Advertising on Sails - ISAF 20

Bit awkward for Merlins then, any event sponsors out there with logos that look good on a clinker hull?

The RYA prescriptions apply if you're in the UK and not in an Interntional class.

http://www.rya.org.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Racing/RacingInformation/RacingRules/RYA%20Prescriptions%202012.pdf

Specifically

20.2.3 Right to Display Advertising on a Boat When the right to display advertising on a boat is subject to prior authorisation by the national authority in accordance with regulation 20.2.3.3, the approval of the RYA is automatically granted provided that such advertising is permitted by the relevant rules of the class, rating system or handicapping system. 20.8.2 Fees When the person in charge of a boat chooses to display Advertising, the RYA will not impose a fee as permitted by regulation 20.8.2.

[later]

Basically though the sails are reserved for the individual sponsors of a boat, and the front of the hull reserved for event sponsors. This is a pretty sensible rule because its a lot less hassle peeling stickers off hulls than sails. Imagine what your sails would look like if you had the sticky residues of different Nationals sponsors stickers from the last three nationals left on them...

Edited by JimC - 21 Feb 13 at 7:27pm

IIt tightens things up perhaps, but doesn't actually change anything- the front 25% of a dinghy hull has effectively been reserved for event stickers for a fair while.

No not by Sail numbers you'll be please to hear.....