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IRC
Rating Rule
IRC Introduction:
Overview
Application
Process
Trial
and Amendment Requests (see form)
US
SAILING contacts
The IRC
Congress AGM Minutes from October 18, 2008 meeting are
available here..
These supersede a previous released preliminary report.
The International IRC Owners'
Association have released a Press Release.
Click here for the
announcement. Released October 31, 2008.
ISAF
Offshore and Special Regulations Submissions 2008
Attached below is a table with a
summary of Offshore and Special Regs submissions plus a zip file of
those submissions. Important issues - and none of these have been
analyzed for their impact (to our knowledge)
038-08 Reg 20 Revamp of
Advertizing code. 20.6.5 Says Trans Oceanic races (Bermuda, Transpac,
etc.) need ISAF permission to allow advertising and 20.7 says if a
boat's advertising conflicts with the event organizers sponsor, tough!
20.8 says the event must pay a fee to ISAF.
039-08 Anti doping testing for
the recreational sailor - wow!
035-08 Standardizing stability
and construction requirements - good idea - needs some studying
034-08 Reg 29 that said only ORC
Limited can admin IMS - since IMS is gone, change to ORC International.
Makes sense. Only issue is ORC & US SAILING have not resolved ownership
of the VPP.
071-08 Reg 26.2 ISAF OD classes
currently must meet the ERS. Those do not address safety issues and some
classes allow Spectra lifelines and slack lifelines to promote hiking.
The Submission requires Special Regs to capture those safety issues.
124-08 New Regulation covering
special regs administration - requires thorough review
125-08 regs 15.6 & 15.7 dissolve
Oceanic Com and incorporate it's functions into a re-named Oceanic and
Offshore committee.
Word Document link summary
here
Zip Files
US SAILING Conducts Offshore Sailing Survey
US SAILING is currently conducting a survey specifically geared towards
offshore sailors. If you are an offshore sailor, please make sure to
take this survey to help US SAILING and similar-affiliated sailing
organizations operate at their greatest potential. It should only take
about 15 minutes to complete the survey. The results of the survey will
be made public once they've been analyzed.
http://www.prsurvey.com/USSAILING
NEW October 18 2008 IRC AGM
Reports, Submissions and Papers
Each title below links to the document
1. Affiliate
Members
2. Agenda
3. Agenda Item 10
4.
IRC Notice 2008 01 Shroud Adjustment
5.
IRC Notice 2008 02 HHW and HTW
6.
IRC
Representatives Reports
7.
IRC Rule Authority Submissions for 2009
8.
Minutes of the 2007 IRC Congress Meeting
9.
Proposed IRC Rule Changes for 2009 Technical Committee
10.
Technical Committee Report to Congress
11.
GBR Congress Submission for 2009
12. GBR
Congress Report 2008
NEW
2009 US IRC National Championships to be at
the St. Francis Yacht Club Rolex Big Boat Series in San Francisco.
For more information
click here
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US SAILING to Discount US-IRC Certificates After
September 30th US SAILING has
once again taken an initiative to get more yachts sailing in
IRC events this fall, offering a special discount on IRC
certificate costs. In co-operation with US-IRC, US SAILING
has agreed that all new certificates or re-validations
issued after September 30, 2008 will be priced at 50%
off the regular price. Discounted certificates will be
issued after September 30th. They will be valid for all IRC
events from October 1 through December 31, 2008.
More information on discount |
ISAF
Sailor Classification
Some events, like the Newport to Bermuda race limit
the number of professionals per boat in the Corinthian and Cruising
divisions (see their NOR sections 3.2.5. and 3.2.6). The International
Sailing Federation (ISAF) is the authority for determination of that
status. For information on how to be classified, go to the ISAF home
page
www.sailing.org and click on the button marked ?Sailors? along the
top edge. This will take you to the two-step registration process. Step
1 is to register as an ISAF sailor and step 2 is to complete and submit
the classification form. There is no charge for this.
IRC NOTICE 2008-01
Click Here
IRC NOTICE 2008-02
Click
Here
HULL FACTOR - A long awaited explanation from IRC rule technical
committee gurus Jean Sans and Mike Urwin
Click Here
New Rule Prescription for 2008
In
accordance with IRC Rule 26.6.2.2 US SAILING issues the following
prescription.
