In response to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, World Sailing has issued  Guidance has been to support all sailing event organizers and athletes. Thenpurpose is to help organizers to follow advice provided by United Nations agencies including the World Health Organization (WHO), International Olympic Committee (IOC) as well as the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.  World Sailing (WS) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International OlympicnCommittee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).nnTo view these guidelines please see: Guidance for Event Organizers for the Protection of the Health of Sailing Communities