The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in collaboration with ORC has assigned for the first time the ORC perpetual trophy in memory of Paolo Massarini. Paolo’s wife, Alessandra Massarini, awarded the trophy to Alessandro Del Bono's Capricorno, winner of the Mini Maxi 2 Division. More ...

Almost two years now the world lives with pandemic that significantly changed our lives and consequently Thousand Islands Race had to be postponed in 2020 to 2021. Situation is a bit better now but still restrictions adversely affect Thousand Islands Race organization. In spite of difficulties and respecting wish of the sailors More ...

The 31st Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of Title sponsor Rolex and the International Maxi Association, concluded with victory awarded to the boats already sitting at the top of their respective classifications. Today's light and shifty breeze meant that the final coastal race, More ...

Day four of racing at the 31st Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of title sponsor Rolex and the International Maxi Association. The Race Committee's decision to move the rest day to tomorrow proved to be the right one, as all divisions were able to race in perfect conditions, More ...

The Kieler Woche winners 2021 in the Kiel Cup for offshore yachts are Michael Berghorn with Halbtrocken 4.5 in the ORC I group, Torsten Bastiansen at the helm of Xen-Sydbank in ORC II and Kai Mares, who led IMMAC Fram in ORC III/IV. Four races in light to very light breeze offered an unusual challenge  More ...

Today brought the third race day in the 31st Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of title sponsor Rolex and the International Maxi Association. The Race Committee's perseverance paid off as an easterly breeze finally filled in, allowing all competitors to complete an excellent  More ...

The all-conquering Allegra took a clear-cut victory at the 2021 Multihull Cup in Mallorca today after another high tempo performance out on the racecourse secured her third straight race win. Sailed by Switzerland’s Adrian Keller, the 84’ Nigel Irens design eased her way to the front of the fleet of performance  More ...

Two races today sailed in a pleasant 6-9 knot southerly breeze has produced two new ORC Sportboat European Champions: Saruhan Cinay skippering his Turkish team on HSSK’s J/70 NIMBUS in Class A, and Ott Kikkas’s Corsa 915 SUGAR, helmed this week by Branko Brcin, in Class B with a mixed Estonian and Italian crew. More ...

For two frustrating days, the 27 teams from 4 nations waited in the hot sun for wind to appear on the Sea of Marmara on the Asian side of Istanbul near the host club of the ORC Sportboat European Championship, the Kalamis Yelken Spor Kulubu. For several hours each day a light southerly teased  More ...

“The Alexela ORC World Championship 2021 has to be regarded as nothing less than a complete success.”  So said ORC Chairman Bruno Finzi with the roar of the crowd at the prizegiving in the background, the Olympic torch lit once again and hundreds of sailors assembled at the host Pirita Marina venue.More ...

Today was the best sailing day yet in the Alexela ORC World Championship 2021, with a perfect westerly breeze of 12-22 knots under cloudless skies propelling the event’s three classes around courses set on the northern coast of Estonia in Pantaenius Short Offshore Race. Class A raced on a 53-mile course More ...

Today’s was Rotermann City day for prizes of the inshore competition on the fourth day of racing at the Alexela ORC World Championship 2021, which got a late start awaiting the the mid-afternoon fill of a light westerly sea breeze. Yet the wait was worth it in completing two windward/leeward races for Classes A and B  More ...

After another interesting weather day of sun, rain and elusive light to moderate wind conditions, three new class leaders have emerged at the Alexela ORC World Championship 2021. Only Classes A and B managed to complete the planned agenda of two inshore races on Alter Marine Race Day, with Class C abandoning  More ...

After about 24 hours of battling all range of conditions – sun and rain, calm wind to over 20 knots, beating and reaching and running – all teams are finished and scored in the first race of Alexela ORC World Championship 2021. Results are in for the Long Offshore Race powered by Tactical Foodpack, with three winners declared  More ...

Despite today’s light and fluky air in Tallinn Bay, most of the 104 registered teams went out to participate in today’s practice racing of the Alexela ORC World Championship 2021. And while the wind was low, spirits are high here in the Pirita Marina with the assembly of this large fleet of boats returning to serious big boat racing. More ...

The award for top boat overall at Mallorca’s showcase 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE goes to the durable Spanish partnership of owner Javier Banderas and skipper Daniel Cuevas. Their Swan 42 Teatro Soho Caixabank not only won BMW ORC Class 2 by a margin of eight points but were beaten only once in the Finals series  More ...

Sportboat sailors are encouraged to take advantage of the outstanding offer of FREE shipping from event sponsor DFDS to transport boats and trailers to and from the upcoming ORC European Sportboat Championship. This important ORC event, held over 23-29 August, is organized by the Turkish Sailing Federation More ...

After a one year hiatus in competition last year, the annual ORC World Championship returns to the international yachting calendar, this year with title sponsor Alexela’s support and organization by the Kalev Yacht Club in beautiful Tallinn, Estonia. A total of 104 entries from 11 nations are registered. More ...

If there was a common theme to the three division winners in the ORC East Coast Championships is was their comprehensive dominance across a variety of conditions and course configurations. The three winning boats earned 16 of 21 individual race victories and won ORC A, B, and C by 11, 7 and 2 points, respectively. More ...

A week ago in front of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounio, 37 teams of monohull and multihull entries with sailors from around the world started a 605 nautical mile non-stop race through the Aegean archipelago, challenged by winds of all extremes, tricky tactics and navigation and tough competition in the inaugural More ...

Organizers from the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) are almost finished their race management duties at the AEGEAN 600 with only a handful of entries still on the race course. A large wave of the fleet finished last night through this morning in the teeth of a Meltemi that built to 30-40 knots of northerly breeze, More ...

