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From club rulebooks to one racing code: how sailing unified its rules

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World Sailing, Official History
World SailingHistory page, Early history and International Standards 1906-1960
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Before 1870 individual yacht clubs developed their own set of racing rules, of which each was the sole arbiter in interpreting and applying them.
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