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World Sailing

January 22, 2024

World Sailing (WS) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

World Sailing
SportSailing
Official websitewww.sailing.org
Year of formation14 October 1907; 116 years ago (14 October 1907)
Former namesInternational Yacht Racing Union;
International Sailing Federation
Membership size144
Other affiliation(s)
PatronKing Harald V of Norway
PresidentQuanhai Li
Vice-presidents
  • Özlem Akdurak
  • Philip Baum
  • Tomasz Chamera
  • Sarah Kenny
  • Yann Rocherieux
  • Cory Sertl
  • Marcus Spillane
Executive Office
Address
Chief ExecutiveDavid Graham
Number of staffApprox. 30
Continental Association

History edit

The creation of the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) began in 1904, when Major Brooke Heckstall-Smith AINA, then Secretary of the Yacht Racing Association (now the Royal Yachting Association) wrote to the Yacht Club de France, pointing out the desirability of holding a conference for the purpose of devising an International Rule of Measurement for Racing Yachts acceptable to all European countries. As a result, an International Conference of Yacht Measurement was held in London in January and June 1906, at which the Metre Rule was developed. This group went on to adopt a formal Constitution after a meeting at the Yacht Club de France in Paris on 14 October 1907 which is seen as the formation date of the International Yacht Racing Union.[1]

On 5 August 1996, the IYRU changed its name to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).[2]

On 14 November 2015, ISAF changed its name to World Sailing.[3][4]

Competition formats edit

Competitive sailing regatta contain events which are defined by a combination of discipline, equipment, gender and sometimes categories. These criteria are defined by the race purpose.

Disciplines edit

The following are the main disciplines:

  • Fleet racing – The commonest form of competitive sailing involving boats racing around a course.[5]
  • Match racing – Two identical boats race against each other. This is one-on-one duel requires strategy and tactics. The first to cross the finish line wins.[6]
  • Team racing – Two teams each of normally three boats compete against each other. Fast-paced racing depends on excellent boat handling skills and rapid tactical decision making.[7]
  • Offshore/oceanic – Any offshore race over 800 miles, including races around the world.[8]
  • Speed sailing - Is managed by World Sailing Speed Record Council
  • Wave riding is common to board sports
  • Both windsurfing and kiteboarding are experimenting with new formats.
  • Cruising – Can be a coastal day sail or a longer distance international journeys, it is the most commonly enjoyed sailing discipline.[9]

Equipment edit

Common categories of equipment include the following: dinghies, multihulls, keelboats, sailing yacht, windsurfers, kiteboarding and radio-controlled sailboats. Within these categories normally specific class or rating system are used.

Gender edit

The majority of sailing events are "open" events in which males and females compete together on equal terms either as individuals or part of team. Sailing has had female only World Championships since the 1970s to encourage participation and now host more than 30 such World Championship titles each year. For the 2016 Olympics, compulsory mixed gender in the event was added for the first time.[citation needed]

Sailor categories edit

In addition the following categories are sometimes applied to events:

  • Age
  • Nationality
  • Disabled classification
  • Sailor classification

Rules and regulations edit

World Sailing is now most familiar to sailors for defining the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the international standard used to define competition rules and the framework within which racing is conducted.

Para sailing regattas for para sailors likewise follow the World Sailing rulebook with a minor change to permit things like powered adaptations. Strict classification requirements are enforced in the Paralympic Games for fair competition in Paralympic-class keelboats.

The key documents under control of World Sailing are:

  • Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS)[10] – The RRS Rulebook is updated on every Olympic year.
  • Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS)[11]
  • Offshore Special Regulations (OSR)[12]
  • World Sailing Regulations and Constitution

Membership edit

National members edit

Further information: Category:National members of World Sailing

Like all sports federations, World Sailing is composed of "Member National Authorities" (MNA's) from over 140 countries all of whom have the right to make submissions to determine World Sailing's policies.[13]

Persons with a physical impairment who are interested to learn to sail are encouraged[14] to locate their national World Sailing Member National Authority (MNA), Disabled Sports Organization, or visit the local sailing club, as World Sailing seeks to integrate the differently abled into the sport.

