What’s New in the 2025-2028 Racing Rules by Dave Perry
Dave Perry presented an educational and interactive webinar on Tuesday evening April 29, 2025, to explain the significant changes in the 2025-2028 Racing Rules of Sailing that went into effect this year. Throughout the session, Dave encouraged us to jump in and ask questions to assure we have a good understanding.
These resources from the webinar are available at this link:
+A pre-session backgrounder to provide familiarity with the topic.
+A guide with Ideas For Teaching the Racing Rules and web links to sources of Racing Rules information.
+A two-hour video recording of the session
Dave is an alumnus of the JSA LIS who is will is well known for his enthusiastic and engaging teaching style for sailors and race officials of all ages and levels, as well as highly respected for his deep knowledge of the sport of sailing. He is one of the sport’s leading coaches and rules experts, serving on the US Sailing Appeals Committee and being the Rules Advisor for the US Sailing Team at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Special Raffle: one of Dave’s three books was awarded to each of three JSA of LIS members who were present when the books were raffled during the meeting, and who pre-registered before 6 PM on April 29.
