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IRC National Championships Overall

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IRC National Championships Overall

The IRC Nationals was held in very light winds from the 11th - 13th in the Solent from Cowes. Here are the overall results (Top 6 of each class):

Independent Insurance IRC Championship IRC 0 

Sail No  Boat             Type     Owner                  Hcap  Pts Place
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GBR8940  A Bit of a Coup  Farr 40  Tony Buckingham        1.18  24.5  1
GBR1035L Respect          OD 35    A J Rayer              1.136 27    2
GBR9040R Warlord VI       Farr 40  Philip Tolhurst        1.178 27    3
GBR9210R Chernikeeff      IMS 50   Peter Harrison         1.253 29    4
GBR8899R Independent Bear Corby 41 Kit Hobday & Tim Louis 1.154 32    5
GBR9641R Nokia            BH 41  C Dunston & G Johnson    1.152 32.5  6

Independent Insurance IRC Championship IRC 1

Sail No  Boat          Type      Owner           Hcap   Pts Place
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GBR8833R Victric 4     Dubois 37 Tony de Mulder  1.106  15    1
GBR2853  Flamboyant    Swan 44   Chris Jago      1.057  40    2
GBR7348R Jacobite      Swan 48   Stephen James   1.062  40    3
IRL1965  Mustang Sally Corby 36  John Corby      1.081  43    4
GBR7367R Shockwave     Sydney 36 Anthont Gardner 1.081  50    5
GBR3093R Asterix       Mumm 30   Louis Browne    1.097  53.5  6

Independent Insurance IRC Championship IRC 2 

* Subject to protest

Sail No  Boat                   Type      Owner            Hcap  Pts Place
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GBR7712R Zarafa                 HOD 35    Jacques Delacave 1.041 17    1
GBR8800  Circuiteer             Castro 31 Mark Pelling     1.02  18    2
GBR7031T Splashdown Shakermaker KER 31    Paul Churchill   1.045 21    3
GBR8836R The Big Cheese         X 362     Justin Slawson   1.037 37    4
GBR486   Sleeper                J 35      Jonty Layfield   1.034 44    5
GBR7722R Yacht Care Ltd         HOD 35    Yacht Care       1.043 47    6

Independent Insurance IRC Championship IRC 3 

Sail No  Boat           Type         Owner          Hcap  Pts Place
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GBR7332R Cloud IX       X 332        Richard Willis 0.999 23    1
GBR5332T Xplicit X      X 332        R Hodgson      0.998 36    2
GBR5748T Addict II      Mustang 29   Ian Handley    0.935 38    3
GBR5880  Kereru         Young 88     Chris Hartnoll 0.96  39    4
GBR4888T White Mischief Aphrodite 29 Andy Hind      0.901 42    5
GBR7070  Purple Haze    One-off 24   John Dudley    0.881 45    6

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