ORC mourns for the loss of Paolo Massarini, who passed away on February 16th after a harsh 2-year fight with cancer. The sport is losing one of its strongest players as a sailor and organizer of the game. Born in Civitanova Marche in the early 1960’s, he started sailing on dinghies, including 470’s, More ...

A true international keelboat championship requires a safe, effective and timely method of transporting large race yachts across vast oceans. While quaint, sailing to the event just isn't practical for today's highly-refined racing machines. To help international competitors travel to the 2020 ORC/IRC World Championship, More ...

Storm Trysail Club Rear Commodore and Block Island Race PRO and Event Co-Chair Ray Redniss posted today the Notice of Race (NoR) and opened the event to accept entries. The 186-nm race is scheduled to start Friday, May 22. Ray commented “Just like classic race boats sometimes need to be optimized  More ...

The NZ Millennium Cup prizegiving marked the close of the regatta today on Royal Huisman race day, against the backdrop of a honey and peach sunset, and the jubilation of brand new champions. Over three days, Kawil has taken control of the Bay of Islands regatta course. Reading the conditions well, More ...

There were no complaints about a delayed start due to lack of wind on Boat International race day of the NZ Millennium Cup. The local dolphin pod joined the fleet at the start as has become their habit, keeping owners and crew entertained as they waited for thestarter’s
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The first day of racing of the New Zealand Millennium Cup kicked off today, and sailing commentary legend, Peter Montgomery described it as akin to racing in paradise. “If this isn’t heaven, then it’s just next door,” he said as he handed out the day’s prizes at the Propspeed-sponsored NZ Millennium Cup function,  More ...

In 1945 Hipólito Gil Elizalde, director of the Yachting Argentino Magazine and crew member of Fjord II, began to develop the idea of this regatta that united the Yacht Club Argentino and the Iate Clube Rio de Janeiro. Its first edition, in 1947, counted the participation of 10 boats that departed in January of that year. More ...

On January 28, New Zealand’s Bay of Islands will start to fill with superyacht industry members from across the world. The region, known for its outstanding natural beauty, plays host annually to the New Zealand Millennium Cup regatta and once a year transforms from laidback New Zealand town to the focus of the superyacht world.
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While the 2020 Olympic class athletes competed around the buoys in Biscayne Bay at the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Miami, further offshore was a fast downwind start to the 45th edition of the Ft Lauderdale-Key West Race, hosted by Lauderdale YC and the Storm Trysail Club. Within the fleet of 28 entries, More ...

Like greyhounds, the moment the second wave was set free they were off at breakneck speeds for Rio, with the record books looking like they might well be re-written. Almost shadowing each other up the West Coast in the early stages, this looked like a match race made in heaven, More ...

With numerous improvements prompted by user input and internal research over the past year, the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is pleased to announce its new 2020 VPP and 2020 Rules books are available now for download from the ORC's website at www.orc.org/rules. More ...

The Cape to Rio Yacht Race is South Africa's premier ocean sailing event and is the only transatlantic race to take place in the Southern Hemisphere. It has been held roughly every 3 years since 1971. his famous yacht race connects the cities of Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro across the vast South Atlantic. More ...

At 07:30:24 local time, race record holder Comanche beat her four super maxi rivals to take line honors in the 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 75th running of the 628-nautical-mile blue water classic. Comanche controversially took line honours and the race record in 2017 after Wild Oats XI More ...

After a picture-perfect start with blue skies and a north-easterly breeze, the fleet was able to make good time in the first leg of the race heading south from Sydney Heads. InfoTrack made the initial move in the front running pack being the first yacht to make it in to open water, but soon after were reeled back in  More ...

For the first time in Olympic history, a Mixed Two-Person Offshore Keelboat event will be on the program at the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition. But before we get to Paris 2024, the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Miami is partnering with the Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race More ...

Thousands of miles and 10 months of lead time are proving no deterrent for teams intent on ensuring their spot in one of the most anticipated sailing championships of 2020. In the few short weeks since entries opened, nearly 30 entries have registered for the 2020 ORC/IRC World Championships, More ...

The Ker 40 Vikira from South Korea has won their third straight championship title in the 13th Admiral Yisunsin Race 2019 held at TongYeong City, KyungNam Province, Korea. Thirty-six entries from Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, China, US and Korea sailed two coastal and two inshore races in three consecutive days. More ...

Following the interest and rising popularity of Double Handed racing due in part to the new Olympic offshore medal format, a 24-hour race in the Chesapeale Bay was held recently to test how crews of open and mixed-gender would fare on a 24-hour race. Two classes were run: More ...

Today's annual meeting of the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) marks 50 years since this organization started as the first international body to organize and develop a system to fairly handicap offshore racing yachts. Spurred by the possibility of an offshore discipline in the Olympic Games, International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU), More ...

The conventional wisdom says the sailing season in the Northeastern United States ends with Labor Day, celebrated the first Monday in September. But the locals will tell you that September and October are the best months of the year Southern New England and ideal for top-level sailing. More ...

Less than 24 hours to the start of the 40th Rolex Middle Sea Race and the marinas surrounding the Royal Malta Yacht Club in Ta’ Xbiex are full of yachts flying the event battle flag, signifying their participation in the Mediterranean’s classic offshore race. The yacht club itself is abuzz with the noise of crews More ...

Racing has started among 14 entries from Peru and Ecuador in the Copa del Pacifico Regatta being held off the scenic coast of Paracas, Peru through Saturday, 11 October. The format for the event is varied between Windward/Leeward races along with long and short Coastal races. A total of eight races are planned, More ...

The ORC Annual General Meetings are taking place from 26th to 30th October, 2019 at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel, Bermuda. ORC Congress Members and other interested persons are welcome to attend the ORC Dinner on Monday 28th October at 20:30 in The Waterlot Inn. More ...

