International Rule (sailing)
The International Rule, also known as the Metre Rule, was created for the measuring and rating of yachts to allow different designs of yacht to race together under a handicap system. Prior to the ratification of the International Rule in 1907, countries raced yachts under the own national rules and international competition was always subject to various forms of subjective handicapping.
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