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"It's one of those rules that doesn't make much sense if you are the customer." "Seems odd (and/or illogical) for an "International" class. How tortured and officious does this really need to be?" As I understand it, the point of requiring the Certification Measurer to be appointed or recognised by the MNA of the country where the control takes place is to establish jurisdiction. In the case of GBR, this means that the MYA can take any steps necessary to ensure trustworthy certificates and, if needed, to pursue dodgy practices. Otherwise, a measurer not appointed or recognised by the MYA (or RYA) is "out of reach".

Just to muddy the waters - The class rules for all three active IRSA international classes (IOM,10R, M) follow the same general format for their class rules, and give jurisdiction for measuring to the recognised national authority in each member country. The format is structured to reflect the Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS). Section A for each of the Class Rules use BOLD type as a reference to defined terms in the ERS and all three classes use the term Official Measurer. I have found an anomaly - the issue is that the term Official Measurer is not a defined term in the ERS. The defined term in ERS is Certification Measurer. The wording is consistent with what we would intend for an official measurer but is not identified correctly. I have reported this discrepancy to the IRSA to verify and to follow up with the ICAs. From the ERS C.4.4 Certification Measurer A person appointed or recognised, by the MNA of the country where the control takes place, to carry out certification control and when the class rules permit, certification. An MNA may have delegated this responsibility. John

Sounds illogical but complies with the Class Rules as detailed above in the post that provides the reasoning from the IOMICA VC Technical ...

.. and if they were coming to Australia would need to be remeasured by an ARYA approved measurer to be accepted as class compliant under the NCA.