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New keel check rules for 2022
Yachting World
|March 2022
A change to World Sailing’s Offshore Special Regulations (OSR) means that as of 1 January 2022, all yachts competing in OSR Category 0 through to Category 3 must have been inspected by a qualified person within 24 months of the start of the race or after a grounding, whichever is later.
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The new requirements, aimed at focussing attention on keel safety, have been brought in after several high profile incidents of keel and rudder losses that have affected both new and old yachts, cruising and racing designs.
This story is from the March 2022 edition of Yachting World.
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