Contents 2 Team IRC


Contacts, website and social media details 5 From the Chairman Peter Wykeham-Martin’s introduction. Key Rule changes


30 Cannonball Run 34 Redshift Reloaded 38 Taking the Measure 41 Fair Play


6 New Man at the Top 9 Spinlock and the IRC 10 Global Snapshot


Under the skin of a state-of-the-art Maxi 72 racer Optimising a Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600 for IRC Behind the scenes with IRC measurer Mike Richards On the case with Rule compliance 42 Getting Your IRC Rating Dr Jason Smithwick, new Director of the RORC Rating Office Marine equipment manufacturer returns for a fifth year Regional news and results from IRC races around the world


43 Rating Application FAQs 44 Data Collection Worksheet 45 Spinlock IRC Rule 2018


20 IRC European Championship Report 25 The Hague Offshore Sailing Worlds 2018


Marseille hosted the second edition of this event Vital information for participants


26 2018 IRC European Championship Expecting a bumper fleet for the 2018 event in Cowes


28 New Yachts for IRC Seasonal selection from around the world in 2017 Avoid the pitfalls and discover ‘acceptable sources of data’ Note down the vital statistics of your yacht here Including all the latest additions and amendments


51 Spinlock IRC Rule 2018 Appendix 1 58 Notes for Race Organisers


Best practice for running events under IRC


62 International IRC Owners’ Association Constitution, governance and committee structure


64 IRC Rule Authorities


Editor James Boyd Design Salli Griffith Production Belinda Bird Advertisement Manager Graeme Beeson


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