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New Dates for
2022 ORC/IRC World Championship |
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After consultation between the
Federazione Italiana Vela, the Unione Vela
Altura Italiana and the Union Nationale pour
la Course au Large, the Offshore Racing
Congress, the Royal Ocean Racing Club
and the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, the dates
for the 2022 ORC/IRC World Championship have been
changed.
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Preliminary
dates set for 2022 Vic-Maui Race |
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Sailors, of all adventurers, know
that it is darkest just before the dawn. We are
currently deep in the clutches of a global pandemic,
but the long term forecast is improving – including
treatments and vaccines appearing on the horizon.
And so we are ramping up preparations for the next
Victoria to Maui Race in July 2022
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Eight bells:
Dave Irish |
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David H. Irish passed away
peacefully in his home in Harbor Springs, Michigan,
at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife Ann,
four children, 11 grandchildren, 4
great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and
nephews. From his home base in upper Michigan, where
water turns to ice almost half the year,
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Ten weeks to go
to New Zealand Millennium Cup |
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With Ten weeks to go until the New
Zealand Millennium Cup begins, new entries are
rolling in. The South Pacific’s longest running
superyacht regatta will be the first global
superyacht regatta held in close to a year, marking
a moment for the industry to gather and for owners,
guests and crew to enjoy competitive, fun racing.
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2022 ORC/IRC
World Championship to be in Porto Cervo |
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The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC),
the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and the Yacht
Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) are pleased to announce
the next biennial ORC/IRC World Championship will be
held in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy. Dates for the
event are to be 18-26 June 2022.:
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ORC World
Championship 2021 open for entry |
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Organizers from Kalev Yacht Club and
the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) are pleased to
announce the opening of entries to the ORC World
Championship 2021 to be held over 6-14 August 2021
in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Tallinn,
Estonia. Enthusiasm for this event is running high:
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The 14th
Yisunsin International Yacht Race |
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The organizing committee of the
Yisunsin International Yacht Racesuccessfully
completed the 14th Yisunsin International Yacht
Race, which was held for five days, with the
competition award ceremony taking place on the
morning of the 8th November. In order to safeguard
against COVID-19,
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2020 ORC
Congress concludes looking forward to 2021 |
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The 51st edition of the Offshore
Racing Congress concluded over the weekend with a
review of the 2020 season’s activities along with
new policies and innovations lying ahead in 2021.
There are 56 members of the ORC Congress that
represent 35 countries, World Sailing and the Royal
Ocean Racing Club (RORC) as a founding member,
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Bayview and
Chicago Mackinac Races to adopt ORC |
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Bayview Yacht Club and the Mackinac
Race Authority announced it will adopt the ORC
Rating System to score the 97th consecutive Bayview
Mackinac Race which starts on 24 July 2021. This
decision is in conjunction with Chicago Yacht Club
who is making the same change for its 112th Race to
Mackinac.
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Ventaneiro 3
wins 70th Santos-Rio Race |
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The Brazilian ORC championship has
started with the 70th edition of the Santos-Rio
Race. The race has attracted a record turnout of 68
boats in six categories starting at Iate Clube de
Santos on Friday 23rd October with a boat parade at
Baia de Santos and a crowd watching at Ponta da
Praia in Santos.
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Offshore
Doubles hits 1000 members in 2 weeks |
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OffshoreDoubles.org announced today
that it has surpassed 1,000 members from 55
countries within its first 2 weeks of existence.
Thirteen percent of these members are women. Larry
Rosenfeld, president of Offshore Doubles said, “We
are thrilled to see the momentum behind the
discipline of Offshore Doubles.
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2020 ORC Annual
General Meeting schedule posted |
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Due to the global pandemic this
year, the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is
following the same process as many other
organizations and holding its annual general meeting
remotely via Zoom. The dates for the meetings are
now set for Saturday, October 31st through Saturday,
November 7th.
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ORC mourns the
passing of Zvi Ziblat |
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Zvi began his sailing career in the
Sea Scouts as a high school student in Haifa,
Israel. He advanced to the Flying Dutchman, an
Olympic class at the time, and represented Israel
internationally. He later moved to the Etchells
class which became his favorite boat, racing with
club members at the Carmel Yacht Club.
