Pursuit start times
| Start gun: | Simon Giles Sean McKenna Liam Thom |
| 1 minute: | |
| 2 minutes: | Stuart Pierce Mark Pritchard Yvonne Pike |
| 3 minutes: | Chris Murphy Jo Murphy Keith Newnham Ian Wilkinson Paul Tanner |
| 4 minutes: | Bob Baker Kevin Ellis Nick Guest Geoff Leather Tony Murrant Shaun Smith James Pike |
| 5 minutes: | Ian Bolton Lewis Couch Todd Murrant John Shenton |
| 6 minutes: | Andrew Dean Sophia McKenna |
| 7 minutes: | Pascoal Fernandes Karl Naumann |
| 8 minutes: | Richard Beasley Alan Howie Wood Paul Knights Bob Marks Richard Phelps |
| 9 minutes: | Harry Vernon Jamie Lavender |
| 10 minutes: | The rest |
Times are subject to change.
All starts are from the beach unless there is a large surf.
For beach starts, competitors must have their feet on the ground when their individual horn sounds. Sailors can be given assistance in launching by others.
Junior helms sailing with 0 minute start crew incur a 3 minute delay.
