If you're interested, ISAF has released the rules that will take effect in January. You can view them at http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/ISAFRRS20132016Final-[13376].pdf. There have been a number of wording changes, but the game is still basically the same. Many of the changes seem reasonable, and I have some misgivings about others. I'm still working through the differences, though, and expect to discuss them with other judges soon.

I haven't seen US Sailing's new prescriptions yet, and look forward to their publication. I've heard that the new rulebook will be available in a waterproof form.

Regards,
Eric