Class associations edit

Further information: Category:Classes of World Sailing

The federation recognizes over 80 classes which are each entitled to hold world championships.[15]

Affiliated members edit

Events edit

Sailing and the Olympics edit

See also: Sailing at the Summer Olympics

World Sailing is responsible for administration of the Olympic Sailing Regatta. Sailing (called yachting in the early years) has been a mainstay of the modern summer Olympic games since 1896, omitted only from the 1904 summer games in St. Louis.[19][20]

To help encourage high level international competition in the Classes used for the Olympic Games, World Sailing arrange the following events:

  • Sailing World Championships this is held every four years and is the combined World Championships for the Olympic classes and used as part of the Olympic Qualifying procedure
  • Sailing World Cup, an annual global sailing tour

Sailing in the Paralympic Games edit

See also: Sailing at the Summer Paralympics

Sailing as an equipment based sports allows one of the largest ranges of paralympians to compete under equal terms. Sailing was included for the first time in the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games program as a demonstration event. It became a full medal sport at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games up to 2020 were IPC removed sailing from the paralympic program. Work continues to get sailing reinstated for the 2028 Paralympics.

World Sailing classes world championships edit

See also: World Championships in Sailing

Each World Sailing class is entitled to hold a world championship

World Sailing initiated world championships and events edit

The following World Championships are held:[21]

World Sailing recognised world championships edit

World Sailing Special Events edit

 

Disabled sailing edit

Sailing is a versatile sport that can accommodate many types of disability primarily because it is equipment based. Sailing is one of the few sports where disabled sailors compete on equal terms to able body sailors in a large section of the sport. Almost any boat can be sailed though some are more suitable for larger ranges of disabilities or specific categories of impairment.

World Sailing is also responsible for disabled sailing worldwide under the guidance of its own brand Para World Sailing.[14] This is since the merger of International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) in November 2014, and re-forming of the World Sailing Committee later rebrand Para World Sailing. The rational was given as follows: "The creation of a single governing body for Member National Authorities (MNAs) and sailors will better serve the needs and interests of sailors with disabilities, and provide consistency within the sport, from relationships with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to technical support and operational efficiencies."[22][23]

The IFDS Foundation was dissolved during the 2015 Annual Conference in Sanya, China. The Disabled Sailing Committee then re-branded as the Para World Sailing Committee.[24]

People edit

Presidents edit

From 1906 to 1946 a chairman was elected from time to time to orchestrate the annual meetings.

Vice presidents edit

Vice presidents have been elected since 1955.

  • 1998–2008:   David Kellett (AUS)
  • 1988–1994:   Arturo Delgado (ESP)
  • 1994–2000:   Fernando Bolín (ESP)
  • 2004–2012:   David Irish (USA), Teresa Lara,   Teo Ping Low (SIN)
  • 2008–2012:   Alberto Predieri (ITA), Eric Tulla, Tomasz Holc
  • 2008–2016:   Nazli Imre (TUR)
  • 2012–2016:   George Andreadis (GRE),   Chris Atkins (GBR), Adrienne Greenwood
  • 2010–2020:   Gary Jobson (USA),   Quanhai Li (CHN),   Scott Perry (URU)
  • 2016–2020:   Jan Dawson (NZL),   Torben Grael (BRA),   Ana Sanchez (ESP),   Nadine Stegenwalner (GER)
  • 2020–present:   Duriye Özlem Akdurak (TUR),   Philip Baum (RSA),   Tomasz Chamera (POL),   Sarah Kenny (AUS),   Cory Sertl (USA),   Marcus Spillane (IRL), Jo Aleh (Athlete commission)

Presidents of Honour edit

Race officials edit

There are four types of race officials used to conduct sailing events recognised by World Sailing as follows:

Official awards edit

World Sailing hold the following awards together with service medals.

