International Sailing Federation

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as the world governing body for the sport of sailing.

ISAF officially announced it's rebranded name and federation logo as 'World Sailing - A Sport for Life’ in mid-December 2015. The four main aims of the rebrand are: more transparency, better communication, stronger governance and greater accountability.

Sailing is a very diverse sport. Competitive sailing takes place using a wide variety of boats including windsurfers, dinghies, multihulls, Paralympic-class keelboats, keelboats (see also sailing yachts), three disciplines of kiterace and radio controlled sail boats. Furthermore, there are different disciplines such as fleet racing, match racing, team racing and Offshore & Oceanic Racing, Para World Sailing and Cruising. Speed records are managed by World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC), an independent body recognised by ISAF.