# International class

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'''International class''' is a status that [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) grants, in exchange for fees of various kinds, to sailing boat classes that offers a "high standard of international competitive sailing" and satisfy a number of criteria regarding the number of boats of that class, their international distribution, and the rules, administration and operation of that class's class association. Some of them are an [Olympic sailing class](/source/Olympic_sailing_classes).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tillman|first1=Richard|title=The Complete Book of Laser Sailing|date=2005|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=9780071792103|page=11}}</ref>

Classes are grouped following seven categories of sailing classes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sailing.org/classes/|title=Classes & Equipment|publisher=ISAF|access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref>

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! style="background: #ffdead;" |Official name !! style="background: #ffdead;" |Details
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| '''Olympic''' || [Olympic sailing classes](/source/Olympic_sailing_classes)
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| '''Centreboard''' || [Dinghy sailing](/source/Dinghy_sailing)
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| '''Multihull''' || [Multihull](/source/Multihull)
|-
| '''Keelboat''' || [Keelboat](/source/Keelboat)
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| '''Boards''' || [Windsurfing](/source/Windsurfing)
|-
| '''Yacht''' || [Yacht](/source/Yacht_racing)
|-
| '''Radio''' || [Radio-controlled boat](/source/Radio-controlled_boat)
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.sailing.org  International Sailing Federation]
* [http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/2008_Part5-%5B4818%5D.pdf  Criteria applied by ISAF to designate International and Recognized Classes]
* [http://www.sailing.org/disabled International Association for Disabled Sailing] (IFDS)

{{International Sailing Federation Classes}}
Category:Classes of World Sailing

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