Rolex World Sailor of the Year edit

Main article: ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards

The main annual award the "Rolex World Sailor of the Year" that is sponsored by ROLEX in the following categories:

  • Male World Sailor of the Year
  • Female World Sailor of the Year

When a crew of two or three people is nominated, the awarded is presented to the entire crew. When larger crews win the award, normally only the skipper is recognised.

Hall of Fame edit

Main article: ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame

On 5 November 2007 in Estoril, Portugal, the International Sailing Federation announced the first six inductees for the ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame.[26][27]

At the 2015 annual conference in Sanya, China, there were seven further inductees.[27]

Beppe Croce Trophy edit

The Beppe Croce Trophy is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding voluntary contribution to the sport of sailing. The roll of honour is an impressive one, including multiple Olympic medallists, rules gurus and designers, and all have dedicated an outstanding amount of time to the sport of sailing. Recipients are presented with a replica trophy.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Professional Windsurfers Association
  2. ^ GKA Kite World Tour
  3. ^ Foiling Week

References edit

  1. ^ . Sailing.org. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015.
  2. ^ . Sailing.org. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
  3. ^ Minutes from the Annual General Meeting of the International Sailing Federation, 27 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, page 3, "5. Special Business – Change of Name". 40 voted in favour, 1 reject.
  4. ^ "ISAF Changes Name to World Sailing". SailingScuttlebutt.com. 8 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Fleet Racing". Sailing.org.
  6. ^ "Match Racing". Sailing.org.
  7. ^ "Team Racing". Sailing.org.
  8. ^ "Offshore & Oceanic Sailing". Sailing.org.
  9. ^ "Cruising". Sailing.org.
  10. ^ "Racing Rules". Sailing.org.
  11. ^ "Equipment Rules Index". Sailing.org.
  12. ^ "Offshore Special Regs Index". Sailing.org.
  13. ^ "Member National Authorities". Sailing.org.
  14. ^ a b "Para World Sailing". Sailing.org.
  15. ^ "Classes & Equipment Index". Sailing.org.
  16. ^ "Offshore Racing Congress". ORC.org.
  17. ^ "World Sailing Speed Record Council". SailSpeedRecords.com.
  18. ^ "International Radio Sailing Association". RadioSailing.org.
  19. ^ "Sailing". Olympic.org. 18 October 2018.
  20. ^ "Olympics". Sailing.org.
  21. ^ . Sailing.org. 29 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013.
  22. ^ Anderson, Gary (16 November 2013). "ISAF and IFDS announce plans for merger at Annual Conference at Muscat". Inside the games. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  23. ^ "ISAF Conference 2014". TheDailySail.com.
  24. ^ . Sailing.org. 8 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2015.
  25. ^ "Submission 124-12". Sailing.org.
  26. ^ "Inductees". ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame.
  27. ^ a b . Sailing.org. 13 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.

