoring under Appendix A.
ISAF Racing Rules Q&A 2009-001Racing Rules Q&A 2009-001 about boat wax/polish and rule 53
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