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Tre Golfi Sailing Week 2025: Entries Open Now
29. Nov 2024
Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia, organizer of the prestigious Tre Golfi Sailing Week, is thrilled to announce that entries for the 2025 edition of the event are now open. Interested participants can register on the official website, tregolfisailingweek.com, where the Notice of Race and additional details are also available.
Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) Sets Bold Agenda for 2025: Innovation, Growth, and Sustainability
28. Nov 2024
The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) concluded its 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Singapore with a clear vision for the future. Building on growth and key achievements in 2024, ORC has set ambitious goals for 2025, focusing on innovation, sustainability, and global expansion.
Johan Tuvstedt Appointed as International Measurer for ORC
19. Nov 2024
The Offshore Racing Congress proudly announces that Johan Tuvstedt from Sweden has been officially appointed as a World Sailing International Measurer (IM) for the ORC class. This prestigious recognition follows his approval by the Race Officials Committee during the 2024 World Sailing Annual Conference.
New ORC Deputy Chairman Matt Gallagher
16. Nov 2024
In Singapore the ORC Nominating Committee led by Peter Tjalma (NED) recommended a two-term ORC Congress member join the ORC Management Committee to replace the retiring Pepe Frers (ARG). Their choice was an experienced sailor, race organizer and tireless volunteer for the sport based in Chicago: Matt Gallagher (USA).
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
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| 05.07 - 12.07 | Helsinki | FIN | |
| 26.07 - 02.08 | Palma de Mallorca | ESP | |
| 08.08 - 16.08 | Tallinn | EST |
ORC 2024 AGM - 1st to 5th November - Suntec Exhibition Center, Singapore
AGM 2024 Singapore
As the AGM draws to a close, we’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who took part, both in-person and virtually. This year’s hybrid format enabled a broader exchange of insights and ideas, allowing attendees from around the world to join seamlessly. For those who missed any sessions or would like to revisit them, full content and video recordings are accessible through your Cvent registered accounts in the On demand section. We hope you found the AGM valuable and insightful, and we look forward to seeing the impact of our shared work unfold. Safe travels and thank you for your contributions.
Sailor Services
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.
