In 2017 the IRC division at Block Island Race Week will be competing for the IRC North American Championship.
The Storm Trysail Club's Block Island Race Week, the granddaddy of the club's broad regatta portfolio, is scheduled June 18-23, 2017. Coinciding with the announcement is the launch of a new event website at blockislandraceweek.com, where links to register and the Notice of Race are available.
INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO BE USED TO UNITE ORC AND IRC OFFSHORE RACING FLEETS FOR A 2018 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
The Offshore World Championship 2018, a World Sailing sanctioned event, will take place in the Hague, specifically from the port of Scheveningen, in July 2018. An innovative solution will be used for the first time to unite the two largest offshore racing fleets.
For the first time in 2018 in The Hague, IRC and ORC fleets may compete together at an offshore World Championship - photo Max Ranchi
London and Milan -- Baltic, North Sea, Mediterreanean, Atlantic and English Channel-based yachts along with rated offshore racing boats based everywhere else in the world, will have the chance to compete for the 'best in the world title' in a World Sailing-sanctioned offshore World Championship.
