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IRC is a rating rule to handicap different designs of keelboats allowing them to race together. Each boat’s rating (her ‘handicap’) is calculated using measurements of the boat; her length, weight, draft, sail area, etc. The resulting time corrector, the boat’s ‘TCC’, is her handicap. After a race, each boat’s elapsed time (the time she has taken to complete the course) is multiplied by her TCC to calculate her corrected time (her race time making allowance for the characteristics of the boat). The boat with the shortest corrected time is the winner of the race.

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© RORC Rating Office Royal Escape Race - 'Trickster' spelling out SYC
© SYC Royal Escape Race start
© SYC 2024 Newport Bermuda Race finish
© Stephen R Cloutier AEGEAN 600
© Stavros Habakis Visual Storyteller AEGEAN 600
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© Deea Buzdugan AEGEAN 600
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© Paul Wyeth / RORC Giles Redpath's Pata Negra crew celebrate 2018 Round Britain & Ireland Race
© Paul Wyeth / RORC JPK 1010 Jangada
© James Tomlinson / RORC Richard Palmer & Rupert Holmes celebrate 2022 Round Britain & Ireland Race
© James Tomlinson / RORC IRC 2 fleet - 2025 IRC Middle East Championship in Dubai
© Mikey Brignall / DOSC IRC 1 podium - 2025 IRC Middle East Championship in Dubai
© Mikey Brignall / DOSC Al Awal, IRC Cruiser winners - 2025 IRC Middle East Championship in Dubai
© Mikey Brignall / DOSC Kanaloa, IRC 2 winners - 2025 IRC Middle East Championship in Dubai
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© Mikey Brignall / DOSC The Dubai skyline provided a magnificent backdrop for the IRC Middle East Championship
© Mikey Brignall / DOSC Just Us, IRC 3 winners - 2025 IRC Middle East Championship in Dubai
© Mikey Brignall / DOSC IRC 2 fleet - 2025 IRC Middle East Championship in Dubai
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