Racing Rules of Sailing - New Rules (2025 - 2028)

Join us for a review of the new racing rules of sailing by Dave Dellenbaugh (America's Cup Tactician on Buddy Melges' team)!
IF this lesson is full but you would like to join in and get access to all four parts, please send me an email.

This is a 4-part webinar that will be shown on the dates below:

November 18: New Rules A (Location: Union South)
November 25: New Rules B (Location: Memorial Union)
December 2: Brain Teasers! (Location: Memorial Union)
December 9: Questions & Answers (Location: Memorial Union)

Here's the description of the series from Dave Dellenbaugh:

A new 4-part webinar explaining the 2025-2028 Racing Rules!

Hi! As you may know, a new quadrennial set of racing rules will go into effect worldwide on January 1! Because the new rulebook includes a number of substantial changes, I'm devoting an entire webinar series to explain the 2025-2028 Racing Rules of Sailing in depth. I hope you'll join me. 

The new rulebook will include changes to the rules about mark-room, obstructions, contact, barging, proper course, tacking in the zone, and hailing for room to tack, plus a major reorganization of protest procedures. So this webinar will be an invaluable resource whenever you go racing in 2025 (and beyond).

Parts 1 and 2 of this webinar series will explain significant changes in the new rulebook and how these will affect your rights, obligations and tactics around the race course. Part 3 will be full of educational quizzes about the new (and old) rules in various scenarios, and Part 4 will give in-depth answers to participant questions asked before and during the webinar.

The webinar begins Monday, November 18 at 7:00 pm US Central time and continues on the following three Mondays. Each session is 90+ minutes and includes videos, diagrams, animations, and quizzes. Content is geared toward racing skippers and crews with intermediate or advanced rules knowledge, and participant questions are welcome throughout!