US
SAILING prescribes that a boat racing under IRC in races under its
jurisdiction requiring compliance with ISAF Special Regulations Category
2 or above may carry one more spinnaker than shown on her current IRC
certificate of area not greater than rated SPA without an increase in
rating. This prescription shall be referenced in a Notice of Race.
NOTE that carrying the additional spinnaker is NOT
valid for other races. At this time (30 January 2008) only the 2008 San
Diego Yacht Club Puerto Vallarta Race, Balboa Yacht Club Cabo race and
the 2008 Newport to Bermuda race qualify for the prescription.
Dan Nowlan
Offshore Director
Minutes of the IRC meeting from the US SAILING AGM
26 October 2007
CLICK
HERE
RULE CHANGES FOR 2008 CLICK
HERE
FULL TEXT OF 2008 IRC RULE
CLICK HERE
We
are pleased to announce that for the first time, the 2008 IRC Yearbook
is now available for viewing or download from the RORC website
www.rorcrating.com. Please follow the link from their homepage
for further details and to download.
Of course we realise that the ?hard copy? of the book is a
popular aspect of IRC, and be assured there are NO plans to discontinue
the production of this in the future: the on-line version is
complimentary not an alternative. However we hope that having it
available on-line as well will prove useful to owners and the trade
alike.
NOTE EXPEDITED PROCESSING FEE !
Applications (New application,
revalidation, amendment, trial, re-registration) requiring guaranteed 5
working day turnaround may incur an Expedited Processing Fee (EPF).
Application of this fee is at the discretion of the Rating Office and
owners will be advised in advance of the charge being levied.
RULE
CHANGES FOR 2007
Click here
FULL TEXT OF 2007
IRC RULE
Click Here
IRC Notice 2007 01 Deals
with definition and reporting of spinnakers with battens
Click Here
Battened Spinnakers
(sometimes termed Spinoas) rating under review.
Click here for text of announcement.
OVERVIEW
US
SAILING, the local IRC Rule Authority, working in relation to the RORC, www.rorcrating.com,
is offering IRC Ratings. The following information offers an
introduction to the rule and should help answer many of your
questions.
ANNUAL
PUBLICATION - To keep you
informed
The IRC yearbook is made available at the beginning of January each year to
holders of certificates from the previous year together with a rating
revalidation form. Apart from the IRC rule, the yearbook provides help
to owners applying for their certificates by way of diagrams and
definitions, race management recommendations, useful names and
addresses, articles from invited authors and much other relevant
information.
ALL
MONO-HULL YACHTS CATERED TO
IRC is capable of applying a rating to any mono-hull yacht. In doing so,
it respects such
features as asymmetric spinnakers, carbon masts, canting keels, and water ballast;
all of which have
been permitted for several years. Furthermore, the rule is reviewed annually in light
of new developments and past results. On this front, RORC seeks and actively
welcome input and comment from the users.
The Basics- IRC permits and encourages owner declared measurement
data- self measurements. These will be
maintained into the future, although some clubs and areas have always
insisted that locally they should measure boats.
Thus, there are "
ENDORSED" IRC ratings. These require that US SAILING, working under
the auspices of the RORC, should be satisfied as to the
correctness of the rated data, generally by measurement by an appointed measurers. Race Committees may require endorsed certificates for
some events. Also, an IRC measurement manual is available on request to assist
with local measurement if required.
The rating one receives is a time-on-time number, with
the higher number being the fastest. For example: 1.850 is faster
than 1.650. Corrected time = Elapsed time X Rating. See
'Ratings Explained' on side bar.
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APPLICATION
PROCESS
Here is a guide to the application process for those new to IRC.
Click
Here
1. Save and/or download
the application
(click here) to your computer before
using the MS Excel form.
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Shorthanded Certificate - New in 2007, a Shorthanded Certificate for those racers who want to
have a second certificate that changes the configuration to one more
appropriate for short handed crew. Note that if the only
change you want is to reduce crew number, that alone has no impact
on TCC - see IRC Rule 27.4.4 Apply
here.