External links edit

 
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World Sailing WS is the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee IPC World SailingSportSailingOfficial websitewww wbr sailing wbr orgYear of formation14 October 1907 116 years ago 14 October 1907 Former namesInternational Yacht Racing Union International Sailing FederationMembership size144Other affiliation s IOCASOIFIMOISOWADAPatronKing Harald V of NorwayPresidentQuanhai LiVice presidentsOzlem AkdurakPhilip BaumTomasz ChameraSarah KennyYann RocherieuxCory SertlMarcus SpillaneExecutive OfficeAddressLondonChief ExecutiveDavid GrahamNumber of staffApprox 30Continental AssociationAfrica ASF Asia ASCON Europe EUROSAF Oceania OSAF South America SASC Contents 1 History 2 Competition formats 2 1 Disciplines 2 2 Equipment 2 3 Gender 2 4 Sailor categories 3 Rules and regulations 4 Membership 4 1 National members 4 2 Class associations 4 3 Affiliated members 5 Events 5 1 Sailing and the Olympics 5 2 Sailing in the Paralympic Games 5 3 World Sailing classes world championships 5 4 World Sailing initiated world championships and events 5 5 World Sailing recognised world championships 5 6 World Sailing Special Events 6 Disabled sailing 7 People 7 1 Presidents 7 2 Vice presidents 7 3 Presidents of Honour 7 4 Race officials 8 Official awards 8 1 Rolex World Sailor of the Year 8 2 Hall of Fame 8 3 Beppe Croce Trophy 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 12 External linksHistory editThe creation of the International Yacht Racing Union IYRU began in 1904 when Major Brooke Heckstall Smith AINA then Secretary of the Yacht Racing Association now the Royal Yachting Association wrote to the Yacht Club de France pointing out the desirability of holding a conference for the purpose of devising an International Rule of Measurement for Racing Yachts acceptable to all European countries As a result an International Conference of Yacht Measurement was held in London in January and June 1906 at which the Metre Rule was developed This group went on to adopt a formal Constitution after a meeting at the Yacht Club de France in Paris on 14 October 1907 which is seen as the formation date of the International Yacht Racing Union 1 On 5 August 1996 the IYRU changed its name to the International Sailing Federation ISAF 2 On 14 November 2015 ISAF changed its name to World Sailing 3 4 Competition formats editCompetitive sailing regatta contain events which are defined by a combination of discipline equipment gender and sometimes categories These criteria are defined by the race purpose Disciplines edit The following are the main disciplines Fleet racing The commonest form of competitive sailing involving boats racing around a course 5 Match racing Two identical boats race against each other This is one on one duel requires strategy and tactics The first to cross the finish line wins 6 Team racing Two teams each of normally three boats compete against each other Fast paced racing depends on excellent boat handling skills and rapid tactical decision making 7 Offshore oceanic Any offshore race over 800 miles including races around the world 8 Speed sailing Is managed by World Sailing Speed Record Council Wave riding is common to board sports Both windsurfing and kiteboarding are experimenting with new formats Cruising Can be a coastal day sail or a longer distance international journeys it is the most commonly enjoyed sailing discipline 9 Equipment edit Common categories of equipment include the following dinghies multihulls keelboats sailing yacht windsurfers kiteboarding and radio controlled sailboats Within these categories normally specific class or rating system are used Gender edit The majority of sailing events are open events in which males and females compete together on equal terms either as individuals or part of team Sailing has had female only World Championships since the 1970s to encourage participation and now host more than 30 such World Championship titles each year For the 2016 Olympics compulsory mixed gender in the event was added for the first time citation needed Sailor categories edit In addition the following categories are sometimes applied to events Age Nationality Disabled classification Sailor classificationRules and regulations editWorld Sailing is now most familiar to sailors for defining the Racing Rules of Sailing RRS the international standard used to define competition rules and the framework within which racing is conducted Para sailing regattas for para sailors likewise follow the World Sailing rulebook with a minor change to permit things like powered adaptations Strict classification requirements are enforced in the Paralympic Games for fair competition in Paralympic class keelboats The key documents under control of World Sailing are Racing Rules of Sailing RRS 10 The RRS Rulebook is updated on every Olympic year Equipment Rules of Sailing ERS 11 Offshore