Saturday 5th February witnessed the first of the IRC measurement sessions at the club, with club members Steve Pitman working upstairs in the club room and Richard Woof in the Longshed. Both are qualified RYA sail measurers, and alongside them Steve Homan Berry and Iain Jones painstakingly took down the details and uploaded them to the IRC site.
Yacht Clubs of Weymouth are being trialled by Royal Offshore racing Club (RORC), overseers of the IRC system, to encourage cruiser sailors to try the IRC rating method.
Weymouth Sailing Club have grasped the initiative by further covering the costs to members to ensure maximum participation in fair and transparent club racing utilising a system that is recognised world-wide.
With 50 club boats expected now to join the IRC rating system, this sends a clear message to the Solent and Poole-based sailors - that not only is Weymouth Sailing Club a competitively-priced club in terms of membership and moorings, it also has one of the largest IRC fleets in the country.
Another bonus not lost on club members is that their racing is totally free!
The racing programme runs from April to December and new members are always welcome.
Submitted on 12th February 2015