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.
Latest news
Champions, New Designs and Home Contenders Set for 2026 ORC Europeans in Klaipėda
24. Jul 2026
From 7–15 August 2026, Klaipėda, Lithuania, will host the ORC European Championship for the first time, welcoming one of the strongest offshore racing fleets in Europe. Reigning world and European champions will line up alongside some of the newest and fastest racing yachts on the international circuit, promising an exceptional battle for the continental titles.
Azulmarino ORC C: The Copa del Rey Mapfre Class with the Greatest Concentration of Champions
22. Jul 2026
The reigning World Champion, the reigning European Champion, the European runner-up, and the winners of the Sandberg PalmaVela and the SM La Reina Trophy will go head-to-head in one of the most competitive and unpredictable classes of the 44 Copa del Rey Mapfre.
Klaipėda ORC Europeans 2026 Aims to Set a New Sustainability Benchmark for Offshore Sailing in the Baltic Region
21. Jul 2026
The Klaipėda ORC European Championship 2026, taking place in Lithuania for the first time this August, is aiming to achieve the highest Platinum certification under the internationally recognised Clean Regattas sustainability programme.
All are winners at the 6th edition of the AEGEAN 600
12. Jul 2026
This year’s edition was described before, during and after as being epic: the Aegean Sea delivered its signature challenges to the fleet with superb weather conditions - windy, light and everything in between - a record turnout of entries, and smiles all around.
Upcoming Events
| 17.07 - 24.07 | Scheveningen | NED | |
| 22.07 - 26.07 | Limanu | ROU | |
| 31.07 - 01.08 | Annapolis, St Mary's | USA | |
| 01.08 - 08.08 | Palma de Mallorca | ESP | |
| 03.08 - 03.08 | Maine | 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.
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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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