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03/Feb/2009
Notice of Race - IRC Validity dates recommendation
We have noted that a significant number of Notices of Race invoke IRC by simply requiring a ‘valid IRC certificate’. With an increasing number of boats now travelling around the world to regattas, this has created problems where a boat from the southern hemisphere (whose certificate remains valid in her own country until May of the following year) attends a northern hemisphere regatta in the first 5 months of a year. A similar issue can arise when a 'north' boat travels to an event in a 'south' country.
Organising Authorities are strongly recommended to specifically state the year when invoking IRC, eg: "The IRC Rules 2009 Parts 1, 2, and 3 shall apply."
The published Notes for Race Organisers has been updated and can be found here; changes are marked by sidebars.
The list of Rule Authorities colour coded into 'north' (blue) validation dates and 'south' (red).
Interested in using IRC?
Owners and Organizing Authorities wishing to adopt IRC for their events should contact US-IRC Executive Director Luiz E. Kahl for help with the process luiz@us-irc.org.
The US SAILING Offshore office administers the IRC rule in the US. Yacht owners should contact Eric Baittinger at irc@ussailing.org for help with certificate application or with rating questions.
For all US-IRC latest news, events and seminars check out the US-IRC web site at www.us-irc.org and go racing with us.
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