EQUIPMENT RULES OF SAILING The Equipment Rules of Sailing for 2001 – 2004 1 EQUIPMENT RULES OF SAILING © International Sailing Federation Isle of Man All rights reserved January 2001 2 EQUIPMENT RULES OF SAILING INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 4 STATUS ..................................................................................................................... 4 Applicability ............................................................................................................... 4 Changes ...................................................................................................................... 4 Terminology ............................................................................................................... 4 Abbreviations ............................................................................................................. 4 Part I USE OF EQUIPMENT Section A – During an Event ................................................................ 5 Section B – When Racing ..................................................................... 5 Part II DEFINITIONS Section C – General Definitions ........................................................... 8 Section D – Hull Definitions ............................................................... 10 Section E – Hull Appendage Definitions ........................................... 11 Section F – Rig Definitions ................................................................. 12 Section G – Sail Definitions ................................................................ 21 Part III MEASUREMENT RULES Section H – Measurement ................................................................... 33 Index of Defined Terms ..................................................................................... 36 3 EQUIPMENT RULES OF SAILING INTRODUCTION Changes The Equipment Rules of Sailing consists The ERS may only be changed as of three parts: follows: • Rules for use of the boat – the a) Prescriptions of an MNA may sports equipment used in sail racing change an ERS rule, for racing – and personal equipment. under its jurisdiction; and • Equipment definitions. b) Sailing instructions may change an ERS rule by referring specifically • The measurement rules. to it and stating the change, but The Equipment Rules are revised and may not change any portion of the published every four years by the ERS adopted in a class rule; and International Sailing Federation – the c) A rating authority may change an international authority for the sport. This ERS for racing within its edition becomes effective on 1 March jurisdiction. 2001. No changes are contemplated before 2004, but changes determined by These restrictions do not apply if rules the ISAF to be urgent will be made as are changed to develop or test proposed needed and announced through MNAs. rules in local races. The MNA may prescribe that its approval is required for STATUS such changes. The ERS are adopted by ISAF as a code Terminology governing the use of equipment while racing. The ERS are made applicable as A term used in its defined sense is stated in Applicability, below: printed in “bold” type if defined in the ERS and in “italic” type if defined in the Applicability RRS. The ERS may be made applicable by: Abbreviations a) Class Rules; ISAF International Sailing Federation b) Adoption by a rating authority for MNA ISAF Member National Authority racing under its jurisdiction; ICA International Class Association c) Adoption in the notice of race and sailing instructions for an event; NCA National Class Association d) Prescriptions of an MNA for racing ERS The Equipment Rules of Sailing under its jurisdiction RRS The Racing Rules of Sailing e) Other ISAF codes and rules adopted by Council. 4 EQUIPMENT RULES OF SAILING PART I – USE OF EQUIPMENT Section A – During an Event A.4 ADVERTISING See RRS Appendix Part II, 2 A.1 CLASS RULES Advertising Code. A.1.1 Boats without Class Rules A.5 SKIN FRICTION The boat and other items of equipment shall comply with the See RRS rule 53 Skin Friction. ERS Part I. A.1.2 Boats with Class Rules A.6 EVENT MEASUREMENT The boat and other items of See RRS rule 78 Compliance equipment shall comply with its with Class Rules; Certificates class rules, and the ERS Part I except as changed by its class rules to the extent permitted by Section B – When Racing Changes (c). B.1 PERSONAL BUOYANCY A.2 CERTIFICATE AND LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT A.2.1 Having a Certificate See RRS rule 1 Safety and RRS The boat shall have such valid rule 40 Personal Buoyancy. certificate as required by its class rules or the certification authority. B.2 PERSONAL EQUIPMENT See RRS rule 43 Competitor A.2.2 Compliance with a Certificate Clothing and Equipment. The boat shall comply with its certificate. See also RRS rule 78 Compliance B.3 LIMITATIONS ON with Class Rules: Certificates. EQUIPMENT See RRS rule 47 Limitations on A.3 IDENTIFICATION ON Equipment and Crew. SAILS See RRS rule 77 Identification on Sails. 