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DEFINITIONS 3 PART I – ADMINISTRATION 1 NOTICES AND SUBMISSIONS 5 2 ISAF MEMBERSHIP – ISAF FULL MEMBERS AND ISAF ASSOCIATE 7
MEMBERS 3 INTERPRET A TION OF CONSTITUTION BY CONSTITUTION 13
COMMITTEE 4 APPLICATION OF ENGLISH LAW 5 EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES 14 PART II – NOMINATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS 6 APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS 14 7 ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS 18 8 REPRESENT A TION ON COUNCIL 19 9 COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE 21 10 COMMITTEE RULES OF PROCEDURE 23 11-14 Reserved for future use 24 PART III – COMMITTEES: CONSTITUTION, TERMS OF REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION
31 INTERNA TIONAL UMPIRES SUB-COMMITTEE 31
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PART IV – EVENTS, OLYMPIC, ISAF AND OTHER
16 OLYMPIC SAILING COMPETITION 43 17 ISAF EVENTS 46 18 ISAF AND OTHER EVENTS 50 19 ELIGIBILITY CODE 61 20 ADVERTISING CODE 63 21 ANTI-DOPING CODE 70 22 ISAF SAILOR CLASSIFICATION CODE 100 23 FLAGS AND EMBLEMS 105 24 ISAF WORLD RANKINGS GRADING CRITERIA 105 25Reserved for future use 111 PART V – CLASSES AND CLASS ADMINISTRATION
26 ISAF INTERNATIONAL AND RECOGNIZED CLASSES 111 27 ISAF CLASSIC YACHT CLASSES 117 28 ISAF INTERNATIONAL OR RECOGNIZED RATING SYSTEMS 118 29 ORC LIMITED 119 30 Reserved for future use 119 PART VI – ADMINISTRATION OF RACING RULES, EQUIPMENT RULES,
SPECIAL REGULATIONS AND RACE OFFICIALS
31 RACING RULES ADMINISTRATION 119 32 EQUIPMENT RULES ADMINISTRATION 122 33 INTERNATIONAL RACE OFFICIALS ADMINISTRATION – 124
INTERNATIONAL JUDGES, UMPIRES, MEASURERS AND RACE
OFFICERS 34 RACE OFFICIALS PERFORMANCE 129 35 DESIGNATED NATIONALITY OF INTERNATIONAL RACE OFFICIALS 130 36 SPECIAL REGULATIONS ADMINISTRATION 132 37-40 Reserved for future use 133 PART VII – COMMISSIONS, ADVISORY BOARDS AND FORUMS 41 COMMISSIONS GENERALLY 133 42 MEDICAL COMMISSION 133 43 INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS COMMISSION 134 44 OLYMPIC ADVISORY COMMISSION 135 45 ATHLETES’ COMMISSION 135 46 SAILOR CLASSIFICATION COMMISSION 135 47 COACHES COMMISSION 136 48 TRAINING COMMISSION 136 49 REVIEW BOARD 137 50 WOMEN’S FORUM 137 PART VIII – STANDARDS OF CONDUCT 51 CONFLICT OF INTEREST 138 52 MISCONDUCT OF ISAF RACE OFFICIALS AND ISAF 138
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DEFINITIONS
Word
Meaning
Authority, National
National Authority as defined in Section 1 of the Articles
Authority, Organizing
Organizing Authority as defined in RRS 88.1
Boat
Where the context so admits, ‘boat’ shall include sailboard, windsurfer, kiteboard and other sailing device.
Class
A Class of boat includes boats which conform to a physical specification intended to allow competitive racing among their Class under the Racing Rules of Sailing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Classes include boats with one-design, restricted, and developmental specifications as these terms are applied generally.
Class, National
A National Class for the purposes of this Regulation is a class where the National Authority has substantial authority in the direction or management of the Class.
Class, ISAF
ISAF Classes are International Classes and Recognized Classes designated as such in accordance with Regulation 26.2.
Class/Owner’s Association
A Class/Owners Association is an organization as defined in regulation 26.2.1(b).
Class Rules
Class Rules are rules as defined in The Equipment Rules of Sailing.
Class, Classic Yacht
Classic Yacht Classes as defined in Regulation 27.1.
Competitor
In addition to its natural meaning, a competitor in respect of any boat shall include any person who has the right to use the boat as owner or by charter, loan or otherwise.
Competitor Advertising
In respect of any boat is advertising which is applied to a boat, its equipment or the person or the equipment of a competitor or competitors as the condition of or as the result of a payment made to or made as a result of the direction of one or more of the competitors in respect of such boat.
Continents
Africa; Asia; Oceania; Europe; North America (including Grenada, Bermuda and the Islands of the Caribbean but excluding Central America) and the Islands of the Caribbean; Central and South America (including Mexico)
All as defined by the National Geographic Society in their Atlas of the World
Country
Except in respect of references to Race Officials, for the purposes of these regulations and The Racing Rules of Sailing the country of a person shall be the area of jurisdiction of the member national authority of that person’s principal residence For references to Race Officials, refer to Regulation 35.
Event Measurer
An Event Measurer in accordance with the Equipment Rules of Sailing C 4.4 is “A measurer appointed by a race committee”.
Events, Class
A Class Event is an event as defined in regulation 26.5(f).
Events, Club or Invitational
A Club or Invitational Event is an event as defined in Regulation 20.10(d).
Events, Graded
An ISAF Graded Event is an event approved as such by ISAF in accordance with ISAF Regulation 24 and included in the ISAF Calendar of Events.