By the Rules

ISAF has released a set of new Test Rules for Match Racing. These rules will be tested in events worldwide in 2015, and, presumably, if the...

It's been a week since I posted the leeward mark question, so I think we've received all the answers we'll probably get.. If y...

Here's a scenario that came up at an umpire debrief at the 2014 Hinman, which is the US Team Race National Championship.  Simple as it s...

The US Sailing Racing Rules Committee has prepared seven Submissions to ISAF for changing the Racing Rules of Sailing.  Most of the proposal...

Lately, there's been some talk about removing rule 16.2 in team racing, and some people say, “If it's a good idea to remove this ...

ISAF recently published Q&A 2013 034 , and I think they got it wrong. The question (which is a little hard to find in the Q&A) is,...

In my last posting, I said about the second Farah Hall prescription, "Basically, it allows a disgruntled loser from a protest hearing t...