2026 IRC European Championships - Day Three

Heat On, Leaders Extend at the IRC Europeans

Racing for Sunday 24 May on Day Three of the in 2026 IRC European Championships was held on the hottest day of the year so far in the UK and the racing was just as heated up with all four IRC Classes taking on two windward leeward races.

Malcolm Offord's TP52 'Braveheart' continues to lead the way in IRC 0, eeking out another point on Family de Graaf's 'Baraka GP', while the team from the South Caernarvonshire Yacht Club on 'Impetuous' now have a four point lead over Rutger Krijger & Caroline van Beelan's 'Jack Rabbit' in IRC 1 after the team from The Netherlands scored a 6th in the final race of the day which they have to count as their 7th in race 4 is now their discard.

Olly and Sam Love's 'Frank 4' is running away with things in IRC 2 after a shaky start to the event. They now hold a 12 point lead over Alain Waha's 'Further West', with Dirk van Rompuy's 'High Five' two points further back.

IRC 3 is being dominated by Sam Laidlaw's Quarter Tonner 'Aguila'. Already holding a decent lead going into Sunday, they backed it up with two more race wins, to sit on 7 points, a massive 23 points ahead of Peter Rutter's 'Quokka 9'.

Championship Results: HERE

Racing at the IRC European Championships will conclude today, Monday 25 May 26

Full Image Gallery from Paul Wyeth HERE

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