Organizers from the Circolo Remo e Vela Italia (CRVI), Yacht Club Capri (YCC), Yacht Club Italiano (YCI) and the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) are pleased to announce the 2020 ORC European Championship will be part of three events that comprise Rolex Capri Sailing Week 2020, with dates set for 15-23 May 2020.  More ...

The Turkish National Championship of the Turkish Sailing Federation Sportboat Class was held in İstanbul and hosted by the Kalamış Sailing Club between 27-29 September 2019. Twenty-seven teams entered with large varied of designs that included Donovan GP26’s, Farr 25’s, Melges 24’s, Delphia 24’s, J70’s , J80’s, SB20’s, More ...

Austrian Christian Phann and his crew onboard Austrian yacht Vento Cadela is the winner of 7th Thousand Islands Race. First leg was already slowest ever among seven editions of Thousand Islands Race and second leg was according forecast promissing to be even slower as it was at the end. More ...

This weekend over Friday-Sunday is being held the keel boat championship in Bulgaria for ORC and IRC classes. The races will be divided over three days - Friday 13 September W/L courses, Saturday 14 Sept a coastal race of 34nm and Sunday the 15 Sept W/L courses again. There are 27 boats competing in different classes. More ...

In 1965 there were rumors the 1968 Olympic Games might include an offshore racing class and in 1966 the International Yacht Racing Union asked the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and the Cruising Club of America (CCA) to try to frame one international rule. Both clubs agreed, and at the April 1967 meeting More ...

The dates of the 13th edition of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta have been confirmed. One of the key events on the YCCS sporting calendar, the regatta will as usual take place in the first week of June with the official dates being 2 to 6 June 2020.  In the 2019 edition 20 superyachts gathered in Porto Cervo  More ...

The 2019 ORC Sportboat Championship ended with a victory for Arkanoe by Montura in Division A and Chardonnay in Division B. The event was held from August 24 to August 30 and saw 29 teams from 8 nations race in 6 inshore races and one coastal race for the Championship, organized by the YC Marina Portoroz  More ...

After yesterday's coastal race that took the fleet of 29 boats from Portorož to Izola and back, the ORC Sportoat European Championship continued today with two inshore races. 18 teams in division A and 12 in Division B were treated with plenty of sunshine in the Bay of Piran as light winds hampered the afternoon's action. More ...

The ORC Sportboat fleet has gathered in Portoroz and is ready to race starting tomorrow Tuesday 27 August having passed their measurement checks and registration and inspection formalities. These include weighing all boats, checking all sails to be used (and measuring them when necessary), More ...

Under a magnificent sun and with 10-12 knots of wind coming from the North-North West (330°), at 12 o'clock the Palermo-Montecarlo's fleet started today in the XV edition of this offshore regatta organized by the Circolo della Vela Sicilia, with the collaboration of the Yacht Club de Monaco and the YCCosta Smeralda. More ...

Today's two final races sailed in 12-17 knot conditions at the SSAB ORC European Championship 2019 has produced three new teams crowned as champions in Classes A, B and C. These teams defeated their rivals after four days of six intense inshore windward/leeward races in addition to a non-discardable offshore race. More ...

Perfect conditions for close racing continued today in the SSAB ORC European Championship 2019, with a 10-14 knot southerly breeze on the Baltic prompting an increase in aggression as the fleet heads into its final day of racing tomorrow. With two races and a discard left, the positions on the podium More ...

After a long day yesterday for Classes B and C and one that drifted into the night for some teams in Class A, the offshore race results are in with some new names at the top of the race results but the leaders in each class remain unchanged at the SSAB ORC European Championship 2019.  More ...

The clear windy conditions today on the Baltic Sea produced extremely close racing and a suitably exciting start to the SSAB ORC European Championship 2019. Two windward-leeward races were held in 17-22 knot puffy and shifty conditions, with race managers hitting their target of about 1 hour duration for each race. More ...

A mix of sun and clouds today and a highly variable southwesterly breeze greeted both race managers and competitors on the practice day prior to tomorrow's start of the SSAB ORC European Championship 2019. Principal Race Officer Hakan Andersson and his team managed starts and short races in two course areas More ...

ORC championship racing ORC championship racing re-focuses from the Med region to the Baltic with next week's start of the ORC European Championship 2019 in Oxelosund, Sweden. Hosted by the Oxelosund Sailing Club, this event held on the eastern coast of Sweden will bring 72 entries from 8 countries More ...

A class win at the famous Copa del Rey MAPFRE, the Mediterranean’s annual summer showcase regatta, can elude even some of sailing’s top teams for many years. Others seem able to impose themselves year on year in their chosen classes. The 132 boat 11 division 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE More ...

The four divisions of the BMW ORC class include 70 boats and 20 nationalities, constituting over half of the total fleet at the 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE. In both numbers of registered participants and their traditional history at the event, it is the one of the most closely observed fleets of the Real Club Náutico de Palma’s regatta. More ...

Only half a point separated the top two boats in ORC 1 going into the last race of the Storm Trysail Club’s 2019 biennial edition of Block Island Race Week. Interlodge IV, the Botin 44 owned by Austin and Gwen Fragomen, got a poor start then fouled another boat and had to perform a penalty turn – ultimately finishing 10th in Race 8 More ...

Organizers from the Yacht Club Marina Portoroz (YCMP) and the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) are welcoming all owners and teams of racing keelboats between 6.00 - 9.15 m in length, who are less than 2000 kg in weight, and have a DSPL/Length ratio of <6.00 to enter the 2019 edition of the ORC Sportboat Europeans More ...