Klaipėda ORC European Championship 2026 - Klaipėda, Lithuania - August 8-15, 2026
Klaipėda ORC Europeans 2026
From 7–15 August, Europe’s top offshore racing teams will compete on the Baltic Sea, while the Regatta Village brings the celebration ashore at the Klaipėda Cruise Ship Terminal.
Race on the water. Celebrate ashore.
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Klaipėda ORC European Championship 2026 - Lithuanian and Estonian Double Victory at the Volfas Engelman Leg
14. Aug 2026
Lithuanian and Estonian teams shared the spotlight in Friday’s Volfas Engelman Leg. KETURI VĖJAI led RHINO to a home one-two in Classes A and B, while SHADOW and SUGAR delivered an Estonian one-two in Class C after mastering the lighter conditions of the short offshore race.
Champagne Sailing and Close Battles Define the Klaipėda City Municipality Leg
13. Aug 2026
Sunshine, a steady breeze and close tactical racing delivered near-perfect conditions on Thursday as the 2026 Klaipėda ORC European Championship fleet completed three windward-leeward races in the Klaipėda City Municipality Leg. DIXI 5 and Garmin Team Pro4u strengthen their leads as three inshore races bring the first discard into play.
DIXI 5 Completes a Perfect Day as Close Sportland Leg Inshore Racing Reshapes the Standings
12. Aug 2026
After the endurance test of the Klaipėda Port Long Offshore Race, the Klaipėda ORC European Championship fleet returned to the water on Wednesday for a very different challenge: two short, tactical windward-leeward races in the Sportland Inshore Races leg.
DIXI 5 and Garmin Team Pro4u Win a Fast and Punishing Klaipėda Port Long Offshore Race
11. Aug 2026
Denmark’s DIXI 5 and Sweden’s Garmin Team Pro4u have won the opening race of the Klaipėda ORC European Championship 2026 after a fast, intense and physically demanding night in the Baltic Sea. The non-discardable Klaipėda Port Long Offshore Race sent Class AB around a 240-nautical-mile course, while Class C raced 195 nautical miles.
ORC 2026 AGM – 31 October to 4 November 2026 – , Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
ORC 2026 Annual General Meeting
From October 31st to November 4th, 2026, the ORC Annual General Meeting will convene in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
The Annual General Meeting is scheduled to take place at the NH Imperial Playa Hotel, in Las Palmas. Registration is required for all participants, regardless of whether they are attending live or online.
Upcoming Events
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| 11.08 - 15.08 | Kołobrzeg | POL | |
| 14.08 - 15.08 | Newport, RI | USA | |
| 14.08 - 15.08 | Newport | USA | |
| 22.08 - 29.08 | East Aegean island | GRE |
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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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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