At 14:10 local time today, Carlo Alessandro and Puri Egri’s Atalanta II from Italy crossed the finish line at Cape Sounio six minutes short of exactly three days before they started the inaugural edition of the AEGEAN 600 on Sunday. The flat black 70-foot Farr/Felci design led the fleet nearly the entire race, More ...

In the last 24 hours the Meltemi has finally arrived on the AEGEAN 600 race course to speed up all members of the fleet as they reach towards and pass through the halfway point in the race. This halfway point is at the famous ancient port city of Rhodes in the race’s 605-mile tour of the southern Aegean. More ...

With mostly light air conditions on the race course in the first 24 hours of the race, the 37-boat fleet in the AEGEAN 600 has nonetheless made progress on their tour of the beautiful Aegean archipelago. By 20:00 local time, the two monohull and multihull leaders on the race course – Carlo Alessandro More ...

At Cape Sounion under the gaze of the temple of Poseidon, Greek god of the Sea, the fleet of the first edition of the AEGEAN 600 set off today for the start of their 605-mile odyssey throughout the Aegean archipelago. Thirty-eight monohull and multihull teams started in a gentle 7-9 knot south easterly More ...

In less than a week on Sunday, 4 July in front of the Temple of Poseidon in Sounio, an international fleet of 43 monohull and multihull entries hailing from 16 countries will cross the start line in the AEGEAN 600. This 600 nautical mile non-stop race tour of the Aegean is being organized by the Hellenic Offshore More ...

A final day of sublime sailing conditions brought the Superyacht Cup Palma’s landmark 25th anniversary regatta to a close on Saturday with a first time entrant stealing the headlines. hile broad smiles were in evidence across the entire fleet, the biggest perhaps were on the faces of the crews of the two class winners, More ...

Brilliant conditions again provided the perfect arena for the second day of Superyacht Cup Palma, allowing some of the fleet to consolidate their position, some to improve, and all to revel in the great sailing on offer. Making the most of the breeze, the race management team from the Real Club Náutico de Palma  More ...

The frustrations of a challenging year were blown away Thursday as a solid sailing breeze kicked in to help celebrate the opening day of the 25th anniversary of Superyacht Cup Palma. Near ideal conditions once again graced the Bay of Palma, delivering tight and exhilarating racing on a 23nm course to the nine-strong fleet More ...

The 25th anniversary gathering has successfully adapted itself to the local pandemic requirements, with permitted shoreside activities now centred around the iconic Real Club Náutico De Palma in the heart of Mallorca’s capital. Meanwhile the heartbeat of the event remains unaffected, with a striking fleet of nine superyachts More ...

This year's ORC Estonian Championship for classes A and B were organized by the Kalev Yacht Club on the venue of the Alexela ORC World Championship in Tallinn on June 17-20. While the ORC Estonian champions in these classes have been revealed together with the Finnish sailors at different sides of the Gulf of Finland  More ...

The prizegiving at the headquarters of the Yacht Club Italiano brought to an end the 68th edition of the Rolex Giraglia. Many prizes were awarded and everybody was very satisfied for the success of this offshore classic of the Mediterranean, which this year was in an unprecedented “all Italian” setting. After the prizegiving, More ...

There were 138 yachts on the Sanremo start line at midday today in perfect conditions that were better than expected yesterday: a 15kn easterly that allowed a splendid start with first the 18 big maxis (of more than 18 m) of group 0, then it was the turn of the 64 yachts in group 1 and finally the smaller ones in group  More ...

Unfortunately, due to the recent situation, the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) and the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) have decided to postpone to future years the 2021 ORC Double Handed European Championship originally scheduled on 2-10 July 2021. More ...

After three days of perfect breeze, the conclusive day of the 14th Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of title sponsor Loro Piana, was characterised by lighter airs that allowed the fleet to set off at 1.45 p.m., when the Principal Race Officer Peter Craig  More ...

A decade ago, someone surveying the big-boat racing scene in the Northeast United States might've predicted that the future lay predominantly in one-design classes. But like many things in life, the balance between one-design and rating-rule competition is cyclical. The 167th edition of North America's oldest sailing competition, More ...

The Costa Smeralda put on its best show to deliver a second unforgettable race day for the fleet taking part in the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta. A fresh wind from east-southeast of around 15 knots, sunshine and clear skies made for ideal sailing conditions, and perfectly highlighted the incredible scenery More ...

The 14th edition of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta officially kicks off today, signaling the reopening of the superyacht sailing season in the Mediterranean. Racing will begin tomorrow and run through Saturday, 5 June. The event is organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of the title sponsor Loro Piana. More ...

With less than a month to go to the start of Superyacht Cup Palma’s landmark 25thanniversary, final detailed preparations are falling in to place to ensure the 2021 event will live long in the memory. The celebration of Europe’s longest running superyacht regatta from June 23-26   More ...

In preparation for the ORC World Championship 2021, ORC, Estonian Yachting Union and Kalev Yacht Club are offering a two-day comprehensive Measurement Seminar to be held in Tallinn, Estonia over Saturday and Sunday, June 12-13, 2021, with an introduction presentation on the ORC system made on Friday, June 11.  More ...

Event organizers of the 2021 ORC World Championship – Kalev Yacht Club, Pärnu Yacht Club, Tallinn Yacht Club, Estonian Yachting Union and the Tallinn Olympic Sailing Center – have proudly announced the Estonian energy company Alexela as the title sponsor of the event, being held this year over 6 – 14 August 2021 More ...

Today marked the final day of racing on the waters of Capri for the boats competing for the title of ORC European Champion 2021. After yesterday's two windward-leewards brought the fleet to a total of five races held, the Race Committee was on the water at 10 this morning to position the course More ...