Membership of World Sailing may be granted by the Council in the following categories:

• Full Member (Member National Authority - MNA) - a national governing body for sailing)
• Associate Member (a Member National Authority with reduced service and powers)
• World Sailing Class Associations (types of boat)
• Rating and Handicap Systems
• World Sailing Continental Member (membership offered to geographical groups)
• Affiliate Member (self-administered international organizations)

World Sailing Constitution and Regulations

Full details of World Sailing Membership can be found in the World Sailing Constitution (Article 2) and the World Sailing Regulations (Part 2).

Information about how to become a World Sailing MNA or Class Association is available through the menu above. Please contact the World Sailing Executive Office if you have any questions about becoming a member.

World Sailing Member Subscription Categories and Rates

Entry Category - £100
Antigua	Armenia	American Samoa	Belize	*Botswana
Brunei	Cambodia	*Djibouti	Fiji	Iraq
Grenada	Guam	*Kosovo	*Madagascar	Montenegro
Namibia	Nicaragua	Panama	Palestine	Samoa
*Senegal	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Sudan	Tahiti
Timor-Leste	Uganda	*Zimbabwe
Category 1: £300
Netherlands Antilles	Andorra	Aruba	Azerbaijan	Barbados
Cayman Islands	Cook Islands	Dominican Republic	Cuba	Ecuador
El Salvador	Estonia	Georgia	Guatemala	Iceland
British Virgin Islands	Jamaica	Kazakhstan	*Kenya	Kyrgyzstan
Latvia	Libya	St Lucia	Lebanon	Liechtenstein
Luxembourg	Moldova	*Macedonia (FYROM)	Malta	Mozambique
*Mauritius	Myanmar (Burma)	*Nigeria	Paraguay	Papua New Guinea
DPR korea	Romania	Seychelles	San Marino	Sri Lanka
Tanzania	Trinidad and Tobago	Vietnam
Category 2: £750
Algeria	Angola	Bahamas	Bermuda	Belarus
Bahrain	Bulgaria	Colombia	Croatia	Cyprus
Czech Republic	Egypt	Indonesia	*Iran	US Virgin Islands
Saudi Arabia	Kuwait	Lithuania	Morocco	Malaysia
Monaco	Oman	Pakistan	Peru	Philippines
Puerto Rico	Qatar	Slovenia	Serbia	Slovak Republic
Taipei	Tunisia	United Arab Emirates	Ukraine	Venezuela
Category 3: £1,800
Belgium	Chile	Greece	Hong Kong	Hungary
India	Israel	Mexico	South Africa	Russia
Thailand	Turkey	Uruguay
Category 4: £6,300
Argentina	Austria	China	Denmark	Finland
Ireland	Korea	Norway	New Zealand	Poland
Portugal	Singapore	Switzerland
Category 5: £12,600
Australia	Brazil	Canada	Spain	France
Germany	Italy	Japan	Netherlands	Sweden
Category 6: £15,600
Great Britain	USA

Affiliate Continental Members £200

African Sailing Federation (ASCON)
Asian Sailing Federation (ASAF)
European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF)
Oceania Sailing Federation (OSAF)
South American Sailing Confederation

Affiliate Members - £200

Offshore Racing Congress
International Radio Sailing Association
World Sailing Speed Record Council

Associate Members - £100

Associação de Vela de Macau
Anguilla sailing federation (ASA)
Turks and Caicos Island Sailing Federation

World Sailing Class Associations - £200

Rating Systems £200