IRC BOATS

Commodores Cup, Day Two

Photo by: Rolex / Kurt Arrigo

The Ker / Corby team GBR RED is now 1st overall after day two.

GBR Red team

Ker 46 'Fair Do´s VII', Ker 39 'Erivale III', Corby 36 'Quokka 7'

Rolex Commodores Cup 2008

  

The main event begins on Sunday 29th June, with the first race scheduled for 10.30AM on Monday 30th June, but there has been no shortage of activity since close of challenges for the 9th biennial Rolex Commodores’ Cup 2008. Organiser, the Royal Ocean Racing Club, has had to deal with last minute changes to the British Blue team following the IRC Nationals, the French making their final team selections at the last possible moment and the usual amendments to ratings. The teams are leaving nothing to chance. Every advantage is a good advantage and no detail is being overlooked. Fifteen teams, comprising a total of forty-five yachts spread over six nations will be on the start line next week all fired up in anticipation of a highly competitive event. The full National team listings are available on line at www.rorc.org and www.regattanews.com

In the battle of the Designers/Manufacturers, Beneteau, X-Yachts, Mills and Ker come out top with six yachts each, and Archambault have five.

Gotland Runt 2008

Eurocard Gotland Runt has now started (this year 273 boats) www.gotlandrunt.se

Leaders

Grand Open B, Hasso Plattner in Morning Glory (Max Z 86)

IRC class C, Claes Brunnhage, A35, Corby 33 'Inga from Sweden' 3rd

IRC class D, Lars Billström, Pronavia 38, Ellvann

Corby 26 for sale

Corby 26 'www.ircboats.com' hull no #02, launched may-08 now for sale.

Location Stockholm, Sweden fully race ready (after winning the Lidingö Runt)

Upgraded standard Corby 26 package, shore power and charger, LED lights, Lombardini 2-cyl engine.

North 

3DL Main 

3DL Jib 

3DL Genoa 

S2 Spinnaker

Tack Tick Speed/Depth/Wind

Carbon Rudder

Anti fouled (spray) Nautix A4TSpeed

EUR 58 000 ex vat

Contact us for full details about this boat and any transport deal for getting it to your home port.

info@ircboats.com

WIORA & NORA West Coast Championships 2008

Conor Ronan and the Ruthless crew win IRC Class 2 overall.

Powered by North 3DL upwind and Gradient Spinnakers Downwind

I am just back from a very enjoyable two days racing with Conor Ronan and the Ruthless crew on their Corby 26.  This years WIORA and NORA regatta was being run under the banner of the Cliften boat club.  It was to be a four day event sailed with a variety of courses including windward leeward, triangles and a longer coastal type race. This years regatta was a credit to the Club with excellent organisation and top class race management.

Conor Ronan has only been racing now for a little over 18 months and is on a very steep learning curve!  He has taken advantage of working with North Sails Ireland to get the best from his new boat in the shortest possible time.  This included kitting the boat out with 100% North Sails from new and also taking advantage of our coaching and racing services.  Personally I have only raced with this team twice but with additional coaching from my colleage Maurice O’Connell and the determination of this young crew has paid dividends.

When I arrived in Cliften I was greated with the news that we needed to win at least three of the remaining four races to have a chance of winning our class!  Quite a tall order as class two IRC is very competative and has a good mix of boats almost all bigger than the Corby 26.  Normally having a bigger boat is an advantage in stronger winds or choppy water but we were lucky to find my first day with the team bring us very light winds flat water and blazing sunshine!  We had two great races taking a 2^nd and then a 1^st overall for the day.  The Corby excells in the light winds but even with this advantage we were pushed hard all day by the Humphrys ¾ toner Marissa IX.  Having a dedicated 3DL Light Genoa was a great help powering us along in the flat water for the day.

Day two started with rain and strong winds, the more normal conditions for the West Coast or Ireland.  Heading out for the start I was wondering how we would perform against the fleet in the 16-25 knots forecast?  Two great races followed and against the odds we managed to win them both by small but significant margins.  This final win was enough to take us to the top of the leader board and secure the Class 2 IRC overall prize.

