ORC Sportboat Europeans

The first yacht passed the finish line in Klaipeda earlier today during the second leg of the Baltic Sprint Cup 2008. The first crews now have a chance to experience Klaipeda before the Sea Festival kicks off tomorrow - and hundreds of thousands descend upon the city from around Lithuania. More ...

24/07/2008

Baltic Sprint Cup - Leg 2

The first yacht passed the finish line in Klaipeda earlier today during the second leg of the Baltic Sprint Cup 2008. The first crews now have a chance to experience Klaipeda before the Sea Festival kicks off tomorrow - and hundreds of thousands descend upon the city from around Lithuania. More ...

24/07/2008

ORC Sportboat Europeans has started

The ORC-European Championship of the Sport boats started with three races. The Czech Milan Hajek took the lead. After some breeze in the morning, the wind died right after lunch and picked up a bit again in the afternoon when three out of six courses continued racing on the Luebeck Bay off Travemuende, Germany. More ...

23/07/2008

The Quebramar GP42 Cup reaches its midpoint

The successful end of its third event in Valencia, the Trofeo de la Reina Rolex Cup, brought the Quebramar Cup, raced exclusively by the up-and-coming GP42 fleet, to its midpoint. After an opening event, the Trofeo Pirelli and a second one in the breathtaking gulf of Saint-Tropez for the Giraglia Rolex Cup, the fleet moved on to Valencia. More ...

22/07/2008

Baltic Sprint Cup - End of Leg 1

Just past midnight this morning the last of the Baltic Sprint Cup yachts arrived in Karlskrona. The wind conditions meant it was a fairly compact leg, with just short of 13 hours separating the first boat in from the last. Outsider was the first home, arriving yesterday morning at 10:35:45. More ...

21/07/2008

Baltic Sprint Cup - Start of Leg 1

Within the Travemuende Week 56 offshore yachts started their first leg of the fourth Baltic Sprint Cup to Karlskrona, Sweden. The race includes 710 nautical miles, visiting five countries in the Baltic rim and will finish on 1 August in Roenne on the Danish island of Bornholm. More ...

19/07/2008

Baltic Sprint Cup

With a new record fleet of 61 offshore yachts at the start in 2008, the fourth edition of the Baltic Sprint Cup for blue-water crews will for the first time set off in Germany. The festive background of the kick-off to this two-week offshore race between five Baltic rim countries will be the 119th Travemuende Week. More ...

18/07/2008

ORC International Championship - Pescara, Italy

The ORC Championship in Pescara, a race includend as a mandatory event of the ACT (Adriatic Challenge Trophy) was held with 6 races on July 11th-13th, sponsored by "Borgo San Benedetto, a new bio resort 20km away. The race Committee led by FIV councillor Ennio Pogliano started and finished all 6 races of the programme. More ...

15/07/2008

GP 42 at Trofeo de la Reina - Near Miss is the winner

Near Miss, the Swiss GP42 yacht flying the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, dominated the 3rd event of the QUEBRAMAR GP42 Cup. After a total of 7 races the Swiss come first, followed by Roma GP42.2 and AIRIS. Desafío is still leading the QUEBRAMAR GP42 Cup but Near Miss grabs 2nd place from AIRIS. More ...

14/07/2008

ORC Presentation at Rolex Ilhabela Sailing Week

Over 40 sailors, race managers, measurers, boat builders, and other interested parties attended a presentation on ORC Rating systems given by Dobbs Davis at Rolex Ilhabela Sailing Week at the Ilhabela YC. The presentation provided an overview of the features of the IMS measurement system, how it relates to the ORC VPP. More ...

13/07/2008

Rolex Ilhabela Sailing Week - Final Day

Today's perfect sailing conditions of 12-15 knots of breeze, sunny skies, and gorgeous verdant backdrop were a suitable finale to a week of close ORC International competition at Rolex Ilhabela Sailing Week. By an incredibly close margin of 15 seconds in corrected time, Mitsubishi Motors/GOL defeated Stella Artois. More ...

13/07/2008

GP 42 at Trofeo de la Reina - Day 2

Near Miss, the Swiss GP42 yacht flying the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, swept on the second day of the Trofeo de la Reina Rolex, scoring two firsts and a fourth. The top three spots of the event are now held by a Swiss and two Italian teams. The first race started right on time. More ...

13/07/2008

Rolex Ilhabela Sailing Week - One Race Remains

After a one-hour midday postponement awaiting sailable conditions, race managers at the 35th Rolex Ilhabela Sailing Week set their fleets off into a gentle 7-9 knot seabreeze on windward-leeward courses set just east of the island.the ORC International and ORC Club classes sailed respectively 13.1 NM course and 11.2 NM. More ...

