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Race officer qualification requirements
RYA qualifications for race officers are Regional Race Officer and National Race Officer. The International Race Officer qualification is awarded by World Sailing
All RYA qualifications (NRO and RRO) are held for four years, after which time an application for renewal must be made. Applicants must be:
- members of the RYA
- age 18 or over for both National and Regional qualification
- an experienced racing sailor
- an email user with internet access
- UK passport holder (or have principal residence in the UK).
The button below provides a summary of the Race Officer qualification requirements. For all qualification requirements in more detail, please view our competency document.
References must be from the events given on the application form.
Candidates for the National qualification are also required to show additional experience such as an ability to work with a variety of course configurations, in waters outside of their home area and with several senior race officers. A 'major event' is deliberately not defined as there are many factors to be taken into consideration when assessing this.
The Race Officer application form and reference form can be found here.