Submissions posted for the 2024 ORC AGM in Singapore

18 September 2024 - London, UK - Over 1-5 November 2024, the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) Committee and Congress members, staff, and observers will all meet in Singapore at their Annual Meeting to discuss ideas and innovations to improve the world's largest measurement-based handicap system.

The method used to do this is through Submissions made by representatives from among the over 40 countries that use the system, where these ideas first get allocated to Committees relevant to the topics proposed. The Committees meet to discuss each Submission and then make their recommendations to the Congress for approval, whereupon the new rules and policies will be updated by the Staff in December for implementation in early January 2025.

The suggestions vary widely from the highly-technical - such as extended the ORC VPP down to 4 knots of true wind speed (USA 7) - to the highly-practical, such as devising more appropriate class splits for ORC Double Handed championship events (SWE 3). All will be reviewed and discussed in Singapore.

The complete list of the Submissions and the committees assigned to them is at this link.

The Schedule of meetings of the AGM is as follows (GMT+8):

Friday, 01 November
09:00 - 13:30 Management Committee (closed) 
14:30 - 17:00 Promotion & Development Committee

Saturday, 02 November
09:00 - 13:30 Offshore Classes & Events Committee 
14:30 - 17:00 Management Committee (closed)

Sunday, 03 November
09:00 - 17:00 Management Committee (Closed) 
09:00 - 13:30 Measurement Committee 
14:30 - 17:00 Rating Officers Committee

Monday, 04 November
09:00 - 13:30 Race Management Committee
09:00 - 13:30 Management Committee (closed) 
20:00 ORC Gala Dinner (venue to be confirmed)

Tuesday, 05 November
09:00 - 16:00 ORC Congress AGM

To register and manage your attendance at the ORC Annual Meeting (in person or virtual), go to this link. It is important to register in advance to receive all relevant information about the AGM.

Committee Agendas will be available soon, and the International Technical Committee (ITC) will meet over 12-14 October in Winchester, UK.

For more information about the ORC Annual General Meeting, visit https://orc.org/agm-2024.