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Powerful Opening Test in Altea as Short Offshore Race Launches 2026 ORC Double-Handed Europeans
03. Mar 2026
The 2026 ORC Double-Handed European Championship opened today in demanding Mediterranean conditions, as the fleet tackled a 37-nautical-mile Short Offshore Race off Altea in winds gusting up to 35 knots and a significant swell that tested crews from the very first mile.
Proven Champions, Family Campaigns and Modern Performance Start the 2026 ORC Double-Handed Europeans in Altea
03. Mar 2026
37-mile Short Offshore Race in strong conditions will kick off the ORC DH Championship 2026, staged in conjunction with the historic 40th anniversary edition of the 200 Millas A2 offshore race. Organized by Altea Sailing Club (Club Náutico Altea – CN Altea) in collaboration with the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC), the regatta runs from March 1–7.
2025-26 SORC finishes with Nassau Cup
03. Mar 2026
The fourth and final stage of this winter season’s Southern Ocean Racing Conference (SORC) concluded last weekend with the Miami-Nassau Race, one of the oldest races of the series having been first sailed in 1934. David Fass and his team on the Swan 42 ZAMMERMOOS have entered the history books by winning this race in both elapsed and corrected time, joining a long list of SORC racing legends from yesteryear that have done the same, including Ted Turner, Dennis Connor, Burt Keenan, Ted Irwin, George Coumantaros and many others.
ORC Double-Handed European Championship 2026 Opens in Altea, Spain
01. Mar 2026
The ORC Double-Handed European Championship 2026 officially begins today in Altea, marking the fourth edition of the continental title and forming part of the 40th anniversary edition of the 200 Millas A2, organized by Altea Sailing Club (Club Náutico Altea – CN Altea) in collaboration with the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC).
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49 Campionato Invernale 2026 Series
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| 01.03 - 07.03 | Altea | ESP | |
| 04.03 - 08.03 | Antigua | Antigua | |
| 12.03 - 15.03 | Saint Barthélemy | France | |
| 14.03 - 15.03 | Marmaris | TUR |
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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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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.
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