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ORC welcomes Charlie Enright as the new CEO of US Sailing
15. Apr 2025
US Sailing announced Charlie Enright, an accomplished leader in the sailing industry, as the Association’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Enright will take the helm of US Sailing, the sport’s National Governing Body (NGB), following an extensive national executive search.
Helsinki Welcomes Europe’s Top Double-Handed Sailors and Garmin as Title Sponsor for the 2025 ORC DH European Championship
09. Apr 2025
Following a successful partnership during the 2024 ORC Europeans in Åland, Garmin® has upgraded its support to become the Title Sponsor for the 2025 ORC DH European Championship. This extends Garmin’s commitment to offshore sailing in the Baltic region, as the tech innovator will also be the title sponsor of the Garmin 2025 ORC World Championship in Tallinn, Estonia.
The Fastest ORCs Fine-Tune Their Sails for the Sandberg PalmaVela
08. Apr 2025
With over 50 boats set to sail ‘La Larga’ starting April 26th, the Bay of Palma will come alive from May 1st as it welcomes close to 120 teams ready to battle it out in the multi-class showdown. The objective is clear: to claim the Sandberg PalmaVela, the first major trophy of the 2025 European sailing season.
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
| 17.04 - 20.04 | Barcelona-Denia-Ibiza | ESP | |
| 23.04 - 25.04 | Istanbul-Çanakkale | TUR | |
| 25.04 - 27.04 | Busan | KOR | |
| 25.04 - 04.05 | Palma | Spain | |
| 26.04 - 04.05 | Livorno | ITA |
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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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