Membership of World Sailing may be granted by the Council in the following categories:

• Full Member (Member National Authority - MNA) - a national governing body for sailing)
• Associate Member (a Member National Authority with reduced service and powers)
• World Sailing Class Associations (types of boat)
• Rating and Handicap Systems
• World Sailing Continental Member (membership offered to geographical groups)
• Affiliate Member (self-administered international organizations)

World Sailing Constitution and Regulations

Full details of World Sailing Membership can be found in the World Sailing Constitution (Article 2) and the World Sailing Regulations (Part 2).

Information about how to become a World Sailing MNA or Class Association is available through the menu above. Please contact the World Sailing Executive Office if you have any questions about becoming a member.

World Sailing Member Subscription Categories and Rates

Category 1: £300
Algeria	American Samoa	Andorra	Angola	Antigua
Armenia	Aruba	Azerbaijan	Bahrain	Barbados
Belarus	Belize	Botswana	British Virgin Islands	Bulgaria
Cayman Islands	Cook Islands	Croatia	Cuba	Cyprus
Czech Republic	Dijbouti	Dominican Republic	DPR Korea	Ecuador
El Salvador	Estonia	Fiji	FYRO Macedonia	Georgia
Grenada	Guam	Guatemala	Iceland	Iran
Jamaica	Kazakhstan	Kenya	Kosovo	Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan	Latvia	Lebanon	Libya	Liechtenstein
Lithuania	Luxembourg	Madagascar	Malta	Mauritius
Moldova	Montenegro	Morocco	Mozambique	Myanmar
Namibia	Netherlands Antillles (Curacao and St Maarten)	Nigeria	Oman	Palestine
Panama	Papua New Guinea	Paraguay	Qatar	Romania
St Lucia	Samoa	San Marino	Saudi Arabia	Senegal
Serbia	Seychelles	Slovak Repbulic	Slovenia	Sri Lanka
St Kitts & Nevis	Sudan	Tahiti	Tanzania	Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia	Uganda	Ukraine	United Arabl Emirates	Vanuatu
Vietnam	Zimbabwe
Category 2: £750
Bahamas	Bermuda	Colombia	Egypt	India
Indonesia	Malaysia	Monaco	Pakistan	Peru
Peru	Philippines	Puerto Rico	Russia	Thailand
US Virgin Islands	Venezuela
Category 3: £1,800
Belgium	Chile	China, PR	Chinese Taipei	Greece
Hong Kong	Hungary	Israel	Korea	Mexico
Poland	Singapore	South Africa, Republic of	Turkey	Uruguay
Category 4: £6,000
Argentina	Austria	Denmark	Finland	Netherlands
Ireland	New Zealand	Norway	Portugal	Switzerland
Category 5: £12,600
Australia	Brazil	Canada	France	Germany
Italy	Japan	Spain	Sweden
Category 6: £15,600
Great Britain	United States of America

Affiliate Continental Members £200

Asian Sailing Federation
European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF)
Oceania Sailing Federation (OSAF)
South American Sailing Confederation

Affiliate Members - £200

International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS)
Mediterranean Sailing Union (MSU)
Offshore Racing Congress
Pan American Sailing Federation
Radio Sailing Association
World Sailing Speed Record Council

Associate Members - £100

World Sailing Class Associations - £200

Rating Systems £200