5 EQUIPMENT RULES OF SAILING B.4 LIMITATIONS ON CREW B.7.4 Bowsprits AND CREW POSITION The inner limit mark shall not be outboard the hull when the See RRS rule 47 Limitations on bowsprit is set. Equipment and Crew and RRS rule 49 Crew Position. B.8 SETTING OF RIGGING B.5 MANUAL POWER B.8.1 Forestays See RRS rule 52 Manual Power. See RRS rule 54 Forestays and Headsail Tacks. B.6 EJECTING OR RELEASING OF B.9 SETTING, SHEETING SUBSTANCE AND CHANGING SAILS See RRS rule 53 Skin Friction. B.9.1 Trilateral Mainsails. Foresails and Mizzens B.7 SETTING OF SPARS (a) The sail shall be below the mast upper limit mark. B.7.1 Mainsail, Foresail and Mizzen (b) The leech, extended as Booms set on a Mast necessary, shall intersect the The extension of the upper edge upper edge of the boom spar of the boom spar shall intersect forward of the outer limit the mast spar above the lower mark. limit mark, with the boom on the (c) The foot of a loose footed mast spar centreplane and at 90° sail, extended as necessary, to the mast spar. shall intersect the mast spar above the lower limit mark. B.7.2 Headsail Booms The fore end of the boom spar B.9.2 Headsails shall be approximately on the The tack of any headsail set on a boat centreplane. bowsprit shall be attached aft of the outer limit mark. B.7.3 Spinnaker and Whisker Poles See RRS rule 54 Forestays and See RRS rule 50 Setting and Headsail Tacks. Sheeting Sails. 6 EQUIPMENT RULES OF SAILING B.9.3 Spinnaker Staysails and B.11 ANCHORING, MAKING Mizzen Staysails FAST AND HAULING The tack shall be inboard the OUT sheerline. See RRS rule 45 Hauling Out; See also RRS rule 50 Setting and Making Fast; Anchoring. Sheeting Sails. B.12 FOG SIGNALS AND B.10 CENTRE OF GRAVITY LIGHTS B.10.1 Corrector weights shall be See RRS rule 48 Fog Signals and securely fixed. Lights. See also RRS rule 51 Moving Ballast. 7 EQUIPMENT RULES OF SAILING PART II – DEFINITIONS Section C – General appendages, ballast, rig, sails Definitions and associated fittings and all other items of sports equipment used, excluding consumables and C.1 PERSONAL TERMS personal equipment. C.1.1 Crew C.2.2 Sailboard A competitor, or team of com- A boat. petitors, that operates a boat. C.2.3 Major Axes C.1.2 Skipper The three major axes of the boat The crew member onboard who at 90° to each other – vertical, is in charge of the boat and the longitudinal and transverse – crew and all other persons shall be related to the designed aboard. waterline and the hull centre- plane. C.1.3 Personal Equipment All personal effects carried or C.2.4 Boat Length worn and items worn on board to The longitudinal distance between keep warm and/or dry, and/or to the aftermost point and the fore- protect the body, personal most point on the boat with sails buoyancy, safety harnesses and and spars set as appropriate. hiking aids worn to keep the person aboard or afloat. C.2.5 Ballast Weight installed to influence the C.1.4 Personal Buoyancy stability, flotation or total weight A device worn around the upper of the boat. It can be of any part of the torso capable of material and positioned anywhere keeping a person afloat. in the boat. C.2.6 Corrector Weight C.2 BOAT TERMS Weight installed in accordance C.2.1 Boat with the class rules to correct The sports equipment used by the deficiency in weight and/or its crew to take part in a race. It distribution. comprises the hull(s), hull 8 EQUIPMENT RULES OF SAILING C.2.7 Limit Mark C.4.3 Official Measurer A clearly visible mark of a single A measurer appointed, or recog- colour contrasting to the part(s) nised, by the MNA of the country on which it is placed indicating a where the measurement takes measurement point. place, to carry out fundamental measurement. C.2.8 Event Limitation Mark A mark placed by a race C.4.4 Event Measurer committee on equipment whose A measurer appointed by a race replacement at the event is committee. controlled by the class rules. C.4.5 International Measurer A measurer appointed by ISAF to C.3 RULES act as event measurer at inter- C.3.1 Class Rules national events and to measure prototype boats. The rules that specify the boat as it shall be used for racing. C.5 CERTIFICATION C.3.2 Closed Class Rules C.5.1 Certification Authority Class rules where anything not specifically permitted by the For the hull, the ISAF, the MNA class rules is prohibited. of the owner, or their delegates. For other items, the ISAF, the C.3.3 Open Class Rules MNA in the country where the certification