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 Port Long Offshore Race Opens the Battle for the ORC European Titles
10. Aug 2026
The Klaipėda ORC European Championship 2026 begins today with its first scoring race, the Klaipėda Port Long Offshore Race. The first warning signal was displayed at 12:00, with Classes A and B starting at 12:05, followed by Class C at 12:15.
Winning crews crowned at 44 Copa del Rey Mapfre
09. Aug 2026
Finishing with a second place just behind Hispania, the Spanish Navy’s ORC 52 skippered by King Felipe, Mauro Gestri’s Italian team on Vudu laid to rest a full year of hurt when they clinched the Abanca ORC 0 title today after missing out 12 months ago due to a disqualification.
Klaipėda ORC Europeans 2026 Officially Declared Open
09. Aug 2026
The wait is over. After three years of preparation, the Klaipėda ORC European Championship 2026 has officially opened, bringing leading offshore racing teams from across Europe to Lithuania’s port city. Klaipėda has become livelier with every arriving yacht, sailor and spectator.
Perfect conditions for Copa del Rey Mapfre final practice
03. Aug 2026
Despite very warm sea temperatures and ongoing hot daytime values the reliable sea breeze was blowing nicely today on the Bay of Palma to produce perfect conditions for teams putting the finishing touches to their preparation for 44 Copa del Rey Mapfre which starts Tuesday with a hundred boats set to line up in six classes on three different race areas.
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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| 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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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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