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The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing
Sailing

Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with large pieces of canvas cloth called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat....
, particularly yacht
Yacht racing

Yacht racing is the sport of competitive yachting. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing. Much racing is done around buoys or similar marks in protected waters, while some longer offshore races cross open water....
, dinghy
Dinghy racing

Dinghy racing is the competitive sport of dinghy sailing. Dinghy racing has been influential in developing all aspects of the modern dinghy, including hull design, sail materials and sailplan, and techniques such as planing and trapezing....
, windsurfing
Windsurfing

Windsurfing, or sailboarding, is a Surface Water Sports using a windsurf board, also commonly called a sailboard, usually two to five meters long and powered by the wind pushing on a sail....
 and radio sailing racing. It is composed of "Member National Authorities" (MNA's) from about 120 countries. The organisation dates from 1996, when the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) changed its name to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). ISAF is in charge of the Olympic Regatta, the sailing events held as part of the Summer Olympics.






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The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing
Sailing

Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with large pieces of canvas cloth called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat....
, particularly yacht
Yacht racing

Yacht racing is the sport of competitive yachting. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing. Much racing is done around buoys or similar marks in protected waters, while some longer offshore races cross open water....
, dinghy
Dinghy racing

Dinghy racing is the competitive sport of dinghy sailing. Dinghy racing has been influential in developing all aspects of the modern dinghy, including hull design, sail materials and sailplan, and techniques such as planing and trapezing....
, windsurfing
Windsurfing

Windsurfing, or sailboarding, is a Surface Water Sports using a windsurf board, also commonly called a sailboard, usually two to five meters long and powered by the wind pushing on a sail....
 and radio sailing racing. It is composed of "Member National Authorities" (MNA's) from about 120 countries. The organisation dates from 1996, when the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) changed its name to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). ISAF is in charge of the Olympic Regatta, the sailing events held as part of the Summer Olympics. ISAF also is in charge of publishing the Racing Rules of Sailing
Racing Rules of Sailing

The Racing Rules of Sailing govern the conduct of yacht racing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, model boat racing, dinghy racing and virtually any other form of racing around a course with more than one vessel while powered by the wind....
 (RRS, formerly the Racing Rules of Yachting) and editing the document after every Olympic Regatta based on the input of its MNA's. The RRS, with some modification by the MNA's (called "prescriptions") are followed for the racing of any kind of vessel powered by the wind from remote-controlled sailboats and sailboards to multi-masted vessels.

See also

  • ISAF Sailing World Championships
    ISAF Sailing World Championships

    The ISAF Sailing World Championships are held every four years since 2003 and are used as the primary event to qualify countries for the Sailing at the Summer Olympics....


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