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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.

Today’s return to racing at the 2025 Garmin ORC World Championship was on the Short offshore race powered by PANTAENIUS, featuring close racing in all three classes on courses of 47.4 miles for Class A, 41.8 miles for Class B and 33.6 miles for Class C. Wind conditions were quite varied, from as low as 8 knots to as high as 20 knots, and shifty enough to challenge the fleet for close tactical racing throughout the 5-6 hour durations of each race in each class.

Day Four of the Garmin ORC World Championship 2025 in Tallinn, Estonia, powered by A. Le Coq, began under beautiful sunshine — but with the Bay of Tallinn as flat as a mirror. Classes A and B headed out to the Bravo course area south of Naissaar to wait for wind, while Class C remained ashore with the AP flag hoisted.

Day 3 of the Garmin ORC World Championship 2025 featured inshore racing powered by Amserv Toyota, and the results after four races are starting to identify some clear leaders in each class. Thanks to favorable weather conditions – a westerly wind between 8 and 10 knots and a calm sea – PRO Sulis (aka Athanasios) Papantoniou decided to conduct three windward-leeward races in each class. Note that the results shown on the results page are provisional pending any protests.

After their start yesterday at 1000 local time the 64 teams entered in the Long offshore race powered by Piletilevi | PLG a wave of finishers from all three classes started arriving together about 1200 local time at the finish line in this first race of the 2025 Garmin ORC World Championship.

After a final day of preparation, a practice race, and opening ceremonies today, the crews in the assembled fleet of 65 teams from 9 nations entered in the 2025 Garmin ORC World Championship are ready for racing tomorrow, Monday, August 11th. This is the first of six days of competition that concludes on Saturday, August 16th.

Over the last few days, teams and their boats entered in the 2025 Garmin ORC World Championship have been arriving at the new marina facilities at Kalev Yacht Club and the Tallinn Olympic Yachting Centre for their registration and inspection formalities to prepare for six action-packed days of inshore and offshore racing starting on Monday August 11th and concluding on Saturday August 16th.

The 2025 ORC European Championship, contested at the 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE, concluded with the Bay of Palma delivering sparkling sailing conditions for a fitting finale, which saw three of the four division titles decided on the last race. The final standings saw VESPER (USA) win ABANCA ORC 0, TECHNONICOL (EST) top Ubico ORC B, and Spanish teams ESTRELLA DAMM and NUNOTO CAFIVER take the titles in Sail Racing ORC A and Uber ORC C, respectively.

The penultimate day of the 43rd edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE competition delivered the best sailing conditions of the week, allowing for three races in the battle for the ORC European titles. The provisional leaders going into the final day are VESPER (USA) in ABANCA ORC 0, NADIR (ESP) in Sail Racing ORC A, GUARDAMAGO (ITA) in Ubico ORC B and EARLY BIRD (GER) in Uber ORC C.

Today marks the halfway point of the 43rd edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE, and with the pressure building in Palma, the chase for the 2025 ORC European Championship titles is heating up. After four races, the current class leaders are BLUE (TP52, ITA) in ABANCA ORC 0, PEZ DE ABRIL (ClubSwan 42, ESP) in Sail Racing ORC A,

The second day of the 2025 ORC European Championship as part of the 43rd edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE, brought a true offshore test as all four ORC classes tackled a light and tactical short offshore race, with course lengths between 38 and 57 nautical miles.

The 2025 ORC European Championship, hosted for the first time as part of the 43rd edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE, got underway today in Palma de Mallorca with a single windward-leeward race for each class, as BLUE (ORC 0), MORGAN V (ORC A), GUARDAMAGO 3 (ORC B), and EARLY BIRD (ORC C) each claimed victory in their respective classes on the first day of competition.