2025 IRC European Championships for Corsica

15th November 2024

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The remarkable site of Bonifacio offers numerous opportunities for inshore and coastal races at the 2025 IRC European Championships off Corsica Credit: Mad Visual Productions

The 2025 IRC European Championship has been announced for Yacht Club Bonifacio, Corsica, from 5-12 October 2025.

The IRC European Championship alternates between northern and southern Europe every two years. Following its recent successful hosting in Ireland this year, the Championship returns to the Mediterranean - this time to the island of Corsica.

The remarkable site of Bonifacio offers numerous opportunities for inshore and coastal races, in addition to the offshore race around the island. With its coastal elevations and the dynamic winds of the Bouches, sailors and tacticians will have ample opportunity to showcase their skills amidst an exceptional panorama.

The boats will be hosted in the port of Bonifacio.

The Championship takes place immediately after Les Voiles de Saint Tropez. To accommodate boats participating in Les Voiles, equipment inspection for these entrants will be completed in Saint Tropez, allowing them to finalise registration on Tuesday, October 7th. Other boats will need to complete their formalities on Sunday, October 5th, and Monday, October 6th.

After the Championship, boats registered for the Rolex Middle Sea Race will have sufficient time to reach Malta.

The Notice of Race will be available by the end of November on the Yacht Club Bonifacio and Yacht Club de France websites.

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IRC Europeans Championships

Alternating between the North and the South of Europe (the Channel and the Mediterranean Sea), the IRC European Championship is a flagship event of the IRC season and typically aims to bring together more than 60 boats.

IRC is a World Sailing-recognised rating system and the principal yacht measurement system for the rating of racing yachts worldwide.

The event is open to all IRC-rated boats. Typically, it will consist of a minimum of four coastal or tactical races (coefficient 1) and a long coastal race (coefficient 2).

Following the inaugural championship as part of Cork Week in 2016, the event sailed in Marseille in 2017, Cowes in 2018, and San Remo in 2019; the event sailed in Hyères, France in 2021 before moving to Brekens, Holland, in 2022 and in Cannes, France last June.

The IRC rating rule is administered jointly by the RORC Rating Office in Lymington, UK and UNCL Centre de Calcul, Pôle Course du Yacht Club de France, in Paris, France.