Star Sailors League

^a With the exception of MR & all Grand Prix, World + Continental + National Championships with less than 10 boats will be downgraded to the lower category

^b Continental: African-Asian-European-Oceania-South/American-North/American-Eastern/Hemisphere-Western/Hemisphere-Championships + Regional Games

^c Grand Prix I: Sail GP

^d Grand Prix II: TP52 Super Series, RC44 Cup, GC32 Racing Tour

^e Grand Prix III: D35, M32, TF35

^f Competitions for Olympic or local Games qualification and for Olympic or local Games remain "Open" competitions

^g Competitions that add 2 (or more) of particular types (eg Juniors + Girls) get 20% of the points

Due to the exceptional situation that occurred for Covid-19, the SSL Selection Board decided to change the "Time Validity Points" rule, starting from December 15, 2020 until December 31, 2022.

^h For the Olympic Games and for the America's Cup, the 50% rule continues until the next edition (not only 156 weeks ago)

Starting from January 1, 2023, the "Time Validity Points" will return to the usual one (see table below):

^h For the Olympic Games and for the America's Cup, the 50% rule continues until the next edition (not only 104 weeks ago)

1. Fundamental Points
   1. Origin
      • The SSL Global Ranking was conceived and continue to be developed by a group of Olympic and amateur sailors.
   2. Philosophy
      • SSL Global Ranking aims first and foremost to offer the first transversal and global ranking of inshore sailors, in complement to all national or international Class Ranking established by the classes and federations.
   3. Goals
      • The SSL Global Ranking aims to represent a reference and an attractive tool of communication used to:
        • Select sailors for the SSL Finals and for the teams in the SSL Gold Cup
        • Promote sailors and their skills
        • Expand the audience of sailing
2. Technical Features
   1. 6 Best Scores
      • The SSL Ranking takes in consideration the best 6 scores of each athlete in the last 156 weeks (note: from January 1, 2023, the "Time Validity Points" rules will return to the usual one, i.e. last 104 weeks).
      • Exception: All scores allocated for category 7 competitions are added up without any limitation of numbers
   2. All Rewarded
      • All athletes who have participated in one race receive point(s). The winner gets basically from 10 to 4000 points and the last ranked 1 point.
   3. Weekly Update
      • The SSL Global Ranking is updated weekly and published every Tuesday at www.starsailors.com/ranking.
   4. Filters
      • The SSL Global Ranking can be filtered according to 3 criteria:
        • By Gender (Men – Women – Open/Global)
        • By Class of boats
        • By Nation
   5. Skipper & Crew
      • The SSL Global Ranking produces 2 distinct Rankings:
        • The SSL "Skipper" Global Ranking
        • The SSL "Crew" Global Ranking
      • Note: The "Skipper" designation used generically throughout this document refers specifically and only to the "Helmsman".
3. Eligibility - Integration - Evolution
   1. Eligibility: Athletes
      • All athletes without any restrictions (age, sex, status) who are on an official regatta ranking and who have finished at least one full race, may appear in the SSL Global Ranking.
   2. Eligibility: Events
      • All events which meet the criteria below can be integrated in the SSL Global Ranking:
        • Competition validated by a class recognized by World Sailing or by a National Association
        • Competition in real time (= no Ratings & Handicap Systems) with monotype boats or development sailing classes < 30 ff
        • Inshore competitions organized for a maximum period of 15 continuous days. (Exceptions: America's Cup and SSL GC)
   3. Integration Steps
      • Weighting based on Event Category, World Sailing classes, open/restricted events:
        • Major Events:                                                              (4)                     Olympic Games, America’s Cup, SSL Gold Cup & Finals
        • Special Events:                                                           (4)                    World Match Racing Tour (MR), ACWS, SailGP, SSL Grand Slams
        • Classes with Status 1 / Olympic Classes:                   (8)                    Finn, Laser (M), Laser (W), 49^er, 49^erFX, 470 (M), 470 (W) Nacra 17
        • Classes with Status 2 / WS Classes:                     (~100)                    5O5, Dragon, Hansa 2.3, Etchells, J/70, Melges 24, Moth, TP52, Star, …
        • Classes with Status 3 / Other Classes:        (~5000)  Sabot, MC Scow, P-Boot, Sea Snark, Folketboot, Optimist, National 10, …
   4. Rules & Evolution
      • The SSL Global Ranking rules are based on the rules that were used in a DEVELOPMENT PHASE from January 2013 to December 2018. During the development phase, to simplify development of the system only results from a single class were used.
      • The SSL Global Ranking will be in a TRANSITION PHASE until December 2021, as dozens of classes and thousands of athletes are added.
      • From 1 January 2022 forward, the SSL Global Ranking will be in its OPERATING PHASE. New classes will be added to the system only at the start of a calendar year, i.e. no new classes will be added during 2022.
4. SKIPPER / CREW – SCORING FEATURES
   1. "Skipper/Crew"
      • Rules The helmsman and each crew member from one team are awarded the same number of points.
      • All crew members of a team who have participated in one race receive the same number of points for the SSL "Crew" Global Ranking; this rule remains fixed, whatever the number of races sailed by each crew member and whatever the number of crew members having participated.
      • Only one helmsman per team and per event may receive points for the SSL "Skipper" Global Ranking.
      • An athlete cannot be awarded SSL points in the 2 categories if they have participated as an helmsman and as a crew member in the same event. In this case, only the SSL points which are allocated for their role as a crew member are retained.
      • The points awarded in each category ("Skipper" and "Crew" Member) cannot be added together.

The SSL Nations Ranking takes in consideration:

●      The total points for each Nation are given by the sum of the position in the global ranking of the top 5 skippers + 2 crews.

●      If there is a score tie between two or more Nations, the tie shall be broken in favor of the Nation with its top skipper in the highest position in the Skipper Global Ranking.

The SSL Nations Ranking is updated and published on the 10th of each month.

The following is a list of sailors who have achieved the number one position in the SSL ranking since the inception of the rankings in 2013 for Men and in 2020 for Women:

Men - Skipper No. Sailor Date reached consecutive weeks Total weeks 1 Diego Negri July 8, 2014 52 126 2 Xavier Rohart September 10, 2013 36 72 4 Peter Burling December 10, 2019 61 61 3 Robert Scheidt January 1, 2013 26 58 5 George Szabo December 8, 2015 40 40 6 Eivind Melleby March 12, 2019 30 30 7 Mark Mendelblatt July 7, 2015 22 22 8 Iain Percy January 29, 2013 13 13 9 Augie Diaz December 5, 2017 1 1

Women - Skipper No. Sailor Date reached consecutive weeks Total weeks 1 Marit Bouwmeester June 9, 2020 35 35 2 Hannah Mills January 1, 2020 22 22

Men - Crew No. Sailor Date reached consecutive weeks Total weeks 1 Bruno Prada January 1, 2013 124 180 2 Blair Tuke December 10, 2019 61 61 3 Pierre-Alexis Ponsot March 14, 2017 38 51 4 Brian Fatih September 15, 2015 31 43 5 Joshua Revkin December 11, 2018 40 40 6 Sergio Lambertenghi December 6, 2016 14 23 7 Andrew Simpson January 29, 2013 13 13 8 Henry Boening September 17, 2019 12 12

Women - Crew No. Sailor Date reached consecutive weeks Total weeks 1 Kahena Kunze January 1, 2020 31 40 2 Lisa Darmanin August 11, 2020 17 17