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A recent request for an interpretation of the rules, regarding the positioning of sail numbers on Sunburst sails, highlighted there were contradictions between the racing rules of sailing, Yachting New Zealand prescriptions and some class rules.
As a result, Yachting New Zealand have made the following change to the prescriptions regarding RRS77 and RRS Appendix G. These prescriptions relate to what the rules refer to as “other boats”, which are boats other than World Sailing classes.
The existing prescription reads:
Yachting New Zealand prescribes that, where class rules are silent, boats, other than World Sailing international class boats complying fully with Appendix G, shall comply with Appendix G except they shall not be required to comply with Appendix G1.1(b).
This is to be replaced with a prescription to Appendix G2 which reads:
Yachting New Zealand prescribes that other boats shall comply with Appendix G1 and, if there is any conflict between Appendix G and the boats’ class rules, then Appendix G shall prevail, except that:
- Appendix G1.1(b) shall not apply, but boats may be required to display national letters by their class rules;
- If on 31 October 2019 a sail was certified as complying with the boat’s class rules, the insignia and sail number on the sail may remain as they were on that date.
RRS Appendix G can be viewed here
The purpose of this change is to prevent future issues from arising, as well as to align Yachting New Zealand’s rules with those of World Sailing.