I was delighted with the performance of this little Corby boat and was impressed by her ability in the stronger winds.  I also have to say that the Ruthless crew are a pleasure to sail with and as time passes they will become a force to be reckoned with in Class two.

Congratulations guys for a great regatta, keep up the good work.

Sail Fast. 

Nigel

Nigel Young

Corby 26 'Ruthless' wins WIORA

WIORA 2008 Class 2 IRC Entries: 12      Races Sailed: 7      Discard: 1 Place Sail No Boat Type of Boat Handicap Points 1 IRL26026 Ruthless Corby 26 0,960 11.25 2 IRL1017 Treyona Sigma 33OOD 0,910 12.25 3 IRL2112C Boojum Sigma 33OOD 0,916 19 4 IRL7234 Marissa ix Humphrey's 3/4T 0,978 27.75 5 IRL3062 Crozz Elan 31 0,953 33 6 GBR5620 K-Vector Hunter HB31 0,918 34 7 IRL4021 Egalite Dehler 34 0,928 35 8 IRL7427 Quelle Surprise First 31.7 0,959 36 9 IRL4206 PowderMonkey Sigma 33 0,915 43 10 IRL3317 Scotia First 31.7 0,961 45 11 IRL267 Golden Kopper GK34 0,949 67 12 IRL16507 Addict Mustang 30 0,917 68

UK IRC National Championship

IRC Scottish Championship Regatta 2008

IRC Handicap Class 1 Series Report

Yacht's Name         SAT 1       SAT 2      SAT 3 SUN 1 SUN2      TOTAL

Tanit                 1          4               3           6         2          10.00 1

Salamander XX         7            2        1         6         1         10.50 2
Thunderbird             4 1 6 1 5 11.00 3
Sloop John T 2 3 4 3 4 12.00 4
Argie Bargie      3 6 2 8 3 14.00 5
Bateleur 97 8 7 5 4 6 22.00 6
Local Hero      9 5 8 2 11 24.00 7
Grand Cru      6 10 7 11 7 30.00 8
Playing FTSE      11 8 11 5 8 32.00 9
Duckwall Pooley 5 9 10 10 10    33.00 10
Amethyst 10 11 10 9 9 38.00 11

The results discarded in calculating the total points are shown in brackets.
Organised by The Mudhook Yacht Club

Corby 33 'Eclipse' now in New York

Corby 33 'Eclipse' hull #09 has just arrived to her home port in New York.

For Sale - Corby 29 "Mistress Margarita"

Corby 29 "Mistress Margarita"
Current IRC: 0.992
Year: 2005 (end)
Hull number: #07
Designer: John Corby

Dimensions:
Length overall: 8.80 m
Beam: 2.85 m 
Draft:1.98 m
Keel: cast iron fin with lead torpedo bulb
Displacement: 3,350 kgs
Ballast: 1,250 kgs

Engine: 

Yanmar 1GM10, 1 cylinder, diesel, Saildrive
Propellor: two blades folding
Fuel capacity: 33 litres

Rigging: 
J:3.65 m
P:11.5 m
E:3.95 m

General specifications:
Hull & deck: Female moulded closed cell foam cored GRP using isopthalic polyester and vinylester resins. 
Foam cored GRP moulded furniture
Foils: low centre of gravity cast iron fin with lead torpedo bulb
Deck equipment: Harken winches, Lewmar & Spinlock deck hardware,
Mast & rigging: 9/10th rig, aluminium mast, twin spreaders rig with Dyeform standing rigging and carbon spinnaker pole
Rigid boom vang
Hydraulic backstay
Electrical: 1 x 12v battery 
Switch panel, interior and navigation lights
Plumbing: Manual fresh water system to galley
Stainless steel sink with drain
Manual bilge pumps

Sails: 

Stratis by Doyle Sails,New Zealand,  
Mainsail
No. 1 light
No. 1 medium
No. 3 jib
Light asymetric spinnaker
Medium symetric spinnaker
Heavy asymetric spinnaker

Safety gear: Cat 4
Moored: in Hong Kong
Asking price: HKD 1,000,000 ( USD 128,250)
Comments: in excellent condition, very carefully maintained, inspection highly recommended

Good racing results  

Contact the broker

olivierdecamps@jebsenmarine.com