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IRC is a rating rule to handicap different designs of keelboats allowing them to race together. Each boat’s rating (her ‘handicap’) is calculated using measurements of the boat; her length, weight, draft, sail area, etc. The resulting time corrector, the boat’s ‘TCC’, is her handicap. After a race, each boat’s elapsed time (the time she has taken to complete the course) is multiplied by her TCC to calculate her corrected time (her race time making allowance for the characteristics of the boat). The boat with the shortest corrected time is the winner of the race.

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Show news Antigua Race Week Day 3
Superb racing delivered
Posted today at 2:23 am La Larga comes to a close
With the prize-giving ceremony at the RCNP
Posted on 29 Apr Medway YC Cruiser Spring Series race 2
Some dozen boats gathered on the start line with spring tide flooding at full strength
Posted on 29 Apr Antigua Race Week - Marina Resort Women's Race Day
Tight margins define racing
Posted on 29 Apr La Larga crowns the winners of its fifth edition
Marking the official start of the 21st Sandberg PalmaVela
Posted on 28 Apr Antigua Race Week - English Harbour Rum Race Day
Tight racing and fun on shore
Posted on 28 Apr 'Trifork' wins La Larga line honours
The VO70 completed the 228 mile course in 24 hours and 34 minutes
Posted on 27 Apr 2025 Medway Yacht Club Keelboat Regatta Preview
Three classes of handicap racing for cruisers plus one design racing for Dragons, Sonatas and Squibs
Posted on 27 Apr Sail Port Stephens Performance Series overall
Hooligan and Zen reign after SPS wash-out
Posted on 27 Apr Peters & May Round Antigua Race
Roy Disney's Pyewacket 70 takes line honours after fierce battle with Lee Overlay Partners lll
Posted on 27 Apr The Battle for La Larga begins
As the fleet heads towards Ibiza
Posted on 26 Apr Sail Port Stephens Performance Series Day 1
Fluctuating tides & fortunes
Posted on 26 Apr Transatlantic Race 2025 Preview
A North Atlantic adventure like no other
Posted on 25 Apr Cervantes Trophy Race Preview
RORC Offshore Racing Returns to Europe
Posted on 24 Apr Jura Scottish Series on Loch Fyne Preview
At one month to go, entries are growing
Posted on 24 Apr Sail Port Stephens Performance Series Preview
Four major trophies are up for grabs
Posted on 24 Apr Spectacular conditions forecast for ASW 2025
Strong tradewinds forecast for the 56th edition of Antigua Sailing Week
Posted on 24 Apr North Sails prizes for GBR IRC 2025 Championships
Winners can look forward to crew merchandise and generous awards at each event
Posted on 23 Apr A rush of early entries
For the 2025 Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta
Posted on 22 Apr Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race Entries Open
The 384-nautical-mile race serves as the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore season opener
Posted on 22 Apr 2025 RORC Easter Challenge overall
Two final races in the Solent for all four IRC Classes on Sunday
Posted on 21 Apr 2025 RORC Easter Challenge Day 2
Two races for all four IRC Classes on Easter Saturday
Posted on 20 Apr 2025 RORC Easter Challenge Day 1
PRO Stuart Childerley and the RORC Race Team organised a series of practice starts
Posted on 19 Apr World-class support confirmed for Admiral's Cup
Southern Spars, Harken Pro Care, and PredictWind all on board
Posted on 17 Apr Falmouth Sailing Week 25 entries open
The biggest sailing regatta in the southwest
Posted on 16 Apr TeamO Cowes to Weymouth Race
The JOG racing season continues with a record entry in the sunshine
Posted on 16 Apr Come to ABRW where fun doesn't set with the sun
60 entries received just a short time after entries opening
Posted on 16 Apr 2025 RORC Easter Challenge Preview
This year's edition is shaping up to be a thrilling opener to the Cowes season
Posted on 14 Apr 45th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta highlights
This annual Caribbean celebration has brought together locals, visitors, and world-class sailors
Posted on 13 Apr RORC launches Cowes Offshore Racing Series
An exciting new 7-race programme for RORC races starting from Cowes
Posted on 13 Apr
Links
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Superb conditions on day 3 at Antigua Sailing Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com Darcy Carr's Beneteau First Class 10 Wajang from Trinidad on day 3 at Antigua Sailing Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com Wayne Zittel's X-Yachts XP50 DNR on day 3 at Antigua Sailing Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com Sebastian Gylling's Finnish Swan 51 Eira and CSA Club Class A on day 3 at Antigua Sailing Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com Radboud Crul's Dufour 44.3 North Star on day 3 at Antigua Sailing Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com David Carr's Frers 46 Quintessence III on day 3 at Antigua Sailing Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com Chips - Medway YC Cruiser Spring Series race 2
© Ben Passmore Medway YC Cruiser Spring Series race 2
© Ben Passmore Medway YC Cruiser Spring Series race 2
© Martin Godden Medway YC Cruiser Spring Series race 2
© Ben Passmore Explorer 16 Swallow winner of MPONR All Female Crew division
© Rosie Colahan Christophe Bogrand - Sterec Bleu - Tocade 50 (Patrick Balta)
© Global Solo Challenge Christophe Bogrand - Sterec Bleu - Tocade 50 (Patrick Balta)
© Global Solo Challenge Christophe Bogrand – Sterec Bleu – Tocade 50 (Patrick Balta)
© Global Solo Challenge Christophe Bogrand – Sterec Bleu – Tocade 50 (Patrick Balta)
© Manon Le Guen Katy Campbell's Salona 45 Panacea X - Antigua Sailing Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com The all-women crew on Lyssandra Barbieri's Grand Soleil 43 Blue Moon - Antigua Sailing Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com Swan 58 WaveWalker won both her races today - Antigua Sailing Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com La Larga - `Trifork`, IRC
© María Muiña English Harbour Rum Race Day Prizegiving - 2025 Antigua Race Week
© Travis Harris 268 Media El Ocaso and the CSA Racing Class 3 on English Harbour Rum Race Day - 2025 Antigua Race Week
© Paul Wyeth - pwpictures.com Action in the Bareboat class on English Harbour Race Day - 2025 Antigua Race Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com Richard Matthews' J/122 Team Oystercatcher on Liquid - 2025 Antigua Race Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com Gary O'Grady's Tradewind 35 Cara of the South - 2025 Antigua Race Week
© Tim Wright - photoaction.com Carlo Falcone's IOR racer Caccia Alla Volpe - 2025 Antigua Race Week
© Paul Wyeth / pwpictures.com VO65 Sisi, skippered by Oliver Kobale - 2025 Antigua Race Week
© Tim Wright - photoaction.com Medway Yacht Club Keelboat Regatta
© Paul Babington Medway Yacht Club Keelboat Regatta
© Paul Babington Sail Port Stephens Performance Series - IRC Div 2 winner Zen 40
© Promocean Media Sail Port Stephens Performance Series - Super RC PHS winner 51st Project
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