Special Regulations OSR 12 World Sailing Regulations and ConstitutionMembership editNational members edit Further information Category National members of World Sailing Like all sports federations World Sailing is composed of Member National Authorities MNA s from over 140 countries all of whom have the right to make submissions to determine World Sailing s policies 13 Persons with a physical impairment who are interested to learn to sail are encouraged 14 to locate their national World Sailing Member National Authority MNA Disabled Sports Organization or visit the local sailing club as World Sailing seeks to integrate the differently abled into the sport Class associations edit Further information Category Classes of World Sailing The federation recognizes over 80 classes which are each entitled to hold world championships 15 Affiliated members edit Offshore Racing Congress ORC 16 World Sailing Speed Record Council WSSRC 17 International Radio Sailing Association IRSA 18 Events editSailing and the Olympics edit See also Sailing at the Summer Olympics World Sailing is responsible for administration of the Olympic Sailing Regatta Sailing called yachting in the early years has been a mainstay of the modern summer Olympic games since 1896 omitted only from the 1904 summer games in St Louis 19 20 To help encourage high level international competition in the Classes used for the Olympic Games World Sailing arrange the following events Sailing World Championships this is held every four years and is the combined World Championships for the Olympic classes and used as part of the Olympic Qualifying procedure Sailing World Cup an annual global sailing tourSailing in the Paralympic Games edit See also Sailing at the Summer Paralympics Sailing as an equipment based sports allows one of the largest ranges of paralympians to compete under equal terms Sailing was included for the first time in the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games program as a demonstration event It became a full medal sport at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games up to 2020 were IPC removed sailing from the paralympic program Work continues to get sailing reinstated for the 2028 Paralympics World Sailing classes world championships edit See also World Championships in Sailing Each World Sailing class is entitled to hold a world championship World Sailing initiated world championships and events edit The following World Championships are held 21 Sailing World Championships Sailing World Cup Series Youth Sailing World Championships Team Racing World Championship Offshore Team Racing World Championship Women s Match World Championship Open Match Racing World Championship Presently awarded to the overall winner of the World Match Racing Tour eSailing World Championship 2018 Onwards Mixed Two Person Offshore Keelboat World Championship 2019 Onwards Nations Cup match racing IYRU Women s World Championships from 1978 to 1992 World Sailing recognised world championships edit Offshore Racing Congress International Association for Disabled Sailing IFDS International Radio Sailing AssociationWorld Sailing Special Events edit nbsp America s Cup SailGP Star Sailors League The Ocean Race World Match Racing Tour PWA World Windsurfing Tour Note 1 GKA Kite World Tour Note 2 Foiling Week Note 3 Disabled sailing editSailing is a versatile sport that can accommodate many types of disability primarily because it is equipment based Sailing is one of the few sports where disabled sailors compete on equal terms to able body sailors in a large section of the sport Almost any boat can be sailed though some are more suitable for larger ranges of disabilities or specific categories of impairment World Sailing is also responsible for disabled sailing worldwide under the guidance of its own brand Para World Sailing 14 This is since the merger of International Association for Disabled Sailing IFDS in November 2014 and re forming of the World Sailing Committee later rebrand Para World Sailing The rational was given as follows The creation of a single governing body for Member National Authorities MNAs and sailors will better serve the needs and interests of sailors with disabilities and provide consistency within the sport from relationships with the World Anti Doping Agency WADA to technical support and operational efficiencies 22 23 The IFDS Foundation was dissolved during the 2015 Annual Conference in Sanya China The Disabled Sailing Committee then re branded as the Para World Sailing Committee 24 People editPresidents edit From 1906 to 1946 a chairman was elected from time to time to orchestrate the annual meetings 1946 1955 Sir Ralph Gore was elected the first President 1955 1969 Sir Peter Scott 1969 1986 nbsp Beppe Croce ITA 1986 1994 nbsp Peter Tallberg FIN 1994 2004 nbsp Paul Henderson CAN 2004 2012 nbsp Goran Petersson SWE 2012 2016 nbsp Carlo Croce ITA 2016 2020 nbsp Kim Andersen