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THE RACING SEASON ABOUT TO START, TIME TO BRUSH UP ON THE RULES AND DEFINITIONS |
If you are serious about learning the Racing Rules of Sailing, you have to start with the definitions. These words have very specific meanings and you can’t understand the rules unless you know the meanings of the defined words. In the US Sailing version of the Rule Book, there are three pages of definitions on the last three pages of the book – they are hidden behind the index. To help sailors, we are posting the definitions on our site. You can study them online by clicking here. You can also find all the definitions and the rules of Part 2 (When Yachts Meet) in the UK-Halsey Rules Quiz program. Our rules program is the easiest way to learn the racing rules of sailing because we use animation, not static diagrams. You see situations develop as they do afloat — making complicated issues simpler to understand. The program is much more than animated quizzes for brushing up on or learning the rules. It comes with exclusive instructional videos, it’s own blog where members can get their rules questions answered, PDFs of the new US Sailing Appeals that are related to the quiz answers, and a rules test with the answers explained in detail. As a download, UK-Halsey constantly updates the program. To take a video tour of the program, click here. A major upgrade to the program since video tour was created is our new rules test. It is located in the Lifted Tack Section of the program. To see one of the educational videos that is only available to owners of the program, click here. The cost of the program is $55, $40 for owners of the 2005-2008 Rules Quiz CD. The program runs on Macs and PCs and runs smoother on newer computers. To buy the program, click here. |