ICRA has published provisional class divisions for next week's 73–boat national championship fleet at Howth Yacht Club. The divisions are as expected but this year's class two has been forced to combine boats that in previous championships sailed in classes two and three but due to numbers in 2016 are sailing as one class next week. See full table below with divisions, IRC TCC and ECHO handicaps.

The cruiser–racer national championships is to be staged at the north Dublin venue for a record fifth time. The three day event, from next Friday, will decide eight national titles and Corinthian Cups across a combined fleet Read more about the championships here.

Sail Number	Boat Name	Model	Owner	Club	IRC TCC	ECHO	DIV
IRL4208	WOW	Farr 42	George Sisk	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.123	1.125	0
IRL4076	Meridian	Salona 45	Tom Roche	Kinsale Yacht Club	1.112	1.115	0
IRL2007	Jump Juice	Ker 36.7	Conor Phelan	Royal Cork Yacht Club	1.109	1.105	0
GBR8038	ROXSTAR	XP38i	FINDLAY & ANDERSON	Clyde crusing club	#N/A	#N/A	0
IRL1507	Aquelina	J/122	Sheila Tyrrell James Tyrrell	Arklow Sailing Club	#N/A	#N/A	0
GBR4041	LICKS	First 40	Jay Colville	East Down Yacht Club	#N/A	#N/A	0
IRL10800	Rockabill VI	JPK 10.80 2.15 fin6	Paul O'Higgins	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.046	1.045	1
IRL13500	D-TOX	X 35	McSwiney, McStay, Sherry & O'Rafferty	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.044	1.045	1
GBR7377	Impostor	Corby 33	Richard Fildes	SCYC	1.035	#N/A	1
IRL7778	Gringo	Archambault A 35	Tony Fox	National Yacht Club	1.024	1.025	1
IRL3061	Fools Gold	Archambault A 35	Robert Mc Connell	WHSC	1.022	1.025	1
IRL9898	Indecision	J/109	declan hayes & patrick halpenny	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.021	1.015	1
FRA37296	TRIPLE ELF	First 35	CHRISTINE AND ROBIN MURRAY	FAIRLIE YC /CLYDE CRUISING CLUB	1.020	#N/A	1
IRL1383	Ruth	J/109	Shanahan Family	National Yacht Club	1.015	1.015	1
IRL1141	storm	J/109	pat kelly	rsc/hyc	1.014	1.015	1
IRL1206	Joker 2	J/109	John Maybury	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.014	1.015	1
IRL5109	Jalapeno	J/109	Barrington/Despard/O'Sullivan	National Yacht Club	1.014	1.015	1
IRL811	RAPTOR	Mills 30 CR	DENIS HEWITT & ORS.	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.013	1.020	1
GBR2342	White Mischief	J/109	Timothy and Richard Goodbody	Royal Irish Yacht Club	#N/A	#N/A	1
GBR7709R	Justjay	J/109	Nigel Ingram	Holyhead	1.012	#N/A	0
IRL29213	Something Else	J/109	Brian & John Hall	National Yacht Club	1.011	1.015	1
GBR8933R	Bon Exemple	XP 33 1.90	Colin Byrne	Royal Irish Yacht Club	1.009	1.015	1
IRL3470	Flashback	First 34.7	Breen/Hogg	Howth Yacht Club	0.987	1.000	1
IR7991	Jigamaree	J/109	Ronan Harris	Royal Irish Yacht Club	#N/A	#N/A	1
IRL3670	Altair	First 36.7	Losty/Dorgan	Cove Sailing Club	#N/A	#N/A	1
IRL1332	Equinox	X 332	Ross McDonald	Howth Yacht Club	0.980	0.980	2
IRL9970	Lambay Rules	J/97	Stephen Quinn	Howth Yacht Club	0.971	0.980	2
IRL8094	king one	First Evolution 30	David Kelly	rsc/hyc	0.958	0.955	2
IRL2706	Kodachi	Corby 27	Rick de Neve	Howth Yacht Club	0.955	0.955	2
IRL1343	Arcturus	Sun Odyssey 37	Peter & Declan McCabe	Howth Yacht Club	#N/A	0.945	2
IRL5522	the Big Picture	MG HS30	michael & Richard Evans	Howth Yacht Club	0.945	0.945	2
IRL2016	Checkmate XV	MG HS30	David Cullen	Howth Yacht Club	0.944	0.945	2
IRL1484	Harmony	#N/A	John Swan	Howth Yacht Club	#N/A	#N/A	2
IRL2552	Fusion	Corby 25	Colwell & Cobbe	Howth Yacht Club	0.934	0.935	2
IRL988	Dux	X 302	Anthony Gore-Grimes	Howth Yacht Club	0.927	0.930	2
IRL3022	XEBEC	X 302	Bourke,McGirr,Ball	Howth Yacht Club	0.927	0.930	2
IRL7495	Maximus	X 302	Paddy Kyne	Howth Yacht Club	0.924	0.930	2
IRL1103	Viking	X 302	K.Darmody & M.Patterson	Howth Yacht Club	0.923	0.930	2
IRL8223	Kamikaze	#N/A	Peter Nash	Royal St. George Yacht Club	#N/A	#N/A	2
IRL4571	Flyover	Sigma 33ood	David Marchant	Waterford Harbour Sailing Club	0.913	0.910	3
