IRC - Scuttlebutt Sailing News

2020 ORC/IRC Worlds are cancelled

May 21st, 2020

Despite a strong entry list from the United States and abroad, and the exhaustive efforts of the New York Yacht

November 21st, 2019

The growth of handicap racing has been capped in North America by the abundance of rating rules. While PHRF best

October 22nd, 2019

The conventional wisdom says the sailing season in the Northeastern United States ends with the Labor Day holiday, celebrated the

October 22nd, 2019

Representatives of the International Rating Certificate (IRC) from around the world met October 5-6 for the Annual Congress in Antibes,

March 11th, 2019

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt In my March 2017 column for Sailing World magazine, I addressed the contentious topic of how

October 31st, 2018

Sarasota, FL (October 31, 2018) – The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) working in cooperation with the Royal Ocean Racing Club

October 29th, 2018

Representatives of the RORC (Royal Ocean Racing Club) and ORC (Offshore Racing Congress) met at the Royal Malta Yacht Club

October 15th, 2018

Representatives of the International Rating Certificate (IRC) met October 6 for the 2018 IRC Congress in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. The

July 20th, 2018

The Hague, Netherlands (July 20, 2018) – With yet another sunny day here on the Dutch North Sea coast, the

July 19th, 2018

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Handicap racing in the USA is screwed up. We see highly-invested teams competing in PHRF which