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ORC Seminar Tour in Norway and Finland
29. Apr 2024
The upcoming ORC DH World Championship to be held in June in Norway and ORC European Championship in the Aaland Islands in August has prompted ORC, KNS and the Finnish Offshore Association to organize recent seminars and promotions led by ORC Chief Measurer Zoran Grubiša.
Meet the Team - COLOMBRE - Massimo Juris & Pietro Luciani - ORC DH Europeans 2024
28. Apr 2024
As the ORC DH European Championship 2024 in Caorle approaches, we are happy to introduce some participating teams. Please meet Massimo Juris and Pietro Luciani: a dynamic duo in offshore sailing, with a long list of achievements in ocean sailing.
PalmaVela 2024: Tito Moure’s “Smerit,” first to finish the Offshore Race after more than 30 hours of competition
28. Apr 2024
Shortly after 18:00h on Sunday April 28, “Smerit” the Swan 45 from the Club Vela Blanes, competing in the A2 0-3 category was the first boat to finish the 185-mile course after more than 30 hours of sailing. One hour and 57 minutes later they were followed by Daniel Martín’s “Barakah,” with his teammate ocean racing sailor Didac Costa.
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The ORC System
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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.
With an ORC Certificate, you are getting more than just a rating. ORC Sailor Services allows you access to the ORC Database of all ORC certificates issued worldwide #beyondrating.