🏛️Official — World Sailing
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Recorded May 13, 2026
Foundational federation milestone. The International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) was formed on 14 October 1907 at a meeting at the Yacht Club de France in Paris, where it adopted its formal Constitution. The 1907 founding followed two 1906 International Conferences of Yacht Measurement in London (January and June) at which the Metre Rule classes (6mR, 8mR, 12mR, etc.) were developed. Every modern World Sailing rule on Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), class-construction rules, Olympic format, equipment specifications, and competition governance descends from the rule-making authority established at this 1907 Paris constitutive meeting.
Recorded May 9, 2026
First federation rename in 89 years. On 5 August 1996, the IYRU changed its name to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) — dropping the 1907 'Yacht Racing Union' nomenclature in favor of 'Sailing Federation' to reflect the broader sailing-disciplines portfolio that had accumulated by the late 20th century: windsurfing (Olympic since 1984), multihull events, para sailing, kiteboarding, and offshore racing alongside the traditional Olympic yacht-racing classes. ISAF served as the federation name for nineteen years before the 2015 World Sailing rebrand.
Recorded May 9, 2026
Most recent federation-naming milestone. On 14 November 2015, ISAF changed its name to World Sailing — the second rename in 19 years and the current authoritative name for the rule-making body. The change mirrored a broader trend across international federations adopting 'World [Sport]' branding to emphasize global rather than continental authority (compare World Athletics 2019, World Curling 2024, World Aquatics 2022/23, World Lacrosse 2019, World Triathlon 2020). Every Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) revision, class-rules update, Olympic-format submission, and equipment-rule change from this date onward bears the World Sailing name.
Recorded May 9, 2026
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7.2 On-Water Penalties
May 23, 20263.2 Course Components
May 23, 20262.1 Boat and Rigging
May 23, 2026Section 2: Equipment
May 23, 20268.6 Equipment Failure Protocols
May 23, 20268.3 Weather Limits
May 23, 20268.1 Personal Safety
May 23, 20267.3 Post-Race Penalties
May 23, 20267.1 Starting Penalties
May 23, 20266.2 Discards
May 23, 20266.1 Low Point Scoring System
May 23, 20264.2 Race Committee
May 23, 20264.1 Crew Composition
May 23, 20262.3 Class-Specific Equipment
May 23, 20262.2 Personal Safety Equipment
May 23, 20268.4 Obligation to Assist
May 23, 20267.4 Redress
May 23, 2026Section 7: Violations & Penalties
May 23, 20266.3 Medal Race Scoring
May 23, 2026Section 6: Scoring
May 23, 20265.2 Right-of-Way Rules (RRS Part 2)
May 23, 20265.1 Starting Sequence
May 23, 2026Section 5: Rules of Play
May 23, 20263.1 Course Types
May 23, 2026Section 3: Playing Area
May 23, 2026Section 8: Safety Considerations
Mar 22, 2026Section 4: Players & Officials
Mar 22, 2026