The The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is pleased to
announce its 2023 Rules and the Velocity Prediction Program
(VPP) are now available. Distribution of the ORC Manager
software that runs the VPP to generate certificates, ORC
Speed Guides and other ORC products has been made to ORC
Rating Offices around the world.
The 2023 VPP is equipped to rate monohulls from Sportboats
to Superyachts with or without foils as well as Multihulls,
and includes upgrades to both the hydrodynamic and
aerodynamic models for all boat types, along with numerous
other improvements to the system.
The 2023 VPP has also been loaded for online access to the
system through the ORC Sailor Services portal so that test
certificates, Speed Guides, and Target Speeds may also be
run by registered users of Sailor Services. Registration to
this system is free at www.orc.org/sailorservices.
It is important to note that those who want to get valid new
or renewed ORC certificates for 2023 must first contact
their national
Rating
Office on what procedures are necessary and when
that office will be ready to issue certificates.
With the final 2023 VPP new CDL limits have been confirmed
for 2023 ORC World and European Championship events. They
are as follows and will be updated in each event’s Notice of
Race:
Class A: 16.400 ≥ CDL > 11.690
Class B: 11.690 ≥ CDL > 9.860
Class C: 9.860 ≥ CDL > 8.320
2023 certificates for Multihulls will be available by
contacting mh@orc.org.
“We are excited to offer our products to the sailing public
early in this new year,” said Bruno Finzi, Chairman of ORC.
“Our ORC technical staff has been working hard in the last
few weeks to finalize the changes to the program approved at
our Congress meeting and make this ready now so that teams
may prepare their boats and race committees can also
anticipate changes needed for their events in the new
season.”
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