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Emotion and Perseverance Mark the Conclusion of Búzios Sailing Week
24. Apr 2025
The 2025 edition of the Energisa Búzios Sailing Week concluded this Sunday (April 20) at the Iate Clube Armação de Búzios (ICAB), with the final races for the BRA-RGS and ORC classes. More than 30 boats and 500 sailors participated in the event, which also served as the Brazilian Offshore Sailing Championship, organized by the Brazilian Offshore Sailing Association (ABVO).
Small and medium-sized boats aim for the ORC Europeans at Sandberg PalmaVela 2025
22. Apr 2025
Beyond the large yachts of the Maxi, ORC 0, ORC 1 and Spirit of Tradition fleets, the Sandberg PalmaVela is also a key event for medium and small-sized boats. In ORC alone—with eyes set on the upcoming European Championship, to be held during the Copa del Rey MAPFRE—43 boats have registered to compete across three classes: ORC 2, ORC 3, and ORC 4/5. They will be joined by seven entries in the 6 Metre class and 12 ORC Sportboat teams.
21st BRIONI CUP – A Regatta in Honor of Earth Day
21. Apr 2025
Celebrating Earth Day under full sails, the 21st BRIONI CUP 2025 invites sailors to a stunning circular route around Brijuni National Park in Croatia. On Saturday, April 26, majestic sailboats will set sail from Pula harbour, embarking on a 20-nautical-mile course around the national park Brijuni and back.
ORC welcomes Charlie Enright as the new CEO of US Sailing
15. Apr 2025
US Sailing announced Charlie Enright, an accomplished leader in the sailing industry, as the Association’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Enright will take the helm of US Sailing, the sport’s National Governing Body (NGB), following an extensive national executive search.
Laser Scanning Sails into the Yacht Racing World
Leica Geosystems
Along the west coast of Finland sits the historic town of Pietarsaari, where centuries-old maritime heritage and modernity meet in the world of contemporary yachting. Home to prestigious yacht builders Nautor Swan, Pietarsaari became the prime location for a pilot project in which yacht classification experts from the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) precisely measured, modelled, and rated a ClubSwan racing yacht using Leica Geosystems 3D laser scanning technology. In a novel approach that provides more data faster than ever before, scanning brings racing parity through accuracy, using innovation to promote fair competition in this historic sport.
Upcoming Events
| 23.04 - 25.04 | Istanbul-Çanakkale | TUR | |
| 25.04 - 27.04 | Busan | KOR | |
| 25.04 - 04.05 | Palma | Spain | |
| 26.04 - 27.04 | Pula | CRO | |
| 26.04 - 04.05 | Livorno | ITA |
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The ORC System
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The search for a perfect rating system is as old as sailboat racing itself. Boat owners, sailors, designers and handicappers are always looking for solutions that work as boat designs change with time. However, regardless of what rating system is actually in use, an ideal rating system should have a set of key point of features to ensure fair racing.
ORC Rating Systems are administered by the National Rating Offices established worldwide in each country that have active offshore rating. There are two forms of the rating systems that are fully compatible using the same measurements and the same VPP: ORC International (ORCi) and ORC Club. ORCi is based on a complete boat measurement.
It is the intention of any rating system to give a boat rating which depends on her characteristics in order to equalise her with other boats of different size and characteristics. Characteristics that are positive for boat speed, like length of the water line or sail area, and those that are negative, like beam, displacement and wetted surface, are the most common influences in any system.
With an ORC Certificate, you are getting more than just a rating. ORC Sailor Services allows you access to the ORC Database of all ORC certificates issued worldwide #beyondrating.
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