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Racing Rules of Sailing practice test: questions and theory

1000 questions in 10 topics. Each topic has an article that explains the rules the questions ask about, with drawings; the app asks the questions, explains every answer and brings your mistakes back until you get them right.

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The mock exam: 40 questions spread over every topic, 60 minutes, pass at 70 %. Size, time and pass mark are the app’s defaults, not an official rule.

Topics

  1. 1. Definitions & basic principlesThe racing rules are written in defined terms. · 8 min read · 100 questions
  2. 2. Right of way — opposite tacks, same tack, tacking (Rules 10–13)Four rules say who has right of way when two boats meet. · 7 min read · 100 questions
  3. 3. General limitations — contact, acquiring right of way, changing course (Rules 14–17)Right of way is not a licence. · 7 min read · 100 questions
  4. 4. Mark-room (Rule 18)At a mark, rule 18 adds a second entitlement to right of way: mark-room. · 8 min read · 100 questions
  5. 5. Obstructions, room to tack & other situations (Rules 19–23)Rules 19 to 23 fill the gaps in the right-of-way rules: passing an obstruction together, tacking off a shore with a boat on your hip, and boats that… · 8 min read · 100 questions
  6. 6. Starting — signals, recalls & starting penaltiesA start is run by flags; the sounds only draw your eye to them. · 8 min read · 100 questions
  7. 7. Sailing the course, marks & finishingStart, sail the course, finish: each word has a definition. · 8 min read · 100 questions
  8. 8. Propulsion & other requirements when racingRule 42: a boat races on wind and water alone. · 8 min read · 100 questions
  9. 9. Penalties at the time of an incidentBreak a rule and you pay for it on the water, at once and unasked. · 8 min read · 100 questions
  10. 10. Protests, hearings, redress & scoringA protest enforces the rules when no penalty was taken afloat; redress repairs a score spoiled through no fault of yours. · 8 min read · 100 questions
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