RRS25 RYA Racing Rules of Sailing 2025-2028

The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) are revised and published every four years by World Sailing, the international authority for the sport.

The RYA, as the World Sailing, Member National Authority for the UK, makes ‘National Prescriptions’, (which are variations to certain areas within the rules) and publishes them together with other addenda in this very handy, pocket sized, spiral bound waterproof publication.

This edition has been updated to reflect the Racing Rules of Sailing 2025-2028 and is the essential reference text for every racing sailor, club and race official. It also includes:

• Definitions
• The RYA Racing Charter
• RYA Prescriptions
• Time and speed charts
• Race signals
• International code flags

This publication also uses coloured pages to quickly identify and access the section on ‘When Boats Meet’ to help racers keep out of trouble.

Please note: This is the only publication available that include the RYA’s National Prescriptions which are essential to understand for racing in the UK.

RYA Notice

You may be aware that World Sailing has released a number of key changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing 2025-2028, six months after providing the RYA with the rules for publishing in the RYA Racing Rules of Sailing 2025-2028 (RYA item code: RRS25). 

There are a number of changes to various sections throughout the book, which means that we’re unable simply to correct or replace copies that have already been sold. However, pages 7-8 should now have a summary of the key changes. Please contact us if you do not have this summary.

We advise downloading the full 2025-2028 Changes and Corrections document which can be found on the Racing Rules of Sailing page of the World Sailing website, under ‘The Racing Rules of Sailing 2025 – 2028’ drop-down menu.