12/07/2008

GP 42 at Trofeo de la Reina - Day 1

The Valencian regatta was a Swiss-Italian affair. AIRIS and Near Miss, two newcomers to the GP42 class, share leadership on the first day of Trofeo de la Reina, after scoring a 1st and 2nd place in the 2 races that took place, under a nice southeastern but shifty sea breeze that reached 15 knots. More ...

12/07/2008

Rolex Ilhabela Sailing Week

Here at South America's largest annual regatta, the racing has been competitive yet fun in this picturesque setting adjacent to the beautiful island of Ilhabela off the coast of Sao Paolo. Over a week of racing on inshore as well as short offshore courses, 190 entries and 1600 sailors have reveled in sunny, light-to-moderate breezes. More ...

11/07/2008

Quebramar GP 42 Cup - Trofeo de la Reina

A few hours separate us from the start of the 3rd event of the Quebramar GP42 Cup in Valencia. Starting tomorrow Friday, the international GP42 fleet, made of 8 yachts from 4 countries, will be racing in the Trofeo de la Reina, crewed by an ever-growing number of world-class sailors. More ...

11/07/2008

Eurocard Gotland Runt Race

In one of the great classics of north European offshore sailing, a total of 87 entries competed in two ORC International and two ORC Club classes in the 2008 edition of the Eurocard Gotland Runt Race. This race drew a total of 274 entries from several countries around the Baltic. More ...

10/07/2008

First ORC GP 33 Class Boat Launched

When Mr Hisami Ebina of Tokyo, Japan decided to replace his successful ten year old N/M34ims Century Fast, he contacted Nelson/Marek Yacht Design to develop a new ORC GP33 Class design. The GP33 size is well-suited to the facilities and conditions in the region, and it is expected the class will grow. More ...

07/07/2008

Quebramar GP 42 Cup - Next stop Valencia

A year after the end of the 32nd America’s Cup, Valencia’s waters will once again be the host of top-notch sailing during the Trofeo de la Reina Rolex Cup, the third event of the 2008 Quebramar GP42 Cup. Everything is at stake in this event and practically any of the 8 participating teams can grab the top spot. More ...

06/07/2008

ORC International Europeans - Gothenburg, Sweden

After ORC International World Championship in Athens, another big event is coming in less than one month. The ORC International European Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden will see respective fleet on the starting line including Christian Plump, last year's World Champion. More ...

05/07/2008

ORC International Worlds ended in Athens

The ORCi World Championship came to an end in Athens. With a "boukadoura", the thermal southerly wind that replaced the strong northerly "meltemi" of the beginning of the series the final 7th race was held in a soft breeze around 8 knots. Italian Comet 45 "Libertine" is new World Champion. More ...

28/06/2008

ORC International Worlds - Day 3

The two inshore races raced today, brought changes in the overall ranking of the ORCi World Championship organized by HORC in conjunction with YCG and sponsored by Amita Motion and WIND. Meliti IV skippered by George Andreadis still leads the Championship winning one of the two races of today and finishing third. More ...

26/06/2008

ORC International Worlds - Offshore Race

The offshore race of the ORCi Championship started on schedule on June 24th, under a meltemi, the northerly wind that usually blows in July and August, that pushed the fleet around a course back anf forth in the Saronic Gulf of Athens. The first around the course was the Farr 52 "Superfast", with average speed in excess of 10 knots. More ...

25/06/2008

ORC International Worlds has started in Athens

After 3 days of preparations in Mikrolimano, Athens sailboats small marina, the ORC International World Championship started today with a strong "meltemi" that was blowing too hard in the morning to allow a good race. After a few hours wait, the meltemi dropped a few knots and the Race Committee made their way out to the sea. More ...

23/06/2008

Spain won the Sardinia Rolex Cup

The Sardinia Rolex Cup, ISAF Offshore Team Worlds came to a close today after a long wait for a breeze which did not materialize. The Race Committee waited until the final time limit of 3 p.m. before admitting defeat while Team Spain breathed a sigh of relief as the overall results after eight races became definitive. More ...

21/06/2008

Bribon Telefonica stretches Spain's lead

Team Spain once again excelled at the Sardinia Rolex Cup with Pedro Campos taking victory in all three of today’s races at the helm of the TP52 Bribon Telefonica. The overall combined results of each team’s three boats (Farr 40, Swan 45, Transpac 52) after eight races now sees Spain lead second-placed Italy by eight points. More ...

