Giant Killers....

[Cariadco]

Although Sunrise held this tittle after their Fastnet shenanigans a couple of years ago, but Red Ruby, a Sunfast 3300 nearly took everything, in this Year's Middle Sea Race.....First in ORC Overall,, Fist in class 6, ORC and IRC, First Double Handed in both ORC & IRC and the Big one....Second in IRC overall, so they lost the overall win by just 24 seconds!! and that was to Bullitt, an 93 foot Wally Maxi.
As good as it was, that result would have been amazing.

 

[B27]

If they'd got line honours that would have been amazing.

Also if they'd won ORC overall without being first in their class would have been surprising, even in the Muddle Sea Race.

Is it really surprising that two rival rating systems give similar answers?

Small boat wins handicap race.
After 150 years, rating systems not entirely hopeless?

The best small boat presumably.

 

[Laser310]

I guess there is a historical connection to RORC, but it's not an RORC race - right?

I am wondering why the overall is awarded to the winner of IRC, and not to the winner of ORC.

 

[B27]

I guess there is a historical connection to RORC, but it's not an RORC race - right?

I am wondering why the overall is awarded to the winner of IRC, and not to the winner of ORC.

Are all the boats in IRC, but only a subset in ORC?

 

[flaming]

Are all the boats in IRC, but only a subset in ORC?

Basically.

Hell of a result from Red Ruby.

 

[B27]

Basically.

Hell of a result from Red Ruby.

Whoever wins a race like this, it's a great result from them.
It does show the full crew don't earn their keep on a long course maybe?

Having a good margin over other boats of the same design shows they weren't just gifted it by the vagaries of handicap racing.

 

[Laser310]

Are all the boats in IRC, but only a subset in ORC?

sure, but if the NOR specified that the overall was to be awarded on ORC.., then everyone would be entered under ORC.

 

[flaming]

sure, but if the NOR specified that the overall was to be awarded on ORC.., then everyone would be entered under ORC.

And almost certainly the fleet would be smaller.

 

[dunedin]

Are all the boats in IRC, but only a subset in ORC?

So what is the rationale between IRC vs ORC?
I note from the results that none of the big boats raced under ORC as there was no ORC Class 1, only Classes 2-6, whereas there was IRC Classes 1-6.
44th edition of Rolex Middle Sea Race draws to a close