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IRC at 40
One anniversary we nearly missed this year is that of the International Rating Certificate – known to all simply as IRC. In the words of the press release: “Back in the early 1980s, most boats were racing under the International Offshore Rule (IOR),
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How To Win The America’s Cup Of Maldon
Yacht racers, as Classic Boat readers well know, are apt to wear silly clothes and talk nonsense and say things like: “To finish first, first you have to finish.” Well, duh. This is when they’re not all shouting “water” at a nearby boat that is obvio
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The Magic Of Bibbidy
Anyone who’s visited Salcombe in Devon by boat recently will know that, for most of the summer, its picturesque estuary is heaving with motorboats. Most of these are large RIBs which crisscross between the moored yachts endlessly, causing a dispropor

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