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The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) announces its Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held in Malaga, Spain over 10-14 November 2023. This event is important because it is where the feedback from thousands of ORC users around the world - along with the expertise of the ORC technical teams - can be used to improve the system’s use for the future.

Congratulations go out to the winning teams in the three ORC classes at last week’s Block Island Race Week: Howard Spencer’s (NZL) IC37 MENACE in ORC 1 (7 entries), Paul Zabetakis’s (USA) Swan 42 IMPETUOUS in ORC 2 (10 entries), and Robin Team’s (USA) J122 TEAMWORK in ORC 3 (14 entries).

Three days of inspiring racing at Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 concluded today with the 24m Farr-designed Rose becoming the first Wally Yacht to win Europe's longest-running superyacht regatta.

The world of sailing has lost a great advocate whose dedication and passion for decades has helped shape our sport.

Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 got underway today in typically excellent sailing conditions out on the Bay of Palma, with an 8 to 10 knot breeze under blue skies greeting the diverse fleet gathered for the 27th edition of Europe's longest running superyacht regatta.

The South Pacific’s superyacht regatta will move from the Bay of Islands to Auckland next year, running from 23-26 February.

Celebrating a landmark anniversary this year, the Rolex Giraglia is an event with a distinct identity, formed over the decades from a sense of tradition, spirit of camaraderie and fair competition. In the ORC class, the winner was the Argentinian Swan 45 From Now On owned by Fernando Chain

After 290 miles of racing around Zealand island in challenging stop-start conditions, the fleet of 31 entries have finished and champions are now crowned in the ORC Double-Handed European Championship 2023, hosted by Helsingør Seljklub.

The 30th edition of the Storm Trysail Club’s biennial Block Island Race starts on Monday, June 19th, with an impressive turnout of 177 entries set to race daily through Friday, June 23rd in 18 classes of one design, PHRF, ORC and multihull classes.

After sailing for more than 2 days (50 hrs 50 minutes and 15 seconds), the one who got great speed through the light winds has been Norwegian WHITE SHADOW (Landmark 43) with Karl Otto Book and Maren Magda Book from Åsgårdstrand Seilforening onboard.

The Commodore, the Board of Directors, the members and everyone involved with the historical Nautical Club of Kalamaki, take particular pleasure in warmly welcoming all participants to the ORC SportBoat European Championship 2023!

One of the Mediterranean's most famous offshore races is under way for the 70th time.

Under sunny skies and with light winds, 31 teams representing 8 European nations today started a 290-mile course to compete in the 2023 ORC Double-Handed European Championship.

Three days of registration, measurements, and inspections have come to an end and tomorrow, on Wednesday, June 14th at 10 am the start will be given to a first-ever ORC Double-Handed European Championship off Helsingør, Denmark.

The end of the coastal races. Tomorrow will see the start of the long race of 241 miles.

First day of inshore races for the fleet of 184 yachts of the Rolex Giraglia. In ORC group, Valter Pizzoli's Swan 601 Les Amis won in corrected time ahead of its only adversary – for today – Roberto Lacorte's Mills 65 volante FlyingNikka.

59 yachts set out last night for the first act of the Rolex Giraglia, the Sanremo – Saint-Tropez. Horatio and Aurora won in the IRC and ORC classes.

On the fourth and final day of the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta, the forecast breeze failed to arrive on the race course and no races were held on the regatta's final day. Inoui, a 108-footer owned by Switzerland's Marco Vogele was crowned as the overall winner and WallyCento V takes the top spot in the Combined Performance & Cruising Class