Race Officer Pathway
Excerpt from World Sailing Race Management Manual:
"The role of the Course Race Officer is an on the water manager, who lets his team get on with the job without interfering, so that he should take the decisions regarding boats on the course side of their starting line, course changes, etc., himself. The advantage is that he can at all times keep an overview of what goes on around the entire race course.
Another important role is to make decisions to ensure the fairness and safety of the competition. These may entail changes of course, abandoning the race or AP the sequence of racing if the wind is too light or shifting or too strong or for any reason directly affecting the safety or fairness of the competition.
It is not always easy to make these decisions and it is always a challenge for the Course Race Officer with these decision making procedures.
Sailing competition owes a debt of gratitude to those people willing to accept this responsibility and to work to acquire the necessary knowledge and experience to do it well. Those who make such a commitment make a very large contribution to our sport."
Race Officer Pathway
