IRC & ORC Owners Committee Update
The IRC & ORC Owners Committee is Australian Sailing’s link to owners of keelboats.
Ratings
News
Faster appeal decisions
Changes in the Racing Rules of Sailing have significantly improved turn-around time on appeal decisions.
Racing Rules
Conditions for approving juries
Organising authorities seeking approval to deny the right of appeal by using a ‘National Jury’ must remember there is an important condition in the rule.
Racing Rules
Certificate Deadlines for 2024
With the busy summer sailing season getting into full swing, it’s time to make sure your boat’s rating certificate(s) or measurement certificate are all in order.
Ratings
Appeal published to Australian Sailing website
A new appeal has been published to the Australian Sailing website.
Racing Rules
The 2025-28 Racing Rules of Sailing are published
The 2025-28 Racing Rules of Sailing with Australian Sailing’s prescriptions have been published for competitors and race officials.
Racing Rules
The 2025 Australian Yachting Championships is in Hobart
Entries are still open for the 2025 Australian Yachting Championships, contested under IRC. The event will take place from January 3rd to January 5th, 2025, hosted by the Derwent Sailing Squadron in Hobart.
Ratings
Storm and Heavy Weather Sails Interpretation
An interpretation to Special Regulation 4.24 has been issued addressing requirements and the purpose of storm and heavy weather sails.
Safety
Weights for IRC
Endorsed IRC certificates are those where the weight and measurements have been checked to ensure they don’t favour any boat and the integrity of the competition is upheld.
Ratings
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Sail Canada and Australian Sailing Dinghy Instructor Qualification Recognition.
Australian Sailing is pleased to share that our dinghy instructor qualifications are now recognised by Sail Canada as equivalent to the Sail Canada CANSail instructor levels 1-5, creating greater flexibility and opportunities for our instructors wishing to work overseas.
Training
Things that make it go fast
The foils and hull, the rig and sails, all play a role in making your boat go fast and rate well under systems like CBH for trailerable and sportsboats, or IRC and ORC for the bigger boats.
Ratings
What can you do about it – Part III
Competitors are sometimes upset because of something that happened and want it fixed. What to do about it though? The Racing Rules of Sailing provide the options.
Racing Rules
Study pack for the Racing Rules of Sailing is available
The study pack for the 2025-28 Racing Rules of Sailing is now available on the World Sailing website.
Racing Rules
Sails must be measured and stamped
In a new IRC rule introduced in 2024, all sails shall have a measurement sticker or stamp which includes its dimensions and sail area.
Ratings
Racing Rules
On the 'new rules' with Howard Elliott
Howard Elliott, International Judge, provides competitors and race officials an explanation of how the 2025-28 Racing Rules of Sailing 2025-2028 have been updated from 2021-24.
Racing Rules
Major incident reports published
Two reports relating to safety incidents have been uploaded to the Australian Sailing website.
Safety
Keel bolts and corrosion
A tale about a Defiance 30 and its keel, and how stainless steel bolts corrode. This is a tale all boat owners should read.
Safety
Removing fixed equipment under IRC
Boat weight for an IRC rating is taken to the nearest 10 kilograms. It doesn’t take much equipment to be removed before an amendment is required.
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