Appendix K - Competitors ISAF Eligibility
See rule 75.2. This appendix shall not be changed by sailing instructions or prescriptions of national authorities.

K1 ISAF Eligibility Rules
  To be eligible to compete in an event listed in rule K2.1, a competitor shall,

    (a) be governed by the regulations and rules of the ISAF.
    (b) be a member of a member national authority or one of its affiliated organizations. Such membership shall be established by the competitor;
      (1) being entered by the national authority of the country of which the competitor is a national or ordinarily a resident; or
      (2) presenting a valid membership card or certificate, or other satisfactory evidence of identity and membership.
    (c) not be under suspension of ISAF eligibility.

K2 Events Requiring ISAF Eligibility
  K 2.1 ISAF eligibility is required for the following events:

    (a) the sailing regatta of the Olympic Games;
    (b) the sailing regattas of regional games recognized by the International Olympic Committee;
    (c) events including 'ISAF' in their titles;
    (d) world and continental championships of ISAF international classes and of the Offshore Racing Council;
    (e) any other event approved by the ISAF as a world championship and so stated in the notice of race and the sailing instructions.
    (f) any event approved by a national authority or the ISAF as an Olympic qualifying event; and
    (g) all other international events involving an ISAF International Judge, Umpire, Race Officer or Measurer. For the purposes of this rule, international events are ISAF events, world and continental championships, and events described as international events in their notices of race and sailing instructions.

  K 2.2 ISAF eligibility may be required for any other event when so stated in the notice of race and the sailing instructions with specific reference to this appendix.

K3 Suspension of ISAF Eligibility
  K 3.1 After proper inquiry by either the national authority of the competitor or the ISAF Executive Committee, a competitor's ISAF eligibility shall be promptly suspended with immediate effect, permanently or for a specified period of time;

    (a) for any suspension of eligibility in accordance with rule 69.2; or
    (b) for breaking rule 5; or
    (c) for competing, within the two years preceding the inquiry, in an event that the competitor knew or should have known was a prohibited event.

  K 3.2 A prohibited event is an event

    (a) permitting or requiring advertising beyond that permitted for CategoryB under Appendix G that is not approved as required by that appendix;
    (b) with prizes or other benefits referred to in rule G5.3 that is not a national event approved by the national authority of the venue or an international event not approved by the ISAF; or
    (c) that is described as a world championship, either in the title of the event or otherwise, and that is not approved by the ISAF.

  K 3.3 When an event described in rule K3.2 has been approved as required, that fact shall be stated in the notice of race and the sailing instructions.