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Rule 55.4: Headsails and Spinnakers | Protest Room

Part 4 — Other Requirements When Racing

Section B — Equipment-Related Requirements

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55.4

Headsails and Spinnakers

For the purposes of rules 54 and 55 and Appendix G, the definitions of ‘headsail’ and ‘spinnaker’ in The Equipment Rules of Sailing shall be used.
Note: The Equipment Rules of Sailing are available on the World Sailing website.

Rule 55.3

No sail shall be sheeted over or through any device that exerts outward pressure on a sheet or clew of a sail at a point from which, with the boat upright, a ve...