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October 3, 2024 - Newport, Rhode Island, USA - A delayed start to wait for wind today still yielded two more windward-leeward inshore races at the 2024 ORC World Championship held at New York Yacht Club Harbour Court. With five inshore races completed, the scorelines now have one discard applied, resulting in even closer points margins on the leaderboard in some classes.

Today the weather was the star in Day Three of the 2024 ORC World Championship held at New York Yacht Club at Harbour Court. A rather gloomy forecast of a 6- to 8-knot easterly blossomed into 10 to 12 knots and what many locals called some of the best conditions of the season.

The J Class yachts, which will compete at the upcoming J Class Barcelona Regatta and their crews will assemble over the next few days in the heart of the Catalan capital, the host city for the 37th America’s Cup, as final preparations are made before racing starts on Monday, October 7.

After 24 to 30 hours of racing and sailing courses varying in length from 157 to 203 miles the fleet has now finished and the results in for the first race of the 2024 ORC World Championship held at New York Yacht Club at Harbour Court. These results are significant for all of the 43 teams competing because they are not discardable in the final score tallies.

After an impressive spinnaker start out of Newport Harbor, the first several hours have shown great progress into first race at the 2024 ORC World Championship held at New York Yacht Club.

After three days of inspections, the first race of the 2024 ORC World Championship organised by the New York Yacht Club in cooperation with the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) will start on Monday with a long race designed to test the offshore skills of the 43 teams entered the week-long event.

The final destination of the Multihull Cup 2024 Trophy went down to the wire today, with just 20 seconds deciding the outcome of what has proved to be a highly competitive and friendly encounter in Mallorca.

In less than one week and for the first time in 24 years an ORC World Championship will commence at the New York Yacht Club in Newport, Rhode Island. This event, co-organized with the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC), features competitive inshore and offshore racing among 43 yachts from throughout the US and around the world that range in size from 30 to 52 feet in length.

ORC mourns the recent passing of John D. Osmond III, MD, who passed away on September 20, 2024 at his home on Cape Cod.

The fourth edition of Ibiza JoySail surpassed expectations on all levels. The largest ever number of entries with eighteen superyachts registered, the biggest superyacht to ever to take part in the event, some fantastic racing and a hospitality programme for 400 participants, sponsors and organisers.

The final day of the 22nd Rolex Swan Cup treated the fleet of competitors to a beautiful day at sea, the best possible invitation to return for the next edition in 2026. The light easterly wind, which increased from 8 to 12 knots, allowed a coastal race to be held for the classes competing in compensated time, and two windward-leeward races for the Swan One Design classes.

Ibiza JoySail continues to confirm its position as a key event in the superyacht calendar with a second day of racing in the beautiful waters off Ibiza, in the Spanish Balearic Islands.

Ibiza JoySail, now in its fourth year and one of the key events at the end of the Mediterranean superyacht calendar, started today in glorious style with an opening race around the island of Formentera, which lies to the south of Ibiza.

32 suggestions were made from 9 nations to improve the world's largest measurement-based rating system. These will be discussed over November 1-5 in Singapore, where the Committee and Congress members, Staff and observers of the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) will meet at their Annual Meeting.

Ibiza JoySail will start on Thursday 19 September. The superyacht spectacle is now in its fourth year and is the key end-of-season event in the Mediterranean superyacht calendar, and the 2024 edition will be no exception.
Eighteen superyachts will gather at Marina Ibiza for a spectacular four-day coastal racing event.

The Rolex Swan Cup, a biennial event now in its 22nd edition, is set to get underway. No less than 101 boats from the Finnish shipyard have enrolled in this 22nd edition, as always organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of Rolex and in collaboration with Nautor Swan. This year marks 40 years of partnership, dating back to 1984 when the third edition of the Swan Cup adopted its current name.

The Rolex Swan Cup, a biennial event now in its 22nd edition, is set to get underway. No less than 101 boats from the Finnish shipyard have enrolled in this 22nd edition, as always organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of Rolex and in collaboration with Nautor Swan. This year marks 40 years of partnership, dating back to 1984 when the third edition of the Swan Cup adopted its current name.

Three new ORC West Coast Champions were crowned in the 60th edition of the Rolex Big Boat Series: Dave MacEwan’s Rogers 46 LUCKY DUCK in Class A, Drew Freides’s Cape 31 PACIFIC YANKEE in Class B and Zach Berkowitz’s J/100 FEATHER in Class C. For winning Class B, Freides also won a Rolex timepiece for his team’s victory in the 7-race series.