Identification
Every boat of a World Sailing Class shall carry on her mainsail and, as provided in rule G1.3(c) for letters and numbers only, on her spinnaker and headsail
- (a) the insignia denoting her class;
- (b) at all international events, except when the boats are provided to all competitors, national letters denoting her national authority from the table below. For the purposes of this rule, international events are World Sailing events, world and continental championships, and events described as international events in their notices of race; and
- (c) a sail number of no more than four digits allotted by her national authority or, when so required by the class rules, by the class association. The four-digit limitation does not apply to classes whose World Sailing membership or recognition took effect before 1 April 1997. Alternatively, if permitted in the class rules, an owner may be allotted a personal sail number by the relevant issuing authority, which may be used on all the owner’s boats in that class.
Sails measured before 31 March 1999 shall comply with rule G1.1 or with the rules applicable at the time of measurement.
Note: An up-to-date version of the table below is available on the World Sailing website.
NATIONAL SAIL LETTERS
| National authority | Letters | National authority | Letters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | ALG | Djibouti | DJI |
| American Samoa | ASA | Dominican Republic | DOM |
| Andorra | AND | Ecuador | ECU |
| Angola | ANG | Egypt | EGY |
| Antigua | ANT | El Salvador | ESA |
| Argentina | ARG | Estonia | EST |
| Armenia | ARM | Fiji | FIJ |
| Aruba | ARU | Finland | FIN |
| Australia | AUS | France | FRA |
| Austria | AUT | Georgia | GEO |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | Germany | GER |
| Bahamas | BAH | Great Britain | GBR |
| Bahrain | BRN | Greece | GRE |
| Barbados | BAR | Grenada | GRN |
| Belarus | BLR | Guam | GUM |
| Belgium | BEL | Guatemala | GUA |
| Belize | BIZ | Hong Kong, China | HKG |
| Bermuda | BER | Hungary | HUN |
| Bolivia | BOL | Iceland | ISL |
| Botswana | BOT | India | IND |
| Brazil | BRA | Indonesia | INA |
| British Virgin Islands | IVB | Iran | IRI |
| Brunei | BRU | Iraq | IRQ |
| Bulgaria | BUL | Ireland | IRL |
| Cambodia | CAM | Israel | ISR |
| Canada | CAN | Italy | ITA |
| Cayman Islands | CAY | Jamaica | JAM |
| Chile | CHI | Japan | JPN |
| China, PR | CHN | Jordan | JOR |
| Chinese Taipei | TPE | Kazakhstan | KAZ |
| Colombia | COL | Kenya | KEN |
| Cook Islands | COK | Korea, DPR | PRK |
| Croatia | CRO | Korea, Republic of | KOR |
| Cuba | CUB | Kosovo | KOS |
| Cyprus | CYP | Kuwait | KUW |
| Czechia | CZE | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ |
| Denmark | DEN | Latvia | LAT |
| Lebanon | LIB | Romania | ROU |
| Libya | LBA | Russia | RUS |
| Liechtenstein | LIE | Samoa | SAM |
| Lithuania | LTU | San Marino | SMR |
| Luxembourg | LUX | Saudi Arabia | KSA |
| Macau, China | MAC | Senegal | SEN |
| Madagascar | MAD | Serbia | SRB |
| Malaysia | MAS | Seychelles | SEY |
| Malta | MLT | Singapore | SGP |
| Mauritius | MRI | Slovak Republic | SVK |
| Mexico | MEX | Slovenia | SLO |
| Moldova | MDA | Solomon Islands | SOL |
| Monaco | MON | South Africa | RSA |
| Montenegro | MNE | Spain | ESP |
| Montserrat | MNT | Sri Lanka | SRI |
| Morocco | MAR | St Kitts & Nevis | SKN |
| Mozambique | MOZ | St Lucia | LCA |
| Myanmar | MYA | St Vincent & Grenadines | VIN |
| Namibia | NAM | Sudan | SUD |
| Netherlands | NED | Sweden | SWE |
| Netherlands Antilles | AHO | Switzerland | SUI |
| New Zealand | NZL | Tahiti | TAH |
| Nicaragua | NCA | Tajikistan | TJK |
| Nigeria | NGR | Tanzania | TAN |
| North Macedonia | MKD | Thailand | THA |
| Norway | NOR | Timor Leste | TLS |
| Oman | OMA | Tonga | TGA |
| Pakistan | PAK | Trinidad & Tobago | TTO |
| Palestine | PLE | Tunisia | TUN |
| Panama | PAK | Turkey | TUR |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | Turks & Caicos | TCA |
| Paraguay | PAR | Uganda | TTO |
| Peru | PER | Ukraine | UKR |
| Philippines | PHI | United Arab Emirates | UAE |
| Poland | POL | United States of America | USA |
| Portugal | POR | Uruguay | URU |
| Puerto Rico | PUR | US Virgin Islands | ISV |
| Qatar | QAT | Vanuatu | VAN |
| Venezuela | VEN | Zimbabwe | ZIM |
| Vietnam | VIE |