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IRC Lake Ontario - May 2013
Sailing Season is Here! The first of our three-event 2013 Lake Ontario Championship Series - the ABYC Open - is just one week away, scheduled for May 25/26. This series also includes the PCYC Open Regatta on July 6/7 and the EYC Open Regatta on August 24/25. As in past years, each of these regattas are stand alone events with their own awards but will also be scored as a best 70% of races for the 2013 Lake Ontario Championship Series. The IRC Canadian Championship will be hosted by the RCYC June 22-23 and the IRC Great Lakes Championship will be held at NYC August 2-4 in conjunction with LYRA. IRC Distance Races This season's IRC Racing Calendar includes a three-event Distance Race Series. The first race, the Susan Hood, starts on the evening of May 31st and is combined with the Lake Ontario 300 and the Freeman Cup (part of LYRA) to create a best two-of-three series that makes participation in the Freeman Cup mandatory for qualification. The Toronto Area Hospice Regatta Welcomes IRC Competitors For the first time the TAHR welcomes the IRC fleet to participate in the sixth annual event that will take place at the NYC on June 15-16. Registration for the regatta is open on Yacht Scoring and we encourage you to attend as a warm up event for the IRC Canadian Championship that will take place the following weekend at the RCYC. The net proceeds of this charity event will go to the Dorothy Ley Hospice and the entry fee for boats over 25' is $150. Please visit www.tahr.org for more information. Certificate Renewals With our first regional event fast approaching, we encourage all Canadian owners to get their certificate renewals submitted to John Crawley at jccrawley@gmail.com or arrange for measurement through John. All US based owners should submit their renewals directly to US-Sail or speak to one of our IRC Lake Ontario measurement staff. All IRC Lake Ontario contact information may be found at www.lorc.org. Weighing and Measurement We have a weighing and measurement session booked at C&C Marine (east end of Toronto harbour) for Sunday, June 2nd. This session is being arranged by John Crawley and will accommodate all boats that require slings to haul. To date we have weighed boats well in excess of 20,000 lbs so just about any boat can be accommodated at this location. We will also be weighing smaller single-point lift boats at National Yacht Club on the same day. The crane at NYC can accommodate boats up to 9000 lbs. The scale costs are being covered by IRC Lake Ontario for both locations. This is the Sunday of the Susan Hood weekend and there is no racing scheduled for this date so we encourage everyone to take advantage of this group session and no-cost scales. We already have a list of boats scheduled for weighing on this date so we encourage you to contact John to ensure you will be included. Looking forward to seeing you on the water - this is what we've been waiting for! Executive Committee International IRC Owners Association - Lake Ontario Fleet
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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