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Audi ORCi Worlds tops 2012
calendar |
With over
six months to go before the start of racing,
organizers from the Merenkävijät Sailing Club
and the Finnish Offshore Sailors Association
have already attracted 42 entries from six
countries to the Audi ORCi World Championship,
held over 4-11 August 2012. Based on the
historic fortress island of Särkkä in Helsinki
harbor.
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27/01/2012 |
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2012 ORC Certificates ready for
issue |
With the
recent distribution of the 2012 ORC Manager
software to all Rating Officers in 35 countries
around the world, boat owners and managers can
now request 2012 ORC International and ORC Club
rating certificates from their national rating
authorities. While some countries will continue
using 2011 certificates.
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26/01/2012 |
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ORC Sailor Services now offered
in 6 languages |
The Offshore Racing Congress
announces that its innovative user-friendly
access to the rating system, ORC Sailor
Services, will now feature translations of its
services and functions in German, Spanish,
Italian, Croatian and Greek to better serve a
large segment of the ORC community.
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12/01/2012 |
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Ragamuffin wins overall crown
at Sydney-Hobart |
Eighty-four year-old Syd
Fischer, a legend in ocean racing history, has
earned overall victory in ORCi scoring in the
2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in a field
of 38 ORCi teams. This is Fischer’s 46th
offshore season with his latest Ragamuffin, a
Farr-designed TP52 originally from San Diego.
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31/12/2011 |
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2012 ORC Rules now available |
The Offshore
Racing Congress (ORC) announces its 2012 rules
are now available for download online at
the Rules and
Regulations page. These rules include
the International Measurement System (IMS), the
ORC Rating Rules (ORC International and ORC
Club), the “Green Book” of ORC Championship
Rules.
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28/12/2011 |
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Rolex Sydney-Hobart update |
Syd
Fischer’s Ragamuffin has taken and holds a slim
corrected time lead in ORCi standings in the
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, in a tight race
among two other rivals with only 90 miles left
to the finish. As of midnight local time, the
Farr-designed TP52 less than two miles from
Jason Van der Slot’s Calm, another Farr TP52.
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28/12/2011 |
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Fast Fifties takes early lead
in Rolex Sydney-Hobart |
At just over
a day and a half into the race and just passing
the half-way point of the race in the Bass
Strait, Chris Bull’s Cookson 50 Jazz is leading
the 38-boat ORCi Division in the Rolex
Sydney-Hobart Race. Even with a tough first
night in strong southerly breezes and large head
seas, their average speed of 9.1 knots for the
race.
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27/12/2011 |
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Obituary - Luigi Carpaneda |
Luigi
Carpaneda, a keen offshore sailor known to many
in Italy and beyond, died last week in an auto
accident in his home of Milan. He had a very
busy life that included several aspects, and in
all he's been respected and is now missed and
remembered. Luigi as a teen-ager was one of the
few survivors of the Russian retreat.
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23/12/2011 |
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ORC Mediterraneans 2012 -
Change of dates |
Organizers
at the Sailing Club of Rijeka (SCOR) and ORC
have announced a change of dates for the 2012
ORCi Mediterranean Championship to 10-16 June
2012. The date change has been made to allow
entries to also participate at the next major
ORC event in the Mediterranean region, the 2012
ORCi Europeans.
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23/12/2011 |
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ORC adopted in Spain as main
rating system in 2013 |
The Royal
Spanish Sailing Federation (RFEV) has announced
that the rating system to be used in local,
regional and national-level offshore sailing
shall be ORC starting on 1 January 2013. During
2012 the current systems will be used for events
on the National offshore calendar.
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22/12/2011 |
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ORC VPP - Beta version now
available |
ORC is pleased to announce that
Beta version of 2012 ORC VPP - Designer's
version is now available for special discounted
price of 300 EUR for payments before 15.01.2012.
