IRC Rules change for 2010 and 2011

3:12 PM Mon 20 Dec 2010 GMT

IRC

IRC Rule Changes - Following consultation and agreement with the IRC Policy Steering Group, the IRC Technical Committee has decided that the following changes to IRC Rules for 2010 and 2011 will take effect from 00:01 on Monday 20th December 2010. The substantive effect of the changes is that FL and J are always measured to the permanent forestay. In addition, it is clarified that a headsail may be hoisted and tacked from outside the foretriangle. For a PDF version of the Rule change and a French translation, see www.rorcrating.com or www.ircrating.org Insert: The ERS definition of Forestay shall not ...

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by Jean Sans/Mike Urwin