1. Scope of Application
1.1 IWSA organises events and competitions, especially regattas, on its own or together with organisational partners (“IWSA Events”).
1.2 These Event Media and Marketing Regulations (EMMR) shall apply and become effective through registration, participation or any other respective formal binding act between a participant of the IWSA Events (“Participant”) and the IWSA with regard to the IWSA Events (e.g., via the respective Notice of Race, other participation terms and conditions or notice at registration on-site for the IWSA Event).
2. Marketing/Media Rights
2.1 Participant grants IWSA and the organisational partners or associations named in connection with the respective IWSA Event (jointly “Stakeholders”) the right, free of charge, to use and exploit their personal rights in connection with their participation in the IWSA Event, in particular the image right (moving and still, real and fictitious), the spoken word or their name (including nickname or stage name), for any commercial purpose in connection with the IWSA Event. Stakeholders may only use and exploit these rights to the extent relating to the Participant’s participation in the IWSA Event (e.g., images or video recordings of the Participant at the IWSA Event).
2.2 This grant of rights shall apply to all types, forms and methods of use and exploitation by Stakeholders in the context of marketing, in particular both digitally on TV/internet and social media as well as analogue in print media, and also those which are not yet identified at the time of the grant of rights.
2.3 Stakeholders may use and exploit the granted rights without limitation to content and location. Stakeholders remain entitled to use and exploit the granted rights in the time after the respective IWSA Event, as long as the respective use and/or exploitation make clear reference to the respective IWSA Event (e.g., illustrated prints, best-of publications, archiving, chronologies, etc.).
2.4 Stakeholders are authorised to grant sublicenses to their sponsors and partners to the extent of use and exploitation as specified in this EMMR 2.
2.5 Participant warrants, represents and undertakes to Stakeholders that they have all necessary rights and permissions to grant the rights in accordance with this EMMR 2 and, in particular, that no third-party rights conflict with the grant of rights in accordance with this EMMR 2.
3. Self-Marketing
3.1 If Participant further uses or exploits personal rights connected or related to IWSA Events (e.g., by concluding individual equipment or sponsoring contracts, testimonial contracts, “Self-Marketing”), they shall respect the rights as defined under EMMR 2, in particular the Participant shall refrain to create the false impression that Participant or Participant’s sponsors have any advertising, marketing or similar relationship with IWSA.
3.2 Participant is not authorised to distribute or otherwise present any advertising, marketing or similar items and/or material of any kind on and in connection with IWSA Events.
3.3 Participant shall ensure, also towards its own sponsors or partners, that IWSA or any other organizing authority can make unrestricted use of the advertising spaces on Participant’s equipment as defined and in accordance with the World SailingAdvertising Code if applicable.
4. Miscellaneous
4.1. In case individual provisions of these Event Media and Marketing Regulationsare entirely or partly invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions or the remaining parts of such provisions shall not be affected as long as they are clearly distinguishable from the invalid provisions or parts. The parties agree to negotiate in good faith in order to replace an invalid provision with a provision which comes closest to the economic purpose of the invalid or unenforceable provision. The same shall apply to a loophole within these Event Media and Marketing Regulations.
4.2. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Switzerland except for the Swiss provisions of conflict of laws.
4.3. All disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including disputes on its conclusion, binding effect, amendment and termination, shall be resolved exclusively by the Courts of Switzerland.
As of: January 2026
