Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) News and Results
The IRC European Championship has a bit of a tradition of smaller boats winning. In Cork in 2016, the first ever IRC European Champion was Paul Gibbons and his diminutive Quarter Tonner Anchor Challenge while the following year in Marseille,…
Boyd Finally Claims Volvo Car Prize for Round Ireland Race Results Over Three Races
27th July 2022 Round Ireland
Royal Irish Yacht Club skipper Michael Boyd finally got his hands on the Volvo car prize after accumulating the best overall points’ results on corrected time in the biennial Round Ireland races 2016, 2018 and 2022. To add to the drama,…
The top five boats in the RORC Channel Race after IRC time correction on Friday, July 23rd were from five different classes. The overall winner was in IRC Class Zero with Nicklas Zennström’s CF-520 Rán also taking Line Honours. Second…
Round Ireland Yacht Race Skipper Pays Video Tribute to Lost Rescue 116 Crew at Blackrock Island
20th June 2022 Round Ireland
Passing Blackrock Island on the County Mayo coast, a mark on the course of the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race, leading skipper Michael Boyd has paid a moving tribute to the four air crew of Rescue 116 Irish Coast Guard…
Favourite for RORC Morgan Cup Line Honours Will Be Antoine Magre’s Class40 Palanad 3
16th June 2022 Class40
The Royal Ocean Racing Club Season’s Points Championship continues with the eighth race of the series, the Morgan Cup Race. Starting from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line at 1800 BST on the 17th of June. The intention is to start…
Ireland's Justin Slattery on Rán Crew Wins 2022 UK IRC National Championship by 0.005 of a Point
13th June 2022 RORC
Sunday 12 June, Cowes: An outstanding long weekend of yacht racing, where the full programme was sailed under brilliant sunshine in 10-20+ knot winds and a mix of tidal states on one of the world’s most challenging stretches of water…
Saturday 11 June, Cowes: A further three windward-leewards were held on the central-eastern Solent on day two of the RORC’s IRC National Championship in yet more exceptional conditions - 15-20 knot WSW winds and brilliant sunshine. At this regatta -…
Rán Shines as Jukebox (with Royal Cork Tactician Mark Mansfield Onboard) Surprises on Opening Day of the RORC’s IRC UK Nationals
10th June 2022 RORC
Friday 10 June, Cowes: The Solent was star of the show on day one of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s annual IRC National Championship, one of the leading events for the RORC/UNCL-owned yacht rating system. The race committee led by…
Anthony O'Leary's New Royal Cork Cape 31 Competing at RORC IRC Nationals on the Solent
10th June 2022 RORC
Among the lineup on the Solent this weekend for the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s IRC National Championship is the Cape 31 Antix, skippered by Royal Cork's Anthony O’Leary, who won the IRC Nationals in 2014. And it looks like the…
British yacht INO XXX which competes in the Round Ireland Race in less than a fortnight was victorious in this weekend's RORC Myth of Malham Race that featured a number of Irish crews. The Cowes-Eddystone-Solent 230nm started last Thursday and saw IRC…
O'Donnell's 'Darkwood' Round Ireland Race Crew Are Ready for RORC's Myth of Malham Race
2nd June 2022 RORC
Ireland is among 70 teams from eight different nations that have entered this weekend's Royal Ocean Racing Club Myth of Malham Race. Irish crews include Michael O'Donnells's team on the J121 Darkwood that are now officially entered for the Round…
The overall winner for the 181nm North Sea Race under IRC was the Dutch JPK 1180 Il Corvo, owned by Astrid de Vin and skippered by Roeland Franssens. Dutch Ker 46 Van Uden skippered by Johnny Poortman was just 121…
Past Irish Victories Recalled as 24th IRC National Championship at Cowes Sets Sail in a Fortnight
26th May 2022 RORC
One of the pinnacle events of the IRC rating system in the UK will take place over 10-12 June from Cowes and Ireland's past victories are recalled as Anthony O'Leary's former winner, the Ker 40 Antix, is racing in the…
Cowes: Sunday 22 May, 2022: Today had a change in wind direction to an east-southeasterly that progressively strengthened to 10-11 knots, along with more glorious sunshine for the 50 teams competing at the RORC Vice Admiral’s Cup. The Quarter Tonners…
Brilliant sun, big tides and light to moderate winds that built from 6-8 knots in the morning to 10-12 knots during the afternoon provided glorious conditions for the second day of the RORC Vice Admiral’s Cup off Cowes. All six…
If you've wondered what it's like in the wide open prairie-like spaces of the new Cape 31s' cockpits when things get hairy, "The Cork Boat in Cowes", aka the latest Antix with Anthony O'Leary doing the driving in the Solent, provides…
