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The 2025 ORC Sportboat European Championship, originally scheduled for May at Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda, has been cancelled. We are pleased to announce that the event will still take place later in the year—remaining on the beautiful waters of Lake Garda, hosted by Acquafresca Sport Center in southern Lake Garda on October 13–18, 2025.

The inshore portion of the ORC Mediterranean Championship 2025 concluded today off the coast of Sorrento after three days of windward-leeward racing in ideal conditions. CONFLUENCE Leads ORC Mediterranean Championship After Inshore Series. Tre Golfi Sailing Week delivered spectacular action, forming the opening phase of a two-part championship that will resume with a 150-mile offshore challenge next Friday.

Day two of the ORC Mediterranean Championship, also valid as the ORC National Championship for Central and Southern Italy and the opening event of the 2025 Tre Golfi Sailing Week, brought another rewarding day of racing between Sorrento and Capri. Ideal conditions for racing, with a steady westerly breeze ranging from 7 to 10 knots, and the Race Committee made the most of it, running three more races to bring the total to four.

The Tre Golfi Sailing Week 2025 officially opened today under sunny skies and light breeze, with the first race of the ORC Mediterranean Championship, which also counts as the National Championship for Central and Southern Italy. Light winds prevent sailing more than one race.

On Thursday, May 8, in Sorrento, racing begins for the ORC fleet: 30 teams from six nations are already moored in the picturesque Marina Piccola

A thrilling and intense final day at Sandberg PalmaVela was enjoyed with choppy seas and wind conditions ranging from gentle airs to gusts of up to 23 knots. Several broken masts are evidence how tough the day was for some.

The third day of the Sandberg PalmaVela regatta on the Bay of Palma saw a change of leader in four classes. After a postponement on shore waiting for the breeze to build, at 1300hrs the more than 100 teams from 19 countries competing in this edition docked out at the Real Club Náutico de Palma.

Ten new classes joined the action on Day 2, bringing the total to 11 divisions for this edition. Three racecourses and over a hundred yachts filled the Bay of Palma, where light and unstable winds kept both the Race Committee and the fleet on their toes until the very end. With winds proving too light in fact three classes will actually have to wait until tomorrow to make their debut.

The Baltic offshore racing season gets underway this weekend with MAIOR – the Mai Offshore Regatta – held annually in early May in the Strander Bucht near Kiel. From May 2–4, 35 teams from Germany, Denmark, and Sweden will line up to battle for early-season glory under the ORC rating rule.

After more than 37 hours of sailing, the offshore regatta of the 21st Sandberg PalmaVela came to an end this Monday, with victories for “Trifork” in IRC, “Azahar” in ORC 0, “Xummer” in ORC 1, “Alegría” in ORC 2-3, “Indigo” in ORC 4-5, “Modul” in ORC A2 0-2, and “Guaguanco IV” in ORC A2 3-4.

With very light winds and after a postponement of more than four hours, La Larga finally got underway today at 16h20 in the Bay of Palma. Close to 40 boats crossed the starting line to tackle a course of 235 nautical miles for the larger yachts —IRC, ORC 0, and ORC 1— and 185 miles for the ORC 2 to 5 and A2 classes.

The 2025 edition of the Energisa Búzios Sailing Week concluded this Sunday (April 20) at the Iate Clube Armação de Búzios (ICAB), with the final races for the BRA-RGS and ORC classes. More than 30 boats and 500 sailors participated in the event, which also served as the Brazilian Offshore Sailing Championship, organized by the Brazilian Offshore Sailing Association (ABVO).

The Offshore Racing Congress, is delighted to announce a partnership with the Yacht Racing Forum, the leading annual conference for the business of sailing and yacht racing, scheduled to take place in Amsterdam on 20-21 November.

Four months ahead of its 43rd edition, which will also host the ORC European Championship, the Copa del Rey MAPFRE already boasts 55 boats from 14 nationalities on its entry list. With the early registration deadline extended until May 30th, teams are advancing in their logistical planning for one of the largest editions in history.

The Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia, with Rolex as Official Timepiece, is pleased to announce that 100 boats have already registered for the Tre Golfi Sailing Week. The Marina of Sorrento is already fully booked for the IMA Maxi European Championship, while spots are still available for the ORC Mediterranean Championship, also valid as the Lower Tyrrhenian National Championship.

The Presidential International Yacht Races, a premier sailing series in Türkiye, will mark its sixth anniversary in 2025. Launched in 2020 by the Istanbul Open Sea Yacht Racing Club under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, the event has rapidly become one of the most prestigious regattas in the region. Designed to showcase Türkiye’s maritime excellence on the global stage, the series continues to attract elite sailors and teams worldwide.

The visual today on the northwest side of St. Barths was nothing less than breathtaking as 26 Superyachts sailed custom courses of between 12 and 16.5 nautical miles and deployed their giant multi-colored spinnakers for final downwind legs to the finishes.

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