This inlcudes beta version as well as following
final version. The price for payments after
15.01. will be 500 EUR.
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12/12/2011 |
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Winter in Italy - A good time
for ORC racing |
The coming
of winter does not stop ORC racing in Italy,
where hundreds of teams enjoy Winter Series
racing throughout the country.
At the Circolo Velico Fiumicino,
sport director Massimo Pettirossi comments on
the beginning of the Winter Championship of Rome
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30/11/2011 |
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2011 ORC AGM - Minutes now
available |
Minutes of the 2011 Annual General
Meeting of ORC are now available. This include
minutes of the Congress meeting as well as all
committees. ORC Staff is now working on the
changes for the Rules in 2012 which will be
available by the end of the year to be applied
from 1st January 2012.
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16/11/2011 |
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2011 ORC AGM conlcudes on high
notes |
The 2011 Annual General
Meeting of ORC has now concluded, with the
Committee chairmen reporting substantial
progress made over the past year in several
areas, and the Management Committee and Officers
re-elected for 2012.Statistics for 2011 are
reported to show 5% increase in number of issued
certificates.
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09/11/2011 |
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2011 ORC AGM has started |
The
Annual General Meeting of the ORC commenced
yesterday, with meetings of the Offshore Classes
and Events and Promotion and Development
Committees held at the Ritz Carleton Hotel in
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Chairman Don Genitempo
led the Offshore Classes & Events Committee into
their agenda.
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06/11/2011 |
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ORC Argentinean Championship |
The ORC
Argentinean Championship 2011 started on
Saturday 29th at the Yacht Club Argentino. This
is one of the most important championships of
the region and it has a very high competition
level since we receive the best boats of ORC
Rating systems. There are 62 registered boats.
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03/11/2011 |
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Rolex Middle Sea Race - Malta
rules |
Putting an
end to the drought of Maltese winners, the J/122
Artie, co-skippered by Lee Satariano and
Christian Ripard, was named the overall winner
of the 2011 Rolex Middle Sea Race yesterday.
Artie completed the 606-nautical mile course in
an elapsed time of 4 days, 4 hours, 22 minutes,
54 seconds.
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29/10/2011 |
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Rolex Middle Sea Race - First
boat home |
Early
this morning, at 0054 CEST, the maxi Esimit
Europa 2, crossed the finish line of the 2011
Rolex Middle Sea Race in Marsamxett Harbour,
Valetta, Malta, to take the line honours win.
The Slovenian maxi completed the course in an
elapsed time of 61 hours, 24 minutes and 35
seconds.
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25/10/2011 |
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Rolex Middle Sea Race - Make or
Break |
Heading
towards sunset on Sunday evening and a handful
of boats in the 2011 Rolex Middle Sea Race fleet
have found themselves facing the ultimate
drawbridge, the Strait of Messina. With the
current having turned adverse, any boats still
south of the Strait will need enough wind to get
them through.
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24/10/2011 |
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Countdown to the start of the
Rolex Middle Sea Race |
This 32nd
edition of the 606-nautical mile Rolex Middle
Sea Race begins this Saturday, 22 October from
Grand Harbour. Currently, there are 80 boats
entered from 18 countries. Included in this
number are the former overall winner, Andres
Soriano on the 21-metre mini-maxi Alegre (GBR),
2010 line honours winner.
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20/10/2011 |
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Record breaking 80 entries for
Rolex Middle Sea Race |
A record
has been broken even before the start of the
Rolex Middle Sea Race on Saturday 22nd October.
Days before final registration for this year’s
event, entries have risen to a record breaking
80 and there are still a few days to go before
the last entry can be accepted.New entries from
Italy, Serbia, Slovenia and the UK.
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13/10/2011 |
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Galapagos Cup has finsihed |
With the
last race from Isabela Island to San Cristobal
the 9th International Galapagos Cup has finished
with great success. With winds between 15 and 20
knots, the 85 mile-long race to San Cristobal
started at sunset at Isabela island, and was
followed by heavy conditions that night which
challenged all crews.
