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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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Show news IRC Middle East Championship in Dubai Preview
A high calibre fleet lining up this weekend
Posted on 11 Dec 80 years of volunteers celebrated
At Hobart launch of 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Posted on 11 Dec The heart of the 2026 RORC Transatlantic Race
Every entry racing under IRC has the chance of winning overall
Posted on 10 Dec Celebrating the RORC Caribbean 600 supporters
Antigua is celebrated globally as one of the finest sailing destinations
Posted on 10 Dec Pwllheli Santa Special and Christmas Prize-giving
Winds drop to a mere F7 meaning the comedy hats need strapping on tightly
Posted on 9 Dec Australian Maxi Championship overall
A pair of heavy hitters have ratcheted up the pressure on their rivals
Posted on 9 Dec Australian Maxi Championship day 3
Another high-energy test for the crews
Posted on 8 Dec BCM images from Day 2 of Maxi Championship
A moderate Sou'easter and a very lumpy sea offshore made for a challenging passage race
Posted on 7 Dec Australian Maxi Championship day 2
URM Group cleans up in a fresh southerly change on Sydney Harbour
Posted on 7 Dec World Maritime Merchants Forum Lipton Trophy 2025
A fleet of 61 boats took to the start line in a pursuit format
Posted on 7 Dec Australian Maxi Championship Opening Race
Master Lock Comanche opens strongly
Posted on 6 Dec Cabbage Tree Island Race Finish
Master Lock Comanche takes Line Honours, Thorpe and LawConnect second
Posted on 6 Dec 2026 RORC Racing Programme unleashed
The season spans more than a dozen major offshore races and championship events
Posted on 5 Dec Thorpedo set to launch into Rolex Sydney Hobart
Ian Thorpe to join the crew of LawConnect for the 80th edition
Posted on 5 Dec 37th Phuket King's Cup - Day 4
Softly softly catchee monkey
Posted on 4 Dec Cabbage Tree Island Race Preview
Rolex Sydney Hobart contenders to square off in Friday's overnight race
Posted on 4 Dec J/99 Lady Chopper wins Chile Interclub Regatta
Thirty-five boats participated in the event
Posted on 3 Dec 37th Phuket King's Cup - Day 3
2 races in 3 days means we need nore wind
Posted on 3 Dec Hamble Winter Series 2025 Race Week 8
Series concludes with 'peachy' weather
Posted on 2 Dec 37th Phuket King's Cup - Day 1
One race for an icebreaker
Posted on 2 Dec 37th Phuket King's Cup under way
Big boats practice, and dinghies get racing
Posted on 2 Dec First Look: Seldén CXr at Metstrade 2025
Patented ratchet design and innovative 'nail' terminal
Posted on 2 Dec LTSC Solent Circuit 2025
A firm favourite in the Lymington Town Sailing Club racing calendar
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19 boats are entered for the 3,000 mile race from Marina Lanzarote to Antigua, West Indies
Posted on 1 Dec Meet A+T's newest display: the full colour QBD7
In response to strong market demand for a smaller version of the hugely popular 12" BFD
Posted on 30 Nov Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship overall
Back 2 Black and Wailea reign supreme
Posted on 30 Nov Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship Day 1
Wind gods in force at Middle Harbour Yacht Club
Posted on 29 Nov JOG 2025 Prizegiving Awards Evening
Marking and celebrating a memorable season in style
Posted on 28 Nov Hamble Winter Series 2025 Race Week 7
Rare territory for the HWS
Posted on 27 Nov RSHYR Line Honours Champ throws down gauntlet
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Posted on 26 Nov
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This year, the IRC fleet will join a larger event expected to feature around 100 boats across various classes
© Mikey Brignall / DOSC Ivana & Aleks, and JustUs!, 2024 winners
© Mikey Brignall / DOSC 50% longer distance coastal courses
© Mikey Brignall / DOSC Dubai is perfect for IRC sailing in December
© Mikey Brignall / DOSC 50% inshore racing
© Mikey Brignall / DOSC A red sea of volunteers onboard Tasmanian boat, Midnight Rambler, before they leave for Sydney
© Jane Austin RYCT Commodore with 80th ROLEX Sydney Hobart Yacht Race volunteers
© Jane Austin RYCT Commodore Nick Hutton, CYCA Commodore Dr Sam Haynes and Ed Psaltis talking all things sailing onboard Midnight Rambler
© Jane Austin The Nissen 56 Walross 4 is the ocean-going club yacht of the Berlin-based Akademischer Segler-Verein e.V
© ASV Sun Fast 3300 Stimmy will be raced two-handed by Finnish ocean-racing legend Ari Huusela and owner Annika Paasikivi
© Pepe Korteniemi Solaris 55 Team 42 - sailed by Dan Segalowicz/owned by Bernard Giroux
© Tim Wright / Photoaction.com Andrew and Sam Hall's J/125 Jackknife
© Deea Buzdugan Afanasy Isaev's Rock'n'Roll
© Tim Wright / Photoaction.com Solaris 55 Team 42 - sailed by Dan Segalowicz, owned by Bernard Giroux
© Tim Wright / Photoaction.com From superyachts to family cruisers, St. Maarten is a yacht hotspot for the months leading up to, during, and just after the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
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© Hannah Entwistle Peter Dunlop and Ian ‘Sammo' Jones collecting Mojito's trophies from Vice Commodore Victoria Cox and Commodore Lyndsay Harrold - Pwllheli SC Christmas Prize-giving
© Gerallt Williams Will Partington receiving Andromeda's trophies from Vice Commodore Victoria Cox - Pwllheli SC Christmas Prize-giving
© Gerallt Williams Hold on to your Santa hats - Pwllheli SC Santa Special
© Hannah Entwistle Gareth Jones-Davis and team Mojito Bach receiving trophies from Vice Commodore Victoria Cox and Commodore Lyndsay Harrold - Pwllheli SC Christmas Prize-giving
© Gerallt Williams Simon Hardy and Fiona Philips (Silver Girl II) receiving the Gimblet Rock trophy - Pwllheli SC Christmas Prize-giving
© Gerallt Williams Team Finally receiving trophies - Pwllheli SC Christmas Prize-giving
© Gerallt Williams Showers provided a rainbow backdrop - Pwllheli SC Santa Special
© Hannah Entwistle Mike White and wife Columba (Bellone) receiving the Cowper Passage trophy - Pwllheli SC Christmas Prize-giving
© Gerallt Williams Stephen Tudor, SamandAndrew Hall receiving Jackknife and Pata Negra trophies from Vice Commodore Victoria Cox and Commodore Lyndsay Harrold - Pwllheli SC Christmas Prize-giving
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© Arthur Daniel / RORC LawConnect during Day 3 of the Australian Maxi Championship
© CYCA | Andrea Francolini
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