IRC Yearbook 2010

IRC YEARBOOK 2010
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SOUTH AFRICA Matthew Thomas
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n South Africa, IRC continues to grow as introduced into South Africa. Designed by
the premier racing rating system. With Alex Simonis and built by Pacer Yachts of
yacht clubs scattered along the coast, it is Cape Town, the Pacer 27 has also become
imperative that a common rating system is an IRC One Design.
used and with a number of international ■ The upcoming Mauritius to Durban race
offshore events starting or ending in South starting in September 2010 has had a lot of
African ports, IRC offers the racing interest from the SA IRC ﬂ eet and will be
yachtsman a rating system with a level run under IRC.
playing ﬁ eld. ■ Major IRC events for the coming year
Other key developments: are the Vasco da Gama Race (Maputo to
■ South Africa’s largest keelboat class is Durban), Cape Town Sailing Week and the
the locally designed and built L26 Walvis Bay race (Cape Town to Walvis Bay),
(Lavranos). With nearly 100 boats built, it as well as IRC Nationals in Cape Town,
has now become an IRC One Design, which which will be IRC events.
has made application for a rating certiﬁ cate ■ Royal Cape Yacht Club has a very active
much easier. ﬂ eet that races every Wednesday night as
■ A new sportboat class has been well as at weekends.
SWEDEN Richard Goransson
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wedish boat owners have been keen on and Artemis, which otherwise might not have sportsboats had been thought not to stand
IRC for a number of years, but yacht turned up. The number of participants looks a chance. Furthermore, the boat had been
clubs and other organisations have not been set to increase noticeably next year. trailed 600km overnight by the crew, then
so enthusiastic since a lot of time and effort In July 2009 the Swedish IRC Owners’ launched and rigged just hours before the
had been invested in IMS and ORCi. Association was ﬁ nally established and ﬁ rst start. After the event, they packed the
However, several polls over the years acknowledged by the Swedish Sailing boat up and trailed it back home.
showed that sailors would prefer IRC and Federation, which gave us just enough time The Swedish IRC Owners’ Association
ﬁ nally in 2008 the Rule was used as a trial at to arrange our ﬁ rst Regional Championships, aims to promote IRC in Sweden mainly by
a number of races, most notably at Round which were held on 12 and 13 September at arranging a number of accessible and fun
Gotland, our major offshore event which Lidingö, close to Stockholm. The event, races during the short season in the area.
attracted a ﬂ eet of 15 boats. It was not although hastily arranged, attracted 18 We also wish to co-operate with other IRC
considerable, but it was a start. entrants, who enjoyed a weekend of very associations around the Baltic to promote
The class grew substantially at this year’s close inshore windward/leeward racing in growth in the whole region.
Round Gotland and attracted 35 boats, very light conditions. The potential for exciting international
among them a number of high-proﬁ le To the surprise of many, the event was events here is huge and an international
international entries such as the TP52s Ran won by Letto di Pletto, a Farr 30 – rating system could prove instrumental.
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