IRL508	Quest	Humphreys 1/4 Ton	Barry Cunningham & Jonathan Skerritt	Royal Irish Yacht Club	0.906	0.905	3
IRL6559	White Hunter	Formula 28 MOD	Joss Walsh	Howth Yacht Club	0.906	0.905	3
IRL6136	Starlet	Formula 28	Wormald / Walsh	Howth Yacht Club	0.905	0.905	3
FRA9186	Cartoon	Quarter Ton Fauroux	Ken Lawless & Sybil McCormack	Royal Irish Yacht Club	0.895	0.900	3
IRL9538	Running Wild - Seachange Now	Impala 28ood	Brendan Foley	Royal St. George Yacht Club	0.889	0.890	3
IRL3060	Jumpin' Jive	J/24	Mark Usher	Greystones Sailing Club	0.887	0.885	3
IRL4794	Hard on Port	J/24	Flor O'Driscoll	Howth Yacht Club	0.887	0.885	3
IRL4115	K25 HYC Johnny Bravo	J/24	White Ciaran	Howth Yacht Club	0.887	0.885	3
IRL4384	Gala Racing	J/24	Simon McGibney	Foynes Yacht Club	0.884	0.885	3
GBR9612	Bambi	Impala 28 I/B 1.78	Richard Harding	National Yacht Club	#N/A	0.885	3
I8709	Cri Cri	#N/A	Paul Colton	Royal Irish Yacht Club	#N/A	#N/A	3
IRL8245N	Asterix	#N/A	Boushell, Counihan, Meredith	Dun Laoghaire Marina	#N/A	#N/A	3?
IRL6556	Challenger	Europe Challenger	Paul Rossiter	Howth Yacht Club	#N/A	0.845	4
IRL35	ELEINT	Trapper 300	Michal Matulka	Dunlaoghaire Motor YC	#N/A	0.830	4
E127	OctopussE	E Boat	PATRICK O NEILL	Howth Yacht Club	0.824	0.825	4
IR3052	Tobago	#N/A	Ray, Costello, McShera, Quigley	Malahide Yacht Club	#N/A	#N/A	?
WHITESAIL
GBR1345	Samatom	XC45	Robert Rendell	Howth Yacht Club	#N/A	#N/A	5
IRL3335	Bite the Bullet	#N/A	Colm Bermingham	Howth Yacht Club	#N/A	#N/A	5
GB58571	Spellbound	#N/A	H. & G. Burrows, L. Skeffington	Howth Yacht Club	#N/A	#N/A	5
WHITESAIL 1
IRL6001	REBELLION	Nicholson 58	Hughes, Hanlon & O'Mahony	Howth Yacht Club	1.051	1.055	5
IRL4007	Tsunami	First 40.7 Distinction 2.40	Vincent Farrell	National Yacht Club	1.042	1.055	5
IRL4073	Splashdance	Dufour 40	Howard McMullan	Howth Yacht Club	1.011	1.030	5
IRL1166	edenpark	Sun Odyssey 36i	liam farmer	Royal Irish Yacht Club	0.976	0.985	5
IRL1357	Humdinger	Sunfast 37	Michael Mc Cabe	Carlingford	0.971	0.980	5
GBR3550	Lolly Folly	Hanse 350	Colm	Howth Yacht Club	#N/A	0.965	5
IRL1333	White Lotus	Elan 333	PaulTully	Dunlaoghaire Motor YC	0.956	0.965	5
IRL3339	Indulgence	Elan 333	David Sargent	Howth Yacht Club	0.952	0.965	5
IRL2706	Kodachi	Corby 27	De neve	Howth Yacht Club	0.937	0.955	5
WHITESAIL 2
IRL2070	Out & About	First 38	Terry Mc Coy	Howth Yacht Club	0.929	0.950	6
IRL5643	Calypso	Oceanis 361	Howard Knott	Royal St. George Yacht Club	0.927	0.930	6
IRL1502	Vespucci	Dehler 31	Sean + Kristina O'Regan	Royal Irish Yacht Club	#N/A	0.890	6
GBR4183	Poppy	#N/A	John Roberts	Whitehaven sailing association	0.902	#N/A	6
IRL100	Demelza	Club Shamrock	Windsor & Steffi	Howth Yacht Club	0.876	0.875	6

Class Afloat, a school that sails on one of the world's most spectacular tall ships, will be in Belfast next week. Weather and sea conditions permitting, SS Sorlandet is expected to arrive in Belfast on September 18th and stay docked there until the 22nd.

West Island College International - Class Afloat is one of the world's most unique and interesting educational experiences.  It offers high school and university students the opportunity to take fully accredited courses while sailing aboard a traditional fully-rigged class 'A' tall ship built in 1924. 

Some facts about Class Afloat:

Created in 1984 as a Canadian International Youth Year programme.

Has visited ports of call on every continent of the world.

Students and staff participate in two service projects in the Dominican Republic and in our West Africa Initiative in Dakar, Senegal

Students tend to come from the top 25th percentile in their home schools and 98% of our students attend the university of their choice after graduating with us

Students spend four hours a day outside of the classroom learning how to run and maintain the ship

Students leave the program having developed strong leadership skills, an ease at working in groups, a sense of responsibility and accountability, ready to participate as an active and conscious citizen.

More on the website here