CRF (Classic Rating Format) RATING CERTIFICATE
You must submit to each North American race venue a current CRF rating certificate, in order to complete your registration. To get a CRF rating, please complete the CRF application form and send it with a check for $25.00 to:
CRF Group
PO Box 319
Mystic, CT 06355-0319
Phone: 860.460.3990
Fax: 860.572.9271
Email: mischief@snet.net
CSA RATING RULE (Antigua Classic Regatta)
Boats racing in the Antigua Classic Regatta are handicapped using the Caribbean Sailing Association’s Rating Rule. This rule is designed and administered by the CSA and its measurers in participating territories throughout the region. Each year boats must update their certificates, a process that costs USD $25.00 plus $1.00/ft for the on-line certificate validation. In addition, boats must undergo a complete measurement every 5 years, or sooner if changes are made to the boat that will affect its rating. For a complete measurement of a yacht, the fee is US $ 4.00 per ft of LOA, plus US $1.00/ft of LOA (the current cost of CSA on-line certificate validation), with a minimum fee of US$100.00 plus the cost of CSA on-line certificate validation. In Barbados, the CSA qualified measurer is Renata Goodridge. Contact: http://www.caribbean-sailing.com/csa/measurement/
IRC RATING CERTIFICATE (May be required for international regattas)
There are two types of IRC rating certificates: Standard and Endorsed. Another type of Endorsed Certificate is the IRC One-Design Certificate.
Whether a Standard or Endorsed Certificate is required depends upon the events that will be entered. Contact the race committee and/or check the Notice of Race to determine the type of certificate that is needed.
Click here to view the IRC Certificate Type Flow Chart for an overview of the different requirements.
One other type is a Trial Certificate. These certificates provide information as to the rating a boat would receive for planned or projected changes. A Trial Certificate is NOT valid for racing.
Standard Certificate
An IRC Standard Certificate may be based upon owner measured/declared information, designer data, sistership data or similar sources. A certified IRC measurer is not required.
Contact US Sailing Offshore Office if you have any questions.
Endorsed Certificate
An IRC Endorsed Certificate is based upon verified data from select sources. The primary sources of the data are a US Sailing certified IRC measurer for hull and rig data and a US Sailing certified sail measurer for sail measurements. Verified data may also be extracted from ORR, ORC or IMS certificates.
Contact US Sailing Offshore Office if you have any questions.
IRC One Design Certificate
Another type of endorsed certificate is the IRC One Design Certificate. IRC One Design Certificates are available for boats in classes recognized by the IRC. No measurements are necessary to obtain an IRC One Design Certificate. When applying, the boat owner must certify that the boat is in full compliance with the current One Design Class Rules for the design and holds a valid class certificate.
Contact US Sailing Offshore Office if you have any questions.
Short-Handed Certificate
A Short-Handed Certificate can be either Standard or Endorsed and can only be issued to boats holding a valid, current year primary, i.e., “full crew”, certificate.
Short-Handed Certificates are for those racers who participate in events for which the Notice of Race has designated short handed classes for no more than two crew. The Short-Handed Certificate reflects changes to the boat’s configuration more appropriate for short-handed crew. See Rule 8.2.1.
The Short-Handed Certificate will only vary from the primary certificate with respect to mainsail widths, headsail dimensions, single furling headsail allowance, SPA, STL/SPL, spinnaker pole/bowsprit, moveable ballast and variable ballast. In other words, if no configuration changes as described are made, the TCC on the short-handed certificate would be identical to that for the primary, full crew certificate.
Since a short-handed certificate is not required to enter designated short-handed events, there is no reason to get a short-handed certificate if the configuration is not changed.
Crew number/crew weight are not factors in IRC rating calculation.
Contact US Sailing Offshore Office if you have any questions.
Trial Certificate
A Trial Certificate can only be issued to boats holding a valid, current year certificate.
When applying, details of the proposed or planned hull, rig and/or sail changes must be provided. There are limits on the number and types of trials that can be run. See the IRC Trial Certificate Policy for complete information.
Contact US Sailing Offshore Office if you have any questions.