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2025 ORC Rating Rules and Superyacht Rules update
26. May 2025
In accordance with IMS Rule A6 and ORC Superyacht Rule 104 this correction is published and taken with immediate effect. It shall be deemed final unless and until overruled by the ORC Management Committee and Congress. If not objected, it will be included in the next rule revision as well.
Gaetana Sweeps Inaugural Tre Golfi Multihull Trophy as 2025 Tre Golfi Sailing Week Closes in Style
23. May 2025
This year’s Tre Golfi Sailing Week edition marked a historic milestone with the debut of the IMA Tre Golfi Multihull Trophy, raced under the ORC Multihull Rule — a first for the event and for large multihulls in ORC-rated competition.
Copa del Rey MAPFRE, hosting 2025 ORC European Championship, surpasses 100 entries two months ahead of the start
21. May 2025
The Copa del Rey MAPFRE continues to exceed expectations — and this year, it’s doing so well in advance. With two months still to go before the first warning signal, the prestigious regatta has already surpassed the 100-boat mark, reaffirming its status as one of the premier sailing events in Europe.
Laser Scanning Sails into the Yacht Racing World
Leica Geosystems
Along the west coast of Finland sits the historic town of Pietarsaari, where centuries-old maritime heritage and modernity meet in the world of contemporary yachting. Home to prestigious yacht builders Nautor Swan, Pietarsaari became the prime location for a pilot project in which yacht classification experts from the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) precisely measured, modelled, and rated a ClubSwan racing yacht using Leica Geosystems 3D laser scanning technology. In a novel approach that provides more data faster than ever before, scanning brings racing parity through accuracy, using innovation to promote fair competition in this historic sport.
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The search for a perfect rating system is as old as sailboat racing itself. Boat owners, sailors, designers and handicappers are always looking for solutions that work as boat designs change with time. However, regardless of what rating system is actually in use, an ideal rating system should have a set of key point of features to ensure fair racing.
ORC Rating Systems are administered by the National Rating Offices established worldwide in each country that have active offshore rating. There are two forms of the rating systems that are fully compatible using the same measurements and the same VPP: ORC International (ORCi) and ORC Club. ORCi is based on a complete boat measurement.
It is the intention of any rating system to give a boat rating which depends on her characteristics in order to equalise her with other boats of different size and characteristics. Characteristics that are positive for boat speed, like length of the water line or sail area, and those that are negative, like beam, displacement and wetted surface, are the most common influences in any system.
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