Volker Andreae, President of the German Offshore Owners Association (www.ger-oo.org) and German delegate in the IRC Congress, is the owner of the ILC 40 J/V „Inschallah VI“. Andreae introduced IRC in Germany, but still also races ORCi with some success. He created the Baltic IRC-Open Circuit (www.baltic-irc.org) and organized the first International Yacht Forum in Hamburg/ Germany, which will take place again on 24th March 2012 (www.iyfh.org).