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Consistency
wins top race week prizes |
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Fog and a disappearing breeze made
getting racing in a distinct challenge. The Melges
IC37 fleet started and finished a race in visibility
that made seeing the competition a challenge, let
alone the marks of the course, while the ORC fleet
waited for the fog to clear before starting a race,
only to see the wind evaporate
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Two days and
six races sailed at NYYC Race Week |
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In two days of windward/leeward
racing, race managers at New York YC have held six
races in a variety of conditions for their Race Week
at Newport event, and the competition in both ORC
classes is starting to become clear: in ORC Class 1
Victor Wild’s Fox is making a serious challenge to
David Team’s Vesper
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Challenging
light air in doublehanded Norwegian championship |
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Norwegian Shorthanded Chamiponship
was a light wind challenge for both sailors and
organizers. Eight sailors can now call themselves
Norwegian Shorthanded Champions. The championship
was characterized by very easy and difficult
conditions - both for sailors and organizers.
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Tallinn Fleet
Race Championship |
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On September 12-13 a traditional
Fleet Race Championship was held on windward-leeward
courses in Talinn to determine the champions of
Tallinn. The Race Committee managed to deliver 4
races on the first race day to 13 boats in ORC I, 8
boats in ORC II and 4 boats in ORC IV groups in
strong but shifty winds of 16-20 knots,
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24 medals to be
awarded in Norway's Shorthanded NM |
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The Shorthanded-NM, Norway’s
championship in shorthanded sailing, will this
weekend be the season's largest championship event
by far. It brings together more sailors than all the
one-man dinghy events combined, with a total of 24
medals to be awarded.
As many as 95 teams will find their way to Steilene
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Kieler Woche -
From winter storage to victory |
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At the end of the German
championships on the Seebahn, Rasmus gave the
offshore sailors at the Kieler Woche another big
treat. With gusts around 30 knots the teams had to
fight in two races on the Alpha course, but happily
returned to the harbour afterwards. Because for many
of them the season's highlight..
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KIeler Woche -
First test and highlight of the season |
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Finally sailing, finally
championships fight! When the Kiel Week starts its
126th edition in its 139th year tomorrow, Saturday,
with the first start at 9 a.m., one of the most
unusual editions of the world's largest sailing
event since 1882 will begin. But despite all the
restrictions and editions caused by Corona.
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Taia 2 & WHite
Goose is the Slovenian 2020 ORC champion |
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This year the ORC Slovenian national
championship started with two racing days on 20th
and 21st June in Portorož and concluded with another
racing weekend on 29th and 30th August in Izola. Six
upwind-downwind races were scheduled for the weekend
in June and five were held in light conditions.
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Polish ORC
National Championship held in Gdansk |
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Last weekend the Polish national ORC
Championships were held in the bay of Gdansk, site
of the 2017 ORC European Championship. The event was
conducted for two separated classes: ORC A and ORC
B, with five yachts Class A and 15 in ORC B. When
taking into consideration situation caused by
COVID-19.
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Greek National
ORCi Cup held in Thessaloniki |
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With Porto Carras Grand Resort - the
traditional home of the North Aegean Cup - remaining
closed as a victim of COVID-19, the Nautical Club of
Thessaloniki organized the event this year, along
with the 2020 Greek National ORCi Cup, in local
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21st edition of
the Blue Ribbon Cup promises a strong fleet |
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The list of starters at the 21st
blueribboncup (August 21-23) is impressive: the
German ORCi champion “Intermezzo,” the new
“Halbtrocken” and “Imagine”, prominent offshore
sailors like Matthias Müller von Blumencron, and
Olympians like Robert Stanjek and Tobias Schadewaldt
have registered.
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Carlo Rolandi
1926 - 2020 |
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ORC joins the Italian Sailing
Federation (FIV) in mourning for Carlo Rolandi, who
passed away on August 7th at the age of 94. Carlo
Rolandi was a very important Italian personality in
the international sailing world. He started racing
very young in his hometown, Naples, and participated
in 9 Olympic games, from 1948 to 1992
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Three weeks to
go for the ORC Italian Championship |
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The Yacht Club Gaeta and the Base
Nautica Flavio Gioia with great determination have
addressed the problems related to the Covid 19
emergency to honor the agreements made with the FIV
and with UVAI to host our most important
Championship. About 60 owners have responded to this
effort and will be racing
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IDM at Keel
Week: all defending champions will be at the start |
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The regatta season for big boat
sailors has had a late start. The corona pandemic
has so far restricted sports competitions with more
than two people on board. Now Kiel Week (5-13
September) offers big boat sailors the opportunity
to measure their strength against each other. The
international German championship
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Icebear wins
first leg of the Spirit of Bermuda charity rally |
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After a difficult leg of nearly five
days of light air and upwind sailing, all teams have
finished their first leg of the Spirit of Bermuda
Charity Rally, organized by the East End Mini Yacht
Club (EEMYC) and the Sailing Yacht Research
Foundation (SYRF). Proceeds from this race benefit
the Bermuda Sloop Foundation
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Spirit of
Bermuda Rally off to a great start |
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The cancellation of two major
biennial yacht races to Bermuda this year - the
Newport-Bermuda and Annapolis-Bermuda races - has
not stopped the enthusiasm for 22 sailors to race to
the Onion Patch anyway now that the island nation
has become open for visitors in the inaugural Spirit
of Bermuda Charity Rally.
