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Section B — Windsurfing Fleet Racing Rules

Windsurfing fleet races (including marathon races) shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix. The term ‘boat’ elsewhere in the rules means ‘board’ or ‘boat’ as appropriate. A marathon race is a race intended to last more than one hour.

Note: Links to windsurfing rules for some other formats or competitions can be found on the World Sailing website.

A5

SCORES DETERMINED BY THE RACE COMMITTEE

Add new rule A5.4:

A5.4 For an elimination series race that will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event, a board that did not sail the course, retired or was disqualified shall be scored points equal to the number of boards permitted to sail in that race.

Definitions in Context

Sail the Course

A boat sails the course when

  • (a) she starts;
  • (b) a string representing her track until she finishes, when drawn taut,
    • (1) passes each mark of the course for the race on the required side and in the correct order (including the starting marks),
    • (2) touches each mark designated in the sailing instructions to be a rounding mark, and
    • (3) passes between the marks of a gate from the direction of the course from the previous mark; and then
  • (c) she finishes.

A mark that does not begin, bound or end the leg the boat is sailing does not have a required side.

Rule A2

Rule A2.1 is changed to: Each board’s series score shall, subject to rule 90.3(b) , be the total of her race scores excluding her - (a) worst score when from 5...

Rule A8

Rule A8 is changed to: A8.1 If there is a series-score tie between two or more boards, each board’s excluded race scores shall be listed in order of best to wor...

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