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The second race of the series was held in superb conditions off the South Coast of Antigua with a light to moderate easterly wind at the start. PRO Hank Stuart and the SYCA Race Committee chose an 18NM course with plenty of wind angles off the breeze. There were plenty of tactics and strategy in play for the seven-leg race.

With registrations recently opened, Tre Golfi Sailing Week 2025 already has a large, growing entry list, both in terms of the number of participants and their quality. Organised by Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia, with the invaluable support of the Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia - long-term collaborators in ensuring the event’s success - along with Rolex as Official Timepiece and Loro Piana as the main sponsor, the regatta continues to attract world-class crews and yachts from across the globe. Three months out from the event, and with registration open until 31 March, 70 boats have already signed up.

Juan and Thierry Lallemand of CN Altea take first place overall and in ORC B. Modul wins ORC A, and O’Marylou takes ORC C. The 39th edition of the 200 Millas A2 Winter Regatta, organized by Club Náutico de Altea and part of the Spanish A2 Offshore Racing Cup, has crowned its 2025 winners.

The 14th edition of the Superyacht Challenge Antigua has attracted ten magnificent superyachts for the exclusive and exhilarating regatta to be held from 5th-9th March 2025. The event combines world-class racing with a relaxed, social atmosphere, emphasizing fun and friendly competition. There is no overall winner, the highly prized Gosnell Trophy is awarded to the yacht which competed in the Spirit of the Regatta as voted for by the competing yachts and the race committee.

While nearly every weather condition can be encountered on this race, for the 40th edition of the race in June 2025 the organizers from Annapolis Yacht Club are strongly considering use of ORC's Weather Routing Scoring (WRS) to generate fair ratings for a complex course that includes three distinct segments

The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Bartol in a new position to help manage the growth of interest in racing small, lightweight, fast boats in the sportboat category. These boats have been immensely popular in a variety of regions around the world, yet outside of one-design formats they often struggle to have fair racing under handicap.

2024 is another successful year, with >14K certificates issued worldwide. Representatives of boat owners and sailors from the 41 nations around the world that use rating certificates from the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) met today in Singapore at the 55th edition of their annual Congress meeting.

One of the best sailboat racing venues in the world, iconic San Francisco Bay, is ready to turn it on for the 60th edition of the Rolex Big Boat Series at St. Francis Yacht Club, September 11-15, 2024.

The regatta, reserved for yachts over 60 feet (18.30 metres) in length, is organised by the YCCS with the support of title sponsor Rolex - with whom it celebrates 40 years of partnership this year - and in collaboration with the International Maxi Association (IMA).

Custom designs and builds remain in the majority among the biggest boats competing in ORC 0 at the 2024 ORC World Championship at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in Newport, R.I., September 27 to October 5. In Classes B and C, however, where the boats are almost entirely under 40 feet long, every entry is a production-built boat.

57 entries from 10 nations in Europe and beyond begin registration Friday, with racing to start on Monday. Teams are gathering now at Mariehamn, the Åland island venue near Finland that is hosting the 2024 ORC European Championship. Organizers for this event held over August 9-17 include the Finnish Offshore Racing Association and Åländska Segelsällskapet (ÅSS) under the authority of the Finnish Sailing Federation under the overall authority of the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC).

The usually reliable Bay of Palma has not only delivered good racing conditions for each and every day of the 42nd Copa del Rey MAPFRE but it saved the best until the last day when the new Finals format added spice to the deciding finale.

One the extensive race docks around the Real Club Náutico de Palma crews are making their final preparations in ready to take on the 42nd Copa del Rey MAPFRE regatta. More than 120 teams from 23 different nationalities, from first time amateurs to America’s Cup winners, Ocean Race winners and Olympic medallists, are all set to convene on the Bay of Palma over the coming days, contesting the top prizes which will be awarded at Saturday’s prizegiving.

The restructuring of all the ORC divisions for the 42nd edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE has been in view of the 43rd edition of the competition, which will be hosting the European Championships 2025.

The changes to the rules announced immediately on finishing last year’s 41st edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE ahead of the European Championships 2025, has created a completely new list of favourites for the podium of the Altavista ORC 2. The two main reasons are firstly, that the fastest boats from 2023 are now participating in the Odilo ORC 1 class, and secondly, that the fastest boats in the ORC 3 class have now been integrated into the Altavista ORC 2.

One of the most competitive fleets in the 42nd edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE is the “Odilo ORC 1” class, due to the homogeneity of its boats, and is likewise the most international group competing, with 12 countries registered across the 22 teams.

This week, at one of Europe's best sailing venues, there will be two important events in ORC racing. From June 28 to July 7, the Real Club Náutico de Valencia (RCNV) is hosting 25th edition of the Trofeo S.M. La Reina and the ORC Sportboat European Championship 2024

Gotland Runt, the world's largest annual offshore race, will make a temporary return to its historical roots in Sandhamn in 2024. The start, which has been in central Stockholm in recent years, is moved to the iconic Sandhamn where sailors, spectators, and partners will be offered a unique opportunity to relive classic memories and create new ones.