ORC 2025 AGM – 31 October to 4 November 2025 – Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
2025 ORC AGM: Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
The Offshore Racing Congress's 2025 Annual General Meeting has concluded. The hybrid event, hosted at The Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, from October 31 to November 4, successfully brought together members both in-person and remotely.
All official minutes and meeting materials can be now accessed.
Latest news
Entry Open for the ORC Europeans 2026: Discover the Unprecedented Venue at the City Centre of Klaipėda, Lithuania
11. Dec 2025
The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) and Lithuanian Yachting Union, in collaboration with the City of Klaipėda, are excited to announce that the Notice of Race for the ORC European Championship 2026 has been published, and registration has begun on the Manage2Sail platform. The first teams from Norway, Latvia and Lithuania have already registered.
Joint Statement from ORC and X-Yachts
08. Dec 2025
ORC and X-Yachts are working closely together to address the technical questions raised regarding the XR41 and the current parameter limits within the ORC VPP. Both parties share a common goal: to ensure a fair, accurate, and scientifically robust rating system for 2026 and beyond.
Upcoming Events
| 15.01 - 17.01 | Ft Lauderdale and Key West, FL | USA | |
| 26.02 - 28.02 | Miami, FL and Nassau, Bahamas | USA-Bahamas | |
| 01.03 - 07.03 | Altea | ESP | |
| 15.04 - 19.04 | Charleston, SC | USA | |
| 05.05 - 14.05 | Sorrento | Italy |
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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.
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With an ORC Certificate you are getting more than just a rating #beyondrating
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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