The Rules Book: 2009-2012

This bestselling pocket-sized racing rules book has been fully revised for this edition. The entire 2009-2012 racing rules are included. In revising The Rules Book to take account of the rule changes, Bryan Willis has maintained Eric Twiname's unique method of presentation, which has proved popular with racers over many editions.The Rules Book is unique in that it assumes a race situation and then looks at the rules that apply, instead of examining the rules in turn and discussing which situations govern. The reader works his way around the course from the Start, to the Windward Mark, Downwind Legs, to the Finish, studying all the situations that might arise. USSA and ISAF appeal case numbers are given for further reference.The information is graded on 3 levels:  Club: rules which everyone who races should know (no symbol)  National: rules for top club racing (1 hull symbol)  International: rules for top national and international competition (2 hull symbols)

Bryan Willis has been a member of the ISAF Racing Rules Committee for over 25 years. He has been appointed to five Olympic Juries and chaired the International Jury at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. He has been involved in six America's Cup regattas as Rules Advisor, Chief Umpire, and Jury Chairman, and was Jury Chairman and Chief Umpire for the America's Cup in Valencia, Spain, in 2007.