World Sailing Race Officials Administration is governed by Section 3 of the World Sailing Regulations. The basic requirements for a candidate applying to become an International Race Officer are:

• have served as a Race Officer responsible for the management of the races in four principal events and at least four other events;
• have a letter of recommendation from a Class Association or organizing authority of a principal event at which the candidate was a race officer
• have attended a World Sailing Race Managment Seminar and have passed the IRO written test within the past four years;
• have obtained three completed RMSC reference forms.

All candidates must ensure they have read the relevant sections within the Race Officials Roles, Qualifications and Competences document and World Sailing Regulations in full in order to understand the complete qualifcations required to become an International Race Officer.

Applications can be made by registration to the World Sailing International Race Officials Application Portal with a valid World Sailing ID