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12/10/2011 |
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Second race completed on the
Galapagos Cup |
Second race
of the Galapagos Cup IX is completed. After a
delay of more than 2 hours, the race dragged its
feet with winds of approximately 10 knots as the
fleet passed through the south passage of Turtle
Island to Puerto Villamil. The Peruvian Kuan Kun
as usual was the first to reach the finish.
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10/10/2011 |
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Rolex Middle Sea Race |
In just
under three weeks, the sound of cannon fire over
Grand Harbour will herald the start of the 32nd
Edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race (RMSR). The
race starts at 11.00 a.m. on Saturday 22nd
October and already the entry list is bulging
with international competitors from all over
Europe.
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06/10/2011 |
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Ninth International Galapagos
Cup |
In the first third of the race to Santa Cruz
Island, to the entrance of the Humboldt Current
some 60 miles from Salinas, the wind strength
grew to be in the range of 19 to 22 knots from
the SW quadrant, resulting in a fast race to the
island. From the second day onwards the wind
conditions were stabilized at slightly less
pressure.
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05/10/2011 |
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Ninth International Galapagos
Cup |
Today the
largest ORC event on the West Coast of South America
started, at the Ninth International Galapagos Cup
2011. This event had its first edition in 1987 and
is contested every 3 years. This regatta is
organized with conducted with great fanfare by the
Navy of Ecuador, the Ecuadorian Federation of
Yachting, Salinas Yacht Club.
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29/09/2011 |
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Wolfpack Racing Team new ORCi
Norwegian Champions |
It was very
close racing during this past weekend’s Norwegian
ORCi Championship outside Tønsberg in the Oslofjord.
Thomas Nilsson, of the Royal Norwegian YC (KNS), and
his X-41 OD Wolfpack Racing Team came out on top
with only a 1,25 points margin on Jan Henrik Bryde’s
IMX 40 Xanthippe.
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19/09/2011 |
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Wolfpack leads Norwegian ORCi
Masters |
It was a
wonderful, but cold day out on the fjord south-east
of Tønsberg, with wind about 5 to 6 m/s from the
east. After the first race Wolfpack was at the No. 1
position, followed by Gertrud, Xanthippe, SailLogic
and Team Granseil. (2,3,4,5). In the second race
things were more interesting.
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18/09/2011 |
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Pantaenius NORC rankings 2011 |
Only one
regatta remains in the Pantaenius NORC rankings
2011, and the two top contenders in each class are
Jan Henrik Bryde from the Asker Sailing Club with
his IMX 40 Xanthippe, and Ludvig Daae from the
Bundefjorden Sailing Club with his Bavaria 42 Match
Ille Moro.
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16/09/2011 |
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German ORC Inshore Championship |
From the 7th to the
11th of September the Flensburger Segel-Club (FSC)
was host of this years IDMS (ORCi German
Championship Inshore). It was for the fifth time
that the FSC organized this high ranking
championship for the top crews of German offshore
sailing.
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14/09/2011 |
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Submissions for 2011 ORC AGM
now posted |
A total of 22
submissions form the ORC Nominating bodies have been
received and allocated to the various Committees by
the Management Committee. Submissions will be
discussed and subjected to approval by the Congress
during 2011 ORC AGM in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from
November 3rd - 9th.
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14/09/2011 |
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Russian ORC National
Championship |
From September
3rd till 11th the sea around Vladivostok was
boiling, heated by 60 boats participating in the
2011 Peter the Great Bay Cup. Typhoon Talas, which
caused a lot of damage to Japan, breezed past
Vladivostok and made the sailors stay ashore for 48
hours, waiting for the 45 knots wind and 5-meter
waves to calm down.
