The ISA obtained the ISAF approval for the Class Rules change request below, the new Class Rules and Championship Rules were published and also the amendment.

Although the class request was to include the whole change in the Class Rules, ISAF asked to keep separate the items, modifing the Class Rules as:

Current Rule:
C.1.1 The crew shall consist of two or three persons. A crew nominated or listed for a regatta or series of races held over consecutive days including a lay day, shall remain the same throughout the event unless substitution is authorized by the race committee. If there is a substitution for the helmsperson, he/she must be one of the crew nominated at registration.


Amended Rules:
C.1 Crew Eligibility.
C.1.1 The crew shall consist of two or three persons.
C.1.2 A crew nominated or listed for regatta or series of races, shall remain the same throughout the event unless substitution is authorized by the race committee. If there is a replacement for the helmsperson, he/she must be one of the crew nominated at registration and also needs to be authorized by the race committee.

And to insert the following item in the Championship Rules

4. Eligibility
4.4 The nation being represented by the team will be the helmsperson nationality and will remain during the regatta or series the same independently of any helmsperson replacement.

Link to the Class Rules:
http://www.soling.com/rules/SOL2013CR061212.pdf

Link to the Amendment:
http://www.soling.com/rules/SOL2013CRC061212.pdf

Link to the Championship Rules:
http://www.soling.com/rules/Championship%20Rules.pdf