There is a good discussion going on about IRC in Detroit on sailinganarchy.com http://www.sailinganarchy.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13728... I am under the impression that it is going to be implemented for the Port Huron Mac only this season, but they could adopt it for DRYA races I am not sure. Dan

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:: :: Here are my thoughts on this new IRC rule and how it:: applies to One Design Classes. The association for IRC
:: :: does not give out one rating to all One Design boats.
:: :: Each boat must measure its self, and apply every year.
:: :: That also includes a fee every year and no guarantee
:: :: that all the rating will be the same for One Design
:: :: Boats.
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:: :: What does this rule do for us? The DRYA fleet races are
:: :: scored by the order in which you cross the finish line.
:: :: The rates are only for overall results. Who cares! WE
:: :: know how we did in our fleet, that’s all that maters.
:: :: The only thing this rule is going to does to our fleet
:: :: is divide us because the rating may come out different
:: :: and who gets their boat rated and who does not. So if
:: :: you don’t get the rating you will not get scored in
:: :: overall results. I comes down to who is willing to pay
:: :: for this. For the weeknight beer can races we will be
:: :: still using PHRF rule.
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:: :: I suggest the best thing we can do, as a fleet is to
:: :: boycott this rule for the good of One Design racing. If
:: :: IRC gave fleets a One Design Rating I might consider the
:: :: Fleet gets a rating for overall results. We do not need
:: :: the extra cost and aggravation just to get overall
:: :: results.
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:: :: I want to hear your thoughts.
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:: ::
:: :: Harald Kolter
:: :: The last commonly used measurement rule for small boats in California was MORC. They did eventurally give manufacturer's ratings for 1 designs for local racing, but like all measurement rules an Express being very light is hammered due to
:: light weight being a "speed producing factor." I bet IRC
:: needs the money from measurements to pay for the
:: administrative

:: :work. I kinda doubt we'll ever see a measurement rule
:: that doesn't penalize ultra- light displacement. In MORC
:: we started building custom boats that hauled butt and
:: weighed quite a bit- they were very fast upwind and on
:: reaches AND rated well.

:: Unfortunately, these boats priced people out of the
:: system and generally led to the fall of MORC racing
:: locally.
:: :: Dave
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