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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 Coastal Classic: Lucky first to finish at 0323hrs
Bryon Ehrhart's pocket maxi, Lucky (USA), finished the 120nm PIC Coastal Classic at 0323am
Posted today at 1:30 am
Elite fleet for Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
A massive fleet of 142 yachts have entered the iconic Australian race
Posted on 24 Oct
Rolex Middle Sea Race Day 6
More Class Acts
Posted on 23 Oct
Balthasar Triumphs in 2025 Rolex Middle Sea Race
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Posted on 23 Oct
Hamble Winter Series 2025 Race Week 3
The battle at the top of IRC 3 suddenly intensified on Sunday
Posted on 22 Oct
Rolex Middle Sea Race Day 5
Fast Finishers Versus The Lampedusa Lockdown
Posted on 22 Oct
Black Jack claims line honours at Middle Sea Race
Tristan Le Brun and Jelmer van Beek guided the 100-foot maxi to victory
Posted on 21 Oct
46th Rolex Middle Sea Race update
Success for the maxi Black Jack 100
Posted on 21 Oct
Rolex Middle Sea Race Monohull Line Honours
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Posted on 21 Oct
Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship entry opens
Regulars and first timers alike are expected to take part
Posted on 21 Oct
Coastal Classic: Predictwind and Doyle Sails' tips
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Posted on 21 Oct
Coastal Classic: Fleet takes shape
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Posted on 21 Oct
Rolex Middle Sea Race Day 3
Shifting Fortunes
Posted on 20 Oct
Who let the dogs out?
We can tell you who is going to win the 2025 Sydney to Hobart before it is even run!
Posted on 19 Oct
Rolex Middle Sea Race Day 2
Leaders Raise the Tempo
Posted on 19 Oct
Ensign news, reviews, top picks & upcoming events
Highlighting the upcoming Pittwater Sail Expo and photos of the highly anticipated J/36
Posted on 18 Oct
Rolex Middle Sea Race: Up and running
The fleet departed from Grand Harbour at 11am on Saturday
Posted on 18 Oct
46th Rolex Middle Sea Race underway
Competitors tackle the challenging and scenic 606-nautical mile course
Posted on 18 Oct
New Bedford youth sailors take on the Bermuda Race
The team hopes to break barriers while taking on the challenge of the 636-nautical-mile race
Posted on 18 Oct
Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race overall
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Posted on 18 Oct
BCM start images of Tollgate Islands Race
Wild start on Sydney Harbour as the fleet blasted out the Heads in a blustery Southerly
Posted on 17 Oct
Bulwarks and Bulldust – Show 4 Season 3
Matt Allen AM on Brisbane 2032, World Sailing, and of course, the 80th Sydney to Hobart
Posted on 17 Oct
Rolex Middle Sea Race: Full Focus
118 yachts and 1000 crew gathered in Grand Harbour, Valletta
Posted on 17 Oct
2025 Rolex Middle Sea Race - The Maltese spirit
There are 13 Maltese teams.
Posted on 17 Oct
Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race Day 7
Two more finish as Lucky declared overall winner
Posted on 17 Oct
American crews join the 2025 Rolex Middle Sea Race
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Posted on 16 Oct
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Posted on 16 Oct
Sam Haynes eyes third Rolex Sydney Hobart win
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Posted on 16 Oct
Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race Day 6
Counting down the miles
Posted on 16 Oct
Yachting Malta Coastal Race
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Posted on 15 Oct
Links
Local fleet websites: Campaign websites:
IRC UK Nationals Attendance
see the full nationals attendance table here

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Lucky (USA) powers away - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025.
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Lucky (USA) powers away - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Lucky powers away - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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50fters - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Lucky - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Passing North Head - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Lucky - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Foredeck - Lucky - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Start - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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50fters - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Boogie Flash - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Start - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Callisto - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Higher Ground - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Sassinate - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Lucky - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Motorboat III - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Rehab - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Vixen - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Explore - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Another Duchess - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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- Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Lucky - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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Celestial finishing the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
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LawConnect during the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
© Rolex / Andrea Francolini
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
© Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi
Alive Again during the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
© Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi
Lucky over takes Sassinate - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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The all-star afterguard of Lucky - (USA) - Juan K88 - Coastal Classic - October 24, 2025
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