IRC Handicap Rule

IRC Rating Review: 

Review the following IRC Rule first, prior to using form.

Either 1st or 3rd Party Rating Reassessment may be requested from the RORC Rating Office. IRC Rules 19 & 20 refer :

19.0 RATING REVIEW

19.1 Review of a boat’s rating may be requested at any time by the owner who should submit a completed review application form, available from the Rating Authority, together with the appropriate fee to the Rating Authority.

19.2 Anyone who has a valid interest in a boat's certificate may also request rating review from the Rating Authority, by submitting a completed application form together with the appropriate fee to the Rating Authority. The owner of the boat subject to review will be requested to file a reply as soon as possible.

19.3 The Rating Authority may also review the rating at any time.

19.4 Review shall be based on all the available evidence. Where necessary, rated data shall be re-measured by an authorised measurer. The decision of the Rating Authority on any review shall be final.

19.5 For series produced boats, the rated data may have been standardised by the Rating Authority. Standard data shall not be subject to third party review or protest. A rating review may be requested by the manufacturer or the class association of a series produced boat. Modifications to standard data shall be declared by the owner.

19.6 Where the TCC is reviewed and found to be not more than 0.005 greater than before, the contested rating shall be valid up to the date that the request for review was lodged with the Rating Authority.

19.7 Where the TCC is reviewed and found to be more than 0.005 greater than before, the contested certificate is invalid from the date of issue.

19.8 In either case where the TCC is reviewed, the certificate becomes invalid if any re-measurement which increases the boat’s rating differs from the measurement shown on the certificate by more than 1% of: P, E, STL, LOA, LWP, Beam, Draft, FL, LLmax, J, MHW, MTW, (see Rule 15.0, Index of Abbreviations and Appendix 1, Measurement Definitions); by more than 2% of SPA or HSA; by more than 5% of y, x or h; or by 5% or 200 kg, whichever is the less, in respect of Weights; or if specific detail is clearly in error.

19.9 Following review and re-measurement, a new certificate may be issued which may be back-dated to the date that any erroneous data was supplied.

19.10 The owner of a boat requesting review of his own boat's rating is liable for all measurement and rating costs. In all other cases, unless as a result of review a boat's certificate is invalidated under Rules 19.7 or 19.8, the person requesting the review shall pay measurement and rating costs unless the Rating Authority orders otherwise.

20.0 RATING PROTESTS

20.1 As permitted by the RRS, a rating protest may be submitted to a protest committee. A protest committee may refer the matter to the Rating Authority with the appropriate fee.

20.2 In the event of protest, the boat's rated data may be re-measured by an authorised measurer.

20.3 Subject to the RRS, when a boat is penalised by a protest committee as a result of her certificate being invalidated under Rules 19.7 or 19.8, her owner shall be liable for measurement and rating costs unless the protest committee orders otherwise. In all other cases, the protestor shall be liable for measurement and rating costs.

20.4 When as a result of an action in a race or series, or the withdrawal of a certificate by the Rating Authority, a boat's rating is reviewed and its TCC increases by more than 0.010, the boat's Member National Authority shall investigate the circumstances and report its findings to the Rating Authority.

1st Party Rating Review (a review of your own rating) - If you think that the IRC rating for your boat is too high :

Write to us explaining why you think it is too high. Support your claim with relevant race results and other evidence, we can then investigate the matter properly. Please remember that a rating is only as accurate as the rated data, so please check that you are sure all the measurements and information on the certificate are correct.

3rd Party Rating Review (to request a review of another boat's rating):  complete and return this form to us together with the appropriate fee.

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.