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Sail Measurement Form
(combination IRC / ORR)
Click here
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Note to Sailmakers regarding ORR and IRC Sail Measurement Form:
US Sailing Sail Measurement Form 27 Oct 2008.xls
You
can input measurements in feet or meters; be sure to select button the
appropriate button at the top so the conversion column is correct. The
conversion column is for US Sailing's use in the event feet are used for
ORR measurements.
Include all the boat, loft, and measurer data at top and bottom.
The spreadsheet can emailed or printed and faxed.
Emailed files will accepted only if emailed directly to US Sailing by a
sailmaker since the signature will not be included on the file.
If
faxed, the form must be signed by the sailmaker.
Also,
if emailed, please be sure to put both the boat name and sail number in
the email subject line.
Endorsed certificate
request:
If seeking an 'Endorsed'
certificate, please indicate your request on the application and/or
include the following Endorsement
Request Form. (Any recorded Endorsed measurements on
the application shall be clearly identified as such from your local
measurer.) Note, additional
fees apply.
2.
Complete application, consulting an IRC measurer and/or sail makers as
necessary.
-Measurement
Diagrams and the IRC rule are available here as further reference. -Various
sources of data including a boat's IMS Certificate, brochures, PHRF,
designers/builders, etc., may be helpful in providing data one needs
when applying.
Application
data are asked to be in the metric measurement system, meters and kilograms.
Here are the appropriate conversion factors if needed:
3.
Submit the application only after it has been fully completed via email
as an attachment.
Submission of partially
completed applications are discouraged and cause possible delays.
Please consult an IRC Measurer for any assistance.
We
shall like to request ALL applications be emailed as an attachment to:
IRC@ussailing.org
The
Offshore Office will then confirm receipt as timely as possible.
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4.
Upon receipt of fully completed application, IRC certificates are
expected to be returned within 3 to 5 weeks, depending on the time of year. Certificates are valid from 1st
January to 31st December in the USA. Thank you.
STANDARD
CLASS LIST: Boat
classes/models for which IRC Standards have been set in terms of LOA,
overhangs, empty weight, beam and draft* measurements only.
(*version/draft to be declared if there are different ones) Upon
applying for base ratings (non-endorsed), one may elect to have standard Overhang
Dimensions
& a class weight used
towards their IRC Ratings. Racers
shall then need to submit rig, sail, etc., to complete the application
process. These standard overhang and displacement
values reference the lightest boat in class. Please
state your interests in using these data if desired when applying?
REVALIDATION FORM FOR 2008:
Click here to renew your
certificate for 2008
TRIAL and AMENDMENT
REQUESTS:
Please
use the following form should you like to request a Trial Rating
and/or an Amended Certificate. Owners must be holding a
valid certificate for the current year.
Download form for
an amendment
click here
Download form for
a trial click
here. Trials can only be
done for the 2008 rule.
FEE STRUCTURE FOR 2008:
This fee table is for quick reference. Please
click here
for a more detailed fee breakdown with additional notes.
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Cert.
Type:
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Fees per
boat:
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New
Ratings |
$5.77/ft *LOA |
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Amended Certs |
$2.21/ft *LOA |
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Revalidation |
$5.00/ft *LOA |
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Endorsement Fee |
$50.00 |
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Trial
Certificates |
$2.55/ft *LOA each |
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Re-reg./Transf.
of Owner |
$2.72/ft *LOA |
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New Shorthanded Certificate
Must have standard certificate |
$2.88/ft * LOA |
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Fax Service
(other than orig. copy): |
$10
each |
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Cert Copy of other boats (see policy): |
$20 ea.
(applies to 1st 10) |
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PERFORMANCE PACKAGE-
Receive up to date
POLAR DIAGRAMS
&
Target boat speeds
(VMGs). (For list of available classes, click here.) |
Please direct any additional
questions you might have to Offshore@ussailing.org.
On staff to answer technical & administrative questions are (if
calling, offices hours are between 8:30
am and 5:00 pm East Coast time).
Thank you.
The United States-IRC Foundation, Inc.
works to support and develop use of the IRC rule in co-operation with US
SAILING. For information about major regattas and owner
representation go to
www.us-irc.org
IRC Rule and the information contained here
is published with permission from the RORC Rating
Office & Seahorse Rating Ltd. For additional information
please contact US SAILING or visit www.rorcrating.com.
Thank you for your interest.
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