2015 IRC Double Handed National Championship

Mike Golding OBE unveiled the dates for the 2015 IRC Double Handed National Championships at the RSYC's Double Handed prizegiving this last weekend. The championships will be held on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th September 2015 and will take place in the Solent. The inaugural championships held in 2014 were a major success attracting 41 IRC entries with Paul and Mark Griffiths taking the Class 1 title in their J109 'Jagerbomb'; Chris and Vanessa Choules in the Sigma 38 'With Alacrity' winning Class 2. Mike Golding presented the trophies.

For 2015 the RSYC is to join forces with The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club to provide first class racing in the Solent with an attractive 'aprés race' programme at the RCYC in Cowes. Friday will see two races in the central Solent (a laid marks course followed by a round the cans race) with a long 'tide neutral' passage race on Saturday.

Those boats without a full IRC certificate will be able to take advantage of the IRC single event rating introduced for 2015.

The championships will be an appropriate celebration to mark the 35th Anniversary of double handed racing at RSYC. RSYC leads double handed racing in the UK and will be repeating its Double Handed Series of 12 races again in 2015. It includes three sub-series namely the Offshore, the Alongshore and Inshore Series.

The event website for the IRC Double Handed National Championships can be found at www.DHNationals.co.uk.