Test your knowledge of the Racing Rules of Sailing with the UK-Halsey Rules Quizzes.
The Racing Rules of Sailing are complex and complicated, usually requiring drawings to illustrate the rules applying to a specific situation. In some cases, however, static drawings just aren't enough.
Since 2002, UK-Halsey a leading expert on teaching the Racing Rules of Sailing, has been sharing with sailors insights into the rules through the series of animated online Rules Quizzes that go well beyond static drawings.
Simply click to start the animation, formulate your opinion on the situation, then read the Facts Found and Conclusions and Rules That Apply just as they would be presented by a Jury hearing the protest. Links to the rules being cited are also provided making it easier for sailors to become better, smarter racers.
Now you can have the UK-Halsey Rules Quizzes on your own computer.
Download the entire set of UK-Halsey Rules Quizzes onto your own computer. Updated automatically whenever a new Quiz is added, you can take the Quizzes
with your shipmates and test each other's rules knowledge. You'll get all the animations, all the Facts Found, the Conclusions and links to the complete
explaination of the specific rule as it appears in the Racing Rules of Sailing. It's great for sitting around the club after a day on the water.
In addition included in this Rules Quiz download are:
Animations that can be played full screen
The ability to have three critical windows open at the same time: the animation, the quiz answer and the text of a hot-linked rule or definition
Our new 37-question multiple choice rules test that comes with detailed answers
Seven instructional videos that show Butch Ulmer at seminar's teaching different aspects of the rules -- with more to be posted shortly.
A rules blog that includes writers like Rob Overton (head of US Sailing's Rules committee)
PDFs with rules related information that you can download
And frequent free updates
Click here to see a short video about the program.
The cost of the program is $55 and it is available through our secure online store. Just click here.
Attention Sailing Webmasters:
Now there are two ways sailing websites can offer the complete
UK-Halsey Rules Quiz program on their websites.
Click on the banners to download a
UK-Halsey Rules Quiz Gadget or to get an HTML
code to import all Rules Quizzes Plug-in into your proprietary site.