20/06/2008

Team Spain took a lead at Sardina Rolex Cup

More or less perfect conditions of Porto Cervo allowed the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda’s Race Committee to hold three windward-leeward races on day two of the Sardinia Rolex Cup. Sunshine, blue skies and 18 knots of west north-westerly winds accompanied the 15 boats that make up the five competing teams. More ...

18/06/2008

Team Germany leads Sardina Rolex Cup after Day One

Day one of the Sardinia Rolex Cup 2008 - ISAF Offshore Team World Championship, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, saw the five competing teams complete a windward-leeward race of approximately 7.5 miles despite light and shifty wind conditions.
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17/06/2008

Tartaruga wins the Giraglia Race

Marco Paolucci's Comet 45S, Tartaruga, has taken overall honours in the Giraglia Race 2008, concluding this year's week-long Giraglia Rolex Cup. The 45-footer completed the 243-mile course in 31 hours, 43 minutes, 27 seconds. Tartaruga won a very close three-way battle on ORC corrected time. More ...

14/06/2008

ORC International World Championship

Just a few days remain for the start of the ORCi Worlds be held in Athens Greece from 20 – 28 June 2008. The race is organized by the HORC and sponsored by Amita Motion and Wind Hellas. 55 boats from 9 countries are expected to take their place at the start line to compete in what is expected to be a thrilling event. More ...

13/06/2008

King Harald steps up for the young guns

Norway's King Harald has always contributed to the Norwegian sailing community with both passion and numerous Fram campaigns. Now he has lent his Fram XV, Farr 51, to a young guns project called NORsteam. NORsteam will sail its first regatta in the ORC International Class in Faerderseilasen this weekend. More ...

12/06/2008

Giraglia Rolex Cup - ORC Classes

The 2008 Rolex Giraglia Race started at 14:05 on Wednesday 11th June. Michel Briand in the lead of the Race Committee started 170 boats for the offshore race leaving from St.Tropez bay around the Porquerolles island then the Giraglia rock at the northern tip of Corsica then back to finish in Genoa, on a course of 243 miles. More ...

11/06/2008

Final day on the Giraglia Rolex Cup for GP 42 Class

Three days ago everybody was wishing to watch close and exciting races for the second event of the Quebramar GP42 Cup. Our wishes were granted and it seems it was Alfred Hitchcock himself that took the liberty to write the play of this closing day. Overall leadership of the event changed after each of the day’s three races. More ...

11/06/2008

Second day on the Giraglia Rolex Cup for GP 42 Class

One couldn’t have asked for a better day in the second event of the Quebramar GP42 Cup; great wind conditions with the breeze steadily picking up from 7 knots at noon to 13 knots in the afternoon; tight and close racing that resulted in 5 boats separated by a mere 5 points. More ...

10/06/2008

First day on the Giraglia Rolex Cup for GP 42 Class

The Spanish GP42 team from the Canary Islands might have the youngest tactician of the whole fleet, 24-year old Rayco Tabares, but their consistency in today's three opening races of the Giraglia Rolex Cup paid off and with three second places they are now at the top of the score table, 2 points ahead of Desafio. More ...

09/06/2008

Quebramar GP 42 Cup

A few hours before the start of the Giraglia Rolex Cup, the excitement is guaranteed. The GP42 Steering Committee has guaranteed that in this second leg of the Quebramar GP42 Cup the 8-strong GP42 fleet will race in its own area under the supervision of an independent race committee. More ...

08/06/2008

ORCi Central Europeans - Final results

Two more races are completed on the last day of the ORC International Central European Championship in Cres. The wind from south west direction came after 1 p.m. but still on time to complete two races before the warning signal time limt that was set up for 15:00. More ...

07/06/2008

ORCi Central Europeans - Day 4

Due to lack of wind there was no racing on the fourth day of the ORC International Central European Championship. Beside the no wind situation, there was rain coming and stopping all day, but that's the nature. The organizers hope that tomorrow will bring better conditions to close the championship with some more racing. More ...

06/06/2008

ORCi Central Europeans - Day 3

The third day started again with an one-hour postponement. But it was obvious that today’s breeze would be weaker than the other days. Around one o’clock the boats were already on the spot ready for another battle. As usual the race committee set the course along the cap Pernat without loosing any time. More ...

05/06/2008

ORCi Central Europeans - Day 2

Some raining, but still enough wind for one more race at the ORC International Central European Championship in Cres, Croatia. Around 13:00 the boats were out on the course ready for the start, but the wind was not steady enough, so they waited another hour and a half. Wind from 175 gave the signal for the third start at 14:00. More ...

