(Toronto, ONT, Canada)- A mostly Canadian fleet of 55 teams competed at
the 2011 IRC North American Championship, held in Toronto, Canada on
August 11-14, 2011. David Ogden and his crew on the J/35 BUCKAROO BONZAI
pulled off a decisive victory in the IRC 2 fleet as well as the overall
title. Fifth in IRC 2 was yet another J/35, Stephen Trevitt's CRIME
SCENE. Other notable performances were John McLeod's J/133 HOT WATER,
sailing to a 4th in IRC Super 0 class.
J/Boats dealer Don Finkle from RCR Yachts had some interesting
observations for the event- "One thing that struck me was the wide
variety of boats that took part in the event. Apparently almost anything
that floats can get an IRC rating. I don’t mean that in a negative way;
just an observation that you don’t need any certain type, age or style
of boat to compete.
For example, on one end of the spectrum we had a Farr 30 and Melges 32,
very light high performance sportboats. You could throw the canting-keel
Shock 40 in there too. On the other end there was the vintage “Red
Jacket”, the 39 foot custom ocean racer that first put C&C on the
map by winning the SORC overall back 1970. Of course, RJ has been
heavily updated and optimized (now called a Bruckmann 39, not a C&C
39), yet she is still over 40 years old.
There was also a Hunter Legend 37 that you would not think of as a racer
but that does very well, lots of boats from the 1980s such as C&C
34s and J/35s, an assortment that you need to scan the scratch sheet to
truly appreciate. The in the middle, so to speak, were more recent but
not extreme designs such as the Beneteau First 36.7s, 10Rs and 40.7s and
C&C 115s.
The amazing thing is that the top five overall boats at the end of the
regatta came from across the board and included boats from the fastest
(John Odenbach’s Farr 47 Rampage) and slowest (Winston Beckett’s Santana
30-30 Fortitude) divisions and those in between as well. And, the
overall champion is the mid-1980’s designed J/35 BUCKAROO BANZAI owned
by David Ogden- winning with a 1.8 average score!
We had a ring side seat of BANZAI’s dominating performance because they
were in our division, and we owed them time (on our Beneteau 36.7). The
bottom line is that boats of various vintages and types seem to be able
to compete, and for sure older designs are still very much alive in
IRC. For more IRC North Americans sailing information.
the 2011 IRC North American Championship, held in Toronto, Canada on
August 11-14, 2011. David Ogden and his crew on the J/35 BUCKAROO BONZAI
pulled off a decisive victory in the IRC 2 fleet as well as the overall
title. Fifth in IRC 2 was yet another J/35, Stephen Trevitt's CRIME
SCENE. Other notable performances were John McLeod's J/133 HOT WATER,
sailing to a 4th in IRC Super 0 class.
J/Boats dealer Don Finkle from RCR Yachts had some interesting
observations for the event- "One thing that struck me was the wide
variety of boats that took part in the event. Apparently almost anything
that floats can get an IRC rating. I don’t mean that in a negative way;
just an observation that you don’t need any certain type, age or style
of boat to compete.
For example, on one end of the spectrum we had a Farr 30 and Melges 32,
very light high performance sportboats. You could throw the canting-keel
Shock 40 in there too. On the other end there was the vintage “Red
Jacket”, the 39 foot custom ocean racer that first put C&C on the
map by winning the SORC overall back 1970. Of course, RJ has been
heavily updated and optimized (now called a Bruckmann 39, not a C&C
39), yet she is still over 40 years old.
There was also a Hunter Legend 37 that you would not think of as a racer
but that does very well, lots of boats from the 1980s such as C&C
34s and J/35s, an assortment that you need to scan the scratch sheet to
truly appreciate. The in the middle, so to speak, were more recent but
not extreme designs such as the Beneteau First 36.7s, 10Rs and 40.7s and
C&C 115s.
The amazing thing is that the top five overall boats at the end of the
regatta came from across the board and included boats from the fastest
(John Odenbach’s Farr 47 Rampage) and slowest (Winston Beckett’s Santana
30-30 Fortitude) divisions and those in between as well. And, the
overall champion is the mid-1980’s designed J/35 BUCKAROO BANZAI owned
by David Ogden- winning with a 1.8 average score!
We had a ring side seat of BANZAI’s dominating performance because they
were in our division, and we owed them time (on our Beneteau 36.7). The
bottom line is that boats of various vintages and types seem to be able
to compete, and for sure older designs are still very much alive in
IRC. For more IRC North Americans sailing information.
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