DEN 2020 present nbsp Quanhai Li CHN Vice presidents edit Vice presidents have been elected since 1955 1998 2008 nbsp David Kellett AUS 1988 1994 nbsp Arturo Delgado ESP 1994 2000 nbsp Fernando Bolin ESP 2004 2012 nbsp David Irish USA Teresa Lara nbsp Teo Ping Low SIN 2008 2012 nbsp Alberto Predieri ITA Eric Tulla Tomasz Holc 2008 2016 nbsp Nazli Imre TUR 2012 2016 nbsp George Andreadis GRE nbsp Chris Atkins GBR Adrienne Greenwood 2010 2020 nbsp Gary Jobson USA nbsp Quanhai Li CHN nbsp Scott Perry URU 2016 2020 nbsp Jan Dawson NZL nbsp Torben Grael BRA nbsp Ana Sanchez ESP nbsp Nadine Stegenwalner GER 2020 present nbsp Duriye Ozlem Akdurak TUR nbsp Philip Baum RSA nbsp Tomasz Chamera POL nbsp Sarah Kenny AUS nbsp Cory Sertl USA nbsp Marcus Spillane IRL Jo Aleh Athlete commission Presidents of Honour edit 1958 1991 King Olav V of Norway 1994 2023 King Constantine II of Greece 1994 present King Harald V of Norway 25 Race officials edit There are four types of race officials used to conduct sailing events recognised by World Sailing as follows International Judge International Measurer International Race Officer International UmpireOfficial awards editWorld Sailing hold the following awards together with service medals Rolex World Sailor of the Year edit Main article ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards The main annual award the Rolex World Sailor of the Year that is sponsored by ROLEX in the following categories Male World Sailor of the Year Female World Sailor of the YearWhen a crew of two or three people is nominated the awarded is presented to the entire crew When larger crews win the award normally only the skipper is recognised Hall of Fame edit Main article ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame On 5 November 2007 in Estoril Portugal the International Sailing Federation announced the first six inductees for the ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame 26 27 Olin Stephens USA Dame Ellen MacArthur GBR Paul Elvstrom DEN Barbara Kendall NZL Eric Tabarly FRA Sir Robin Knox Johnston GBR At the 2015 annual conference in Sanya China there were seven further inductees 27 Dennis Conner USA Alessandra Sensini ITA Harold Vanderbilt USA Sir Peter Blake NZL Buddy Melges USA Valentin Mankin UKR Torben Grael BRA Beppe Croce Trophy edit The Beppe Croce Trophy is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding voluntary contribution to the sport of sailing The roll of honour is an impressive one including multiple Olympic medallists rules gurus and designers and all have dedicated an outstanding amount of time to the sport of sailing Recipients are presented with a replica trophy See also editCategory Classes of World Sailing International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea COLREGS Notes edit Professional Windsurfers Association GKA Kite World Tour Foiling WeekReferences edit A Short History of the International Sailing Federation Sailing org Archived from the original on 21 December 2015 A Short History of the International Sailing Federation Sailing org Archived from the original on 12 September 2015 Minutes from the Annual General Meeting of the International Sailing Federation Archived 27 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine page 3 5 Special Business Change of Name 40 voted in favour 1 reject ISAF Changes Name to World Sailing SailingScuttlebutt com 8 December 2015 Fleet Racing Sailing org Match Racing Sailing org Team Racing Sailing org Offshore amp Oceanic Sailing Sailing org Cruising Sailing org Racing Rules Sailing org Equipment Rules Index Sailing org Offshore Special Regs Index Sailing org Member National Authorities Sailing org a b Para World Sailing Sailing org Classes amp Equipment Index Sailing org Offshore Racing Congress ORC org World Sailing Speed Record Council SailSpeedRecords com International Radio Sailing Association RadioSailing org Sailing Olympic org 18 October 2018 Olympics Sailing org Sailing World Cup Series Set To Launch For 2008 2009 Sailing org 29 June 2008 Archived from the original on 7 June 2013 Anderson Gary 16 November 2013 ISAF and IFDS announce plans for merger at Annual Conference at Muscat Inside the games Retrieved 31 July 2019 ISAF Conference 2014 TheDailySail com 2015 Annual Conference 8 November Summary Sailing org 8 November 2015 Archived from the original on 12 November 2015 Submission 124 12 Sailing org Inductees ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame a b Seven Sailors inducted into World Sailing s Hall of Fame Sailing org 13 November 2015 Archived from the original on 17 November 2015 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Sailing Official website 50 53 44 N 1 24 18 W 50 8955 N 1 4051 W 50 8955 1 4051 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World Sailing amp oldid 1185535868, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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