Equipment Rules of Sailing

The Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS) consists of three parts:

• Part I – Rules for use of the equipment: The boat – the sports equipment used in sail racing and the personal equipment
• Part II – Equipment definitions
• Part III – Rules governing equipment control and inspection

 

The current edition is the Equipment Rules of Sailing 2025-2028 effective from 1 January 2025 until 31 December 2028.

The complete document and related publications can be downloaded from World Sailing website – also available are the substantial changes to the 2021-2024 edition, corrections to the current edition and selected translations of previous editions of the rules.