04/06/2008

ORCi Central Europeans - Day 1

The weather did not give up  in front of Cres. The Race Committee did not wait too much and called all the crews on water. At the beginning the wind was 6 knots blowing from 190۫ therefore the boats were awaiting better winds lying around on the boats. Around one 1 p.m. there was approximately 9 to 10 knots "maestral". More ...

03/06/2008

ORCi Central Europeans - Cres, Croatia

The rain came as if it was „ordered“ to the Opening Ceremony of the ORC International Central European Championship. The port of Cres, filled with tables, smell of fresh made sardines, jars full of wine and the trio Medeja, was able to attract the real sailors who despite rain came to the Opening Ceremony. More ...

02/06/2008

Saint Tropez - 2nd leg od the Quebramar Cup

After an eventful start in Santa Margherita, Italy, the GP42 fleet will now move to Saint-Tropez, France for the second event of the Quebramar GP42 Cup, the Giraglia Rolex Cup, held from June 8th to 10th. Eight boats, representing eight top-level teams lead by some of the world's best sailors will be competing. More ...

30/05/2008

ORC 2008 Rating Rules - Errata Corrige

A typo error was found in the formula of the ORC Rating Rule 114.5. An error has been corrected and the ORC Rating Rules available on this site are updated with new version 1.01 as from 27. 05. 2008. This was the misprint only, and there is no need in any correction of the certificates issued do far. More ...

27/05/2008

Trofeo Stecconi - Ancona, Italy

A good scirocco breeze of up to 20 knots on Italy's East Coast helped make the Adriatic Cup in Ancona a success, with 23 boats competing in five races for the 3rd Riccardo Stecconi Trophy. Shaula, a Dufour 44, won the overall trophy, but had stiff competition from Paniccia's Farr-designed Cookson 50 "Calipso". More ...

25/05/2008

 

2008 EVENTS

 World Championships

Offshore Team Worlds
Porto Cervo (ITA), 15 - 21. 06.

ORCi World Championship
Athens (GRE), 20 - 28. 06.

IMS 670 World Championship
Puerto Calero (ESP), 13 - 18. 10.

 Continental Championships

Sportboat Europeans
Travemunde (GER), 19 - 26. 07.

ORCi European Championship
Marstrand (SWE), 03 - 09. 08.

 GP 42 Cup 2008

GP 42 Series
Santa Margherita (ITA), 01 - 04. 05.

GP 42 Series
St. Tropez (FRA), 08 - 11. 06.

Trofeo de la Reina
Valencia (ESP), 10 - 13. 07.

Copa del Rey
Pamla de Mallorca (ESP), 25.07 - 03.08.

Trofeo Quebermar
Cascais (POR), 28 - 30. 08.

Trofeo Manrique
Puerto Calero (ESP), 15 - 18. 10.

 International events

Circuito Atlantico Sur Rolex Cup
Buenos Aires (ARG), 14 - 20. 01.

Coppa Carlo Negri - Regatte Pirelli
Santa Margherita (ITA), 01 - 04. 05.

North Sea Regatta
Scheveningen (NED), 29. 04 -12. 05.

Rolex Capri Sailing Week
Capri (ITA), 20 - 25. 05.

Kommodores Cup
Gdynia (POL), 21 - 25. 05.

Central European Championship
Cres (CRO), 01 - 07. 06.

Mediterranean Championship
Punta Ala (ITA), 04 - 08. 06.

Giraglia Rolex Cup
St. Tropez (FRA), 09 - 14. 06.

Farder Race
Oslo (NOR), 13 - 15. 06.

Hellenic National Championship
Athens (GRE), 13 - 16. 06.

Kieler Woche
Kiel (GER), 21 - 24. 06.

Eurocard Gotland Runt
Sandhamn (SWE), 29. 06 - 03. 08.

Rolex Ihabela Sailing Week
Ilhabela (BRA), 06 - 12. 07.

Trofeo de la Reina
Valencia (ESP), 09 - 12. 07.

ORC International Champiosnhip
Pescara (ITA), 09 - 13. 07.

Latvian Offshore Championship
Riga (LAT), 16 - 20. 07.

Finnish & Estonian Championship
Talinn (EST), 22 - 27.07.

Copa del Rey
Palma de Mallorca (ESP), 25.07 - 03.08

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Porto Cervo (ITA), 01 - 07. 09.

Rolex Middle Sea Race
La Valetta (MLT), 18 - 25. 10.