The following list of members were appointed in November 2016 for a term of four years through to November 2020.

The Council comprises the President, seven Vice-Presidents, two Officers of Honour (non-voting), twenty-eight appointed members (representing each of the regional groups of sailing nations), and representatives of the Offshore Committee, Classes Committee, Athletes' Commission and a Women's Representative.

To view the Member National Authority country codes and Groups click here or go to the World Sailing Constitution in the World Sailing Rules and Regulations Section.

Board of Directors
Kim Andersen (DEN) President
His Majesty King Harald V of Norway President of Honour (non-voting)		His Majesty King Constantine President of Honour (non-voting)
Ana Sanchez (ESP) Vice-President	Nadine Stegenwalner (GER) Vice-President	Torben Grael (BRA) Vice-President	Jan Dawson (NZL) Vice-President
Gary Jobson (USA) Vice-President	Quanhai Li (CHN) Vice-President	W. Scott Perry (URU) Vice-President	Yann Rocherieux (FRA) Athletes' Commission

GROUP A		GROUP B
Dick Batt (GBR)	Marcus Spillane (IRL)	Goetz-Ulf Jungmichel (GER)	George Wossala (HUN)
GROUP C
Tomasz Chamera (POL)	Kamen Fillyov (BUL)
GROUP D			GROUP E
Totos Theodossiou (CYP)	Jean-Luc Denecheau (FRA)	Walter Cavallucci (ITA)	Jose Manuel Leandro (POR)
GROUP F	GROUP G		GROUP H
Peter van den Bossche (BEL)	Hans Natorp (DEN)	Ulfur H Hrobjartsson (ISL)	Oleg Ilyin (RUS)
GROUP I	GROUP J		GROUP K
Sheikh Khaled Zayed S Alnehayan (UAE)	Warwick Downes (HKG)	Takao Otani (JPN)	Abdur Rehman Arshad (PAK)
GROUP L		GROUP M	GROUP N
Sarah Kenny (AUS)	John Tierney (COK)	Pablo Masseroni (ARG)	Marco Aurelio de sa Ribeiro (BRA)
GROUP O
Cary Lee Byerley (ANT)	Hector Duval (DOM)
GROUP P			GROUP Q
Gary Bodie (USA)	Cory Sertl (USA)	Peter Hall (CAN)	Mohamed Atbi (ALG)
Group Q	Classes Rep	Oceanic & Offshore Rep	Women's Rep
Philip Baum (RSA)	Markus Schwendtner (GER)	Stan Honey (USA)	Elena Papazoglou (CYP)
Para World Sailing Rep
Betsy Alison (USA)