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12/09/2011 |
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Trofeo Principe de Asturias -
Final results |
After this final
day of racing, seven of eight scheduled races were
completed to determine the final winners of the XXVI
Trofeo Príncipe de Asturias - Grand Prix
Novacaixagalicia and the new 2011 Spanish ORC
National champions. In ORC Division 0 a winner
emerged who was not at the head of the pack.
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12/09/2011 |
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Trofeo Principe de Asturias -
Day 2 |
This second
day of day of racing at the Prince of Asturias
Trophy - Grand Prix Novacaixagalicia dawned cloudy
with some rain, which gradually diminished with the
advance of the day. The wind which started at 210 at
16 knots in the first race, and then shifted to 215
at 12 knots in the second race.
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11/09/2011 |
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Trofeo Principe de Asturias -
Day 1 |
The XXVI
edition of the Trofeo Príncipe de Asturias -
Novacaixagalicia Grand Prix has begun with a strong
start, with three three valid races for the ORC and
one Offshore race for the Specials and Classics
classes. In ORC 0, Mirfak has gotten off to an
impressive start to the series.
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10/09/2011 |
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Trofeo Principe de Asturias |
Spain’s most important ORC
event of this year will be the XXVI Trofeo Príncipe
de Asturias - Novacaixagalicia Grand Prix, being
held over 9 - 11 September and organized by El Monte
Real Club de Yates of Bayona, Naval Regatta
Commission of the Escuela Naval Militar of Marín and
the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation.
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08/09/2011 |
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Malta's International Jamboree |
With just under
two months to the start of the 606-nautical mile
Rolex Middle Sea Race on Saturday, 22 October, the
entry list is bulging with international
competition. This is typical for the race that
starts and finishes at the ‘Crossroads of Europe’:
Malta. Once again this offshore classic, which
rivals the Rolex Fastnet.
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05/09/2011 |
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Aegean Regatta 2011 - Leg 3 and
inshore races |
The race
committee hoisted the AP on Thursday at 10.00, the
prescribed starting time of the race from Nissiros
to Rodos Island, the last stop of the Aegean Regatta
2011. Soon after, as the wind wouldn’t surpass 3
knots, the 78-boat fleet followed the RC boat
offshore heading to Rodos, in pursuit of the wind.
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28/08/2011 |
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Aegean Regatta 2011 - Leg 2 |
The race
committee set up a downwind starting line outside
the Lakki Cove, Leros, for the second race of the
Aegean Regatta 2011, a 40NM offshore southern course
to Nissiros Island, rounding Kos Island to port. The
10-12 knot Meltemi wind provided excellent sailing
conditions for all boats.
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24/08/2011 |
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Aegean Regatta 2011 |
The first race
of the Aegean Regatta 2011, from Samos to Leros
Island, is now complete, the last boat finishing
late at night. The race committee signaled the start
for the first of three classes competing in the
event (ORCi, ORC Club, IRC) at 10:00 exactly, and it
took 5:39 for the DK 46 Jinetera to cross first the
finish line.
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23/08/2011 |
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ORC Greek Championship |
Light wind
forced PRO Dina Sfakianaki to use the lay day, a
decision that proved wise as the race committee
managed to complete three triangle races on
Wednesday in 8-10 kts of fairly stable wind.
Meliti IV earned two first places,
followed closely (2nd and 4th) by the Czech First
40.7 Three Sisters in the same races.
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17/08/2011 |
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Silva Hispaniola and Feel Good
new Euro Champions |
An intended
seventh and final inshore race was started but
unable to finish today in the last day of the ORCi
European Championship hosted by the Royal Norwegian
YC (KNS), so results from the finish late last night
of the shortened short offshore race stand, and the
new European champions are confirmed.
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13/08/2011 |
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Silva Hispaniola extends the
lead |
Inshore
racing today under clear skies and with light shifty
winds gave competitors and race managers alike a
clear contrast from the first day of inshore racing
in the 2011 ORCi European Championship, hosted by
the Royal Norwegian YC (KNS). But like Monday, three
windward/leeward races were held.
