News Archive

The 2025 ORC Annual Report has just been published. The report provides a comprehensive overview of ORC activities, growth, and innovation throughout the year — from record participation and championship highlights to ongoing technical development projects.

The Royal Marine Hotel in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, will host the ORC Annual General Meeting 2025 from October 31 to November 4. The meetings will be held in a hybrid format, offering both in-person and remote participation.

Kieler Yacht-Club organises a new offshore regatta. The name ‘400 Islands Race’ alone suggests challenging ocean sailing. In fact, the race starts in Kiel, circles (almost) all of the Danish Baltic Sea islands and returns to Kiel. With the start and finish in front of the historic KYC clubhouse in Kiel-Düsternbrook, sailing enthusiasts in Kiel will once again be able to experience yacht sailing ‘up close’ in June 2026.

The spotlight returns to the Gulf of Naples with the official launch of the 2026 Tre Golfi Sailing Week, set to take place from May 5 to May 28 and featuring three premier regattas: the ORC World Championship, the 71st Tre Golfi Offshore Regatta, and the IMA Maxi European Championship.

On Friday, October 17, representatives from seven yacht clubs and the Turkish Sailing Federation attended an ORC Workshop held in connection with the Knidos Cup, hosted by Datça Yacht Club last weekend.

The 13th Galápagos Cup delivered one of the most inspiring offshore races in South American waters — a 600-nautical-mile passage from Salinas, Ecuador, to Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island, sailed under ORC Weather Routing Scoring (WRS).

The International Technical Committee (ITC) of the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is set to meet at the Royal Malta Yacht Club from October 10–12, 2025. This in-person gathering of the committee will be a pivotal chapter in shaping the 2026 Velocity Prediction Program (VPP) and other technical developments across ORC fleets.

ORC is saddened to announce the untimely passing of Management Committee member Akis Tsalikis. He died recently in Thessaloniki, the city where he was born and lived his entire life. Akis had a lifelong passion for the sea and sports. For more than thirty years, he made substantial contributions to promoting and improving the ORC system and numerous events and organizations throughout Greek sailing.

Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point is proud to announce that the 2026 edition of the regatta will host the ORC Sportboat North American Championship. The approval was confirmed this week by the ORC Management Committee, making Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point the official venue for this major international event.

In June 2026, a new offshore event will be held along the Norwegian coast, designed to combine shorthanded racing with the experience of sailing through one of the world’s most scenic regions. Race to the Arctic 2026 will use the ORC measurement system and Weather Routing Scoring (WRS) to deliver fair and transparent scoring across a series of five stages.

The Multihull Cup 2025 was held from 25 to 28 September in the waters off Port Adriano (Mallorca). Four boats participated, showcasing four very different multihulls: ranging from the 45 ft foiling Falcon, the 65 ft Morelli & Melvin Gaea, to the Gunboat 72 Layla with a flying bridge, and the 84 ft high-performance cruiser Allegra.

With a three-hour-long Bay Tour race as the final test for competitors, the 61st edition of the Rolex Big Boat Series hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club came to a stunning close yesterday afternoon. The skippers at the top of the podium in the J/105 and ORC B classes were awarded coveted Rolex Submariner Dates. Bruce Stone and Nicole Breault’s ARBITRAGE came away victorious among the J/105s, the regatta’s largest fleet, and Peter Wagner’s J/111 SKELETON KEY was the victor in the ORC B division.

Fifty-five teams representing ten nations gathered in the Gulf of Trieste this week for the ORC Double-Handed World Championship 2025, hosted by Yacht Club Monfalcone at Marina Monfalcone in collaboration with the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC).

The waters of San Francisco Bay are set to come alive with four action-packed days of racing at the 61st edition of the Rolex Big Boat Series, Thursday, September 11, through Sunday, September 14. The regatta, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club, is renowned for its thrilling competition and beautiful backdrop in one of the sailing world’s most iconic venues.

The opening race of the ORC Double-Handed World Championship 2025, hosted by Yacht Club Monfalcone in collaboration with the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) and held at Marina Monfalcone, was abandoned today due to severe weather conditions in the Northern Adriatic.

The northern gateway to the Mediterranean, Monfalcone in Italy, has come alive with international offshore racing talent as the 4th edition of the ORC Double-Handed World Championship officially gets underway. Hosted by Yacht Club Monfalcone in collaboration with Marina Monfalcone, and under the authority of the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC), the event runs from September 7 to 13, 2025, bringing together a strong international fleet and promising a week of world-class competition.

The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the ORC Annual General Meeting 2025, which will take place at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, from October 31 to November 4, 2025.

After two inshore races sponsored by ALTER MARINE were completed today on Tallinn Bay, three new ORC World Champions have emerged at the 2025 Garmin ORC World Championship. Each had been at the top of their leaderboards for most of the week and have demonstrated their prowess in the mixed format of inshore and offshore racing in conditions that varied from light air to today’s blustery 20-25 knot winds.