| Unlike sailing classes, sailing instructions do not come | | | | meeting to decide and announce any changes to be |
| from a qualified sailing instructor. On a cruise ship, it is | | | | made. Even the process of changing or editing the |
| the Captain’s orders received from the owner of | | | | contents of the sailing instructions have to be included |
| the ship. In the case of yachting “sailing | | | | in the sailing instructions itself. Everything that will affect |
| instructions” is the term used to define a set of | | | | the competition must be included in there from |
| rules governing the conditions for competition in a | | | | disposing of trash in the ocean to the use of radios |
| sailing competition or Regatta. It gives the crew of the | | | | and safety regulations and even how violators will be |
| yacht precise instructions of where and when to go | | | | sanctioned. |
| somewhere, the insignias and flags that will be used, | | | | A sailing instruction has to be precise in order for the |
| how to register for the competition, and even where | | | | race to be a success. Competitors are under strict |
| and how to protest a ruling by the governing body. | | | | instructions to follow these rules and there can only be |
| Sailing instructions usually come in printed form so that | | | | one interpretation. If there are several ways to |
| the content cannot be edited without the knowledge of | | | | interpret a ruling on a sailing instruction chaos will follow |
| all the competitors. Once it is printed and distributed, it | | | | and there will also be several winners following several |
| will take a committee meeting or competitors’ | | | | disqualifications and different rulings. |