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11/08/2011 |
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Czech dominance at the North
Agean Sailing week |
The short
offshore race of the North Aegean Sailing Week /
Hellenic National Offshore Championship started from
Skopelos port in medium 8-10 kts northern wind,
heading east to Adelfia islet complex, to be left to
starboard. The mile-long strait between St. George
islet and Skopelos, a couple of miles after the
starting line.
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10/08/2011 |
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Gertrud and Felicia IV win Long
offshore race |
After a breezy
and cold final lap around the two-lap course, all
entries have finished, the results are in, and a new
leader has emerged (maybe) after four races
completed in the 2011 ORCi European Championship,
hosted by the Royal Norwegian YC (KNS).In Division
1, Peter Ortendahl’s IMX 40 Gertrud from Sweden.
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10/08/2011 |
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Update on Long Offshore race on
ORCi Europeans |
With the final
53-mile lap left in the fleet’s tour of southern
Norway, the corrected time standings are in for the
123-mile long offshore race of the 2011 ORCi
European Championship hosted by the Royal Norwegian
YC (KNS). Leading their eleven rivals in Division 1
after 70.4 miles of racing, Lena Having’s IMX 40
Gertrud.
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09/08/2011 |
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Destin and Feelgood lead the
pack |
In contrast
to yesterday’s big breeze and waves, sunny skies and
light northwest winds today are giving the 26
entries a pleasant start to their 123-mile long
offshore race in the ORCi European Championship. The
breeze direction and strength has produced close
reaching conditions on the first leg of the race.
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09/08/2011 |
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Baltic Offshore Week 2011 |
Starting
with an offshore race on Friday and concluding with
windward-leeward courses and a coastal race over
last weekend, race organizers from ESS Kalev Yacht
Club and
HSK
Helsingfors SC in cooperation with
the Estonian Yachting Union and
Finnish Offshore Racing Association have
concluded Baltic Offshore Week.
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08/08/2011 |
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Silva Hispaniola and Ille More
leads ORCi Europeans |
After three
races sailed in moderate to fresh conditions in big
waves, Peter Schmidt’s Evento 42 Silva Hispaniola
and Ludvig Daae’s Bavaria 42M Ille Moro have taken
the early leads in the 2011 ORCi European
Championship. With perfect 1-1-1 scores, this gives
Silva a substantial 7.75 point lead over current
runner-up Westwind.
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08/08/2011 |
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2012 EVENTS |
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Championships |
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International Events |
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Circuito
Atlantico Sur Rolex Cup
Buenos Aires (ARG), 14 - 21. 01.
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Trofeo Accademia Navale
Livorno (ITA), 22 - 24. 04.
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North Sea
Regatta
Scheveningen (NED), 15 - 28. 05.
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Tre Golfi
Sailing Week
Ischia (ITA), 17 - 20. 05.
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Hetman
Cup
Kyiv (UKR), 31. 05 - 05. 06.
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ORC
Mediterranean Champ.
Cres (CRO), 10 - 16. 06.
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Rolex Giraglia Cup
St. Tropez-Sanremo (ITA), 11 - 26. 06.
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Kieler Woche
Kiel (GER), 16 - 23. 06.
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Hanko Race
Week
Hanko (NOR), 29.06 - 03.07.
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AF Offshore Race
Sandhamn (SWE), 30.06 - 04.07.
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Warnemunder Woche
Warnemunde (GER), 07 - 15. 07.
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Rolex Ilhabella
Sailing Week
Ilhabela (BRA), 07 - 14 .07.
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Aegean
Sailing Rally
Aegean Islands (GRE), 14 - 22. 07.
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Travemunder Woche
Travemunde (GER), 21 - 29.07.
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FUTURE EVENTS |
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Offshore
World Championship
Ancona
(ITA)
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