Mike Urwin, RORC Rating office, Technical Director explains to Louay Habib some of the changes proposed to IRC, and the overall objective of the IRC rule.

Read the full interview here:  http://www.ircrating.org/en/concentric-circles/213-mike-urwin-interview.html

At this time of year the RORC Rating Office attends annual GBR and International IRC meetings, where decisions are made and Rule changes agreed for the following year.   Committee minutes from these meetings are published on the RORC Rating Office and IRC websites.

If you would like to receive notification of Rule changes and other technical information direct to your e-mail as soon as they are available, please sign up to our Poolside newsletter using the link on the left hand side of the home page at http://rorcrating.com.

You will also receive our regular general newsletter which is published every 4-6 weeks; you can find the archives of these at http://www.rorcrating.com/poolside.html 

regattadates.com is the chosen yacht racing calendar for use on the official IRC website (ircrating.org). 

On the regatta dates website you can browse a list of worldwide events, or add your own; events can be searched by date, Class type (eg. IRC) or country.

IRC Race Organisers are encouraged to add their events to the site, to help provide a comprehensive source of information about events worldwide.

If you have not already added your main IRC events for the upcoming year, why not do so now! 

regattadates.com

With the season drawing to a close and boats changing hands, we would like to draw the following to owners' and agents' attention to avoid any confusion or inconvenience regarding sail numbers when a boat is sold:

The RORC Rating Office issues two different types of sail numbers:

3 or 4 figure numbers (with an R suffix) eg. GBR123R/GBR1234R: These are issued to the BOAT and by default they stay with the boat when it is sold, unless specific arrangements are made to retain the number.

2 figure "special" numbers (with an R suffix) eg. GBR12R: These are like personal numberplates and are issued to a PERSON rather than the boat. By default the sail number does not transfer with the boat when it is sold, it remains the property of the person who purchased it. However, to avoid confusion we strongly recommend that it is explicitly stated in the sale documents that the sail number is to be retained.

The safest thing to do is always explicitly state in the sale documents if the sail number is to be retained by the previous owner.

IRC Certificate Discounts

The RORC Rating Office are pleased to announce that 2009 IRC certificates issued after 30^th September 2009 will be charged at only 50% of the standard rate.

This discount will apply to both new applications and to revalidated certificates from previous years, but only to certificates which will expire on 31^st December 2009.

Any GBR Clubs wishing to be considered to host an IRC Regional Championship in 2010 should please contact the Rating Office webmaster for an application form, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Applications will then be considered by the GBR IRC Committee.

Many thanks.