The Notice Of Race for the 2025 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race has been amended to add an International Rating Certificate (IRC) Cruiser/Racer Handicap Category.
This category will be open to yachts:
- if also entered in the main IRC category
- with an IRC hull factor not larger than 10
- with a hull length not less than 13.9 metres
- fully fitted out for comfortable cruising
- normally containing a full private cabin complement
- normally containing a fully fitted out galley
- normally containing heads (toilets)
- normally containing onboard refrigeration
The Race Committee’s determination as to whether a yacht meets the above criteria shall not be subject to protest or grounds for a redress request.
Entries for the 80th Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race close at 5pm, Friday the 24th of October.
In other news, Wild Thing 100 won the Sydney-Gold Coast Yacht Race on line honours on July 27.
This announcement was made on August 11.
The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race 2025 – its 80th anniversary – begins at 1pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time on the 26th of December, Boxing Day.
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