Runnalls appointed to IRC Policy Steering Group

5:38 AM Fri 14 Nov 2008 GMT
Malcolm Runnalls, Yachting Australia's IRC Chief Measurer has been appointed to the IRC Policy Steering Group which advises the IRC Technical Committee on issues of interest to owners.

At the 2008 IRC Congress Philippe Baetz, President of UNCL and David Aisher, Commodore of RORC and supported by other IRC Congress members proposed that Australia's Malcolm Runnalls be appointed to the IRC Policy Steering Group.

The move was supported unanimously.

Malcolm Runnalls a yacht designer and naval architect from Perth, first encountered the RORC Rating Office in 1991 when he was working for Rob Humphries in England. Having worked with the CHS (now IRC) rating system throughout Aisa, Malcolm introduced CHS to Western Australia. He was appointed by Yachting Australia as an IRC measurer in April 2005, and then as Yachting Australia's IRC Chief Measurer in July 2007. In that same year Malcolm represented Australia's interests at the IRC Congress at which he was appointed as Vice Chairman to the IRC Congress.

At the 2008 IRC Congress it was proposed to add a third member to the IRC Technical Committee. This was not supported, however it was countered with a proposal to add a congress nominated representative to the IRC Policy Steering Group.

The Policy Steering Group receives reports from Rule Authorities such as Yachting Australia or Yachting New Zealand, advises the IRC Technical Committee in the interests of owners and oversees the text of the IRC part of the Rule. The benefit of Malcolm Runnalls being in this role is that there is now a person independent of the RORC and UNCL on this highly positioned steering group. It provides interests outside of these two organisations a short cut direct to the decision making process.

The International IRC Owners Association Chairman Paul King said 'This will give the owners an even greater say in the direction of development of IRC and will reinforce its capability to supervise the IRC Rule as it continues to grow worldwide.'

by Glen Stanaway

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