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North Aegean
Cup and Greek National ORCi Cup |
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The Nautical Club of Thessaloniki
will host North Aegean Cup, in
memory of the Honorary President Stavros
Konstantinidis, and at the same time the event will
be the Greek National ORCi Cup. Konstantinidis has
been a member of the Board for 23 years and
President for 3 terms,
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Spirit of
Bermuda Charity Rally |
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The Bermuda Sloop Foundation (BSF),
East End Mini Yacht Club (EEMYC) and the Sailing
Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF) are pleased to
announce the organization of the Spirit of Bermuda
Charity Rally, a rally race to St George's, Bermuda
and back for the benefit of BSF's programs for youth
on the sail
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RCNB confirms
46th Trofeo de vela CaixaBank Conde de Godo |
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The Real Club Náutico de Barcelona
is pleased to confirm the celebration of the 47th
edition of the Trofeo de vela CaixaBank Conde de
Godó on 16, 17, 18 and 19 July 2020. The celebration
of the regatta both on its sporting side and on the
social side will be carried out strictly subject to
the legal provisions.
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ORC Race
Management Guide now available |
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The members of the ORC Race
Management Committee led by Hans-Eckhard von
der Mosel and the management and staff at ORC are
pleased to announce the publication of a project
that has put together the knowledge and expertise of
many ORC contributors: the inaugural edition of the
ORC Race Management Guide
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COVID 19
pandemic forces cancellation of ORC/IRC Worlds |
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Despite a strong entry list from the
United States and abroad, and the exhaustive efforts
of the New York Yacht Club along with the governing
bodies for the ORC and IRC rating rules, the
decision has been made to cancel the 2020 ORC/IRC
World Championship, originally scheduled for Sept.
25 to Oct. 3
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Doublehanded
social distancing distance race |
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The 2020 sailboat racing season on
New York’s Long Island Sound started out with a
doublehanded “pick-up” race. With all organized
races cancelled for several months, this race was
not run by any yacht club or sailing association.
There was no entry fee, no committee boat, no
trophies and no party.
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New ORC Speed
Guide now available |
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While inshore and offshore races are
shut down all over the world due to the COVID-19
pandemic, the technical team at the Offshore Race
Congress (ORC) has nonetheless been hard at work
updating its system for use when racing resumes.
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ORC on US
Sailing Starboard Portal |
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With regattas shut down in most of
the world, there are many online webinars and
podcasts being made available to sailors who are
unable to get out to race. On their online channel
Starboard Portal, US Sailing last week featured a
program that highlighted the features of the ORC
system: the principles, the features,
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ORC Europeans
postponed to 2021 |
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Due to the spread of the COVID-19
pandemic that is hitting the world so hard, the
Rolex Capri Sailing Week Organizing Authority, in
agreement with Italian Sailing Federation, ORC and
the International Maxi Association, has decided to
postpone the Regatta to the 2021 edition, with the
following schedule:.
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ORC COVID-19
statement |
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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected
many in the international sailing community in both
direct and indirect ways, and here at ORC we are
continuing to monitor the situation closely as it
changes, almost with daily effect. Our primary
concern is for the health and safety of our sailors
and colleagues, and their families.
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Zig Zag awarded
the Gosnell Trophy |
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After a vote from all competing
boats, the Gosnell Trophy for the 2020 Superyacht
Challenge Antigua has been awarded to John
McMonigall’s Oyster 82 Zig Zag, skippered by Philip
Howard-Smith. Class winners of the 2020 Superyacht
Challenge Antigua are Oyster 885 Firebird skippered
by James McDonald,
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Extraordinary
in Antigua |
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Day Three of the 2020 Superyacht
Challenge Antigua was both bizarre and eventful.
Shortly after the starting sequence the race are was
enveloped in low cloud and torrential rain,
scattering the wind in every direction. For over
four hours, the superyacht fleet battled for
supremacy, as well as control of their yachts
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Beautiful south |
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Day Two of the 2020 Superyacht
Challenge Antigua was blessed with beautiful
conditions on the South Coast of Antigua. A stable
breeze of 14-15 knots just south of east, with no
squall activity, produced picture-perfect
conditions. The Corsairs were set a 33nm course. The
Buccaneers and Privateers a shorter 18nm option.
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