Class split & New format for 2012 ORCi Worlds

Based on the entries received by 1 May 2012, organizers at the Merenkävijät Sailing Club (MSC) and the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) have announced the split between Class A and Class B entries in the 2012 Audi ORCi World Championship to be held in Helsinki over 4-11 August. More ...

18/05/2012

The MAIOR regata

The MAIOR regatta over 28 April - 1 May marked the start of the ORC racing season in Germany, attracting 31 entries from Denmark and Germany divided into three classes to race on courses laid in the Kieler Buche by the Kieler YC. The long weekend featured a wide variety of weather, from light winds to fresh. More ...

03/05/2012

Nordic Measurers Seminar

The Norwegian Sailing Federation is organizing Nordic Measurer Seminar at Utstein Kloster in Stavanger, Norway on Apr. 28th to 29th. The seminar is intended for measurers who want a more expertise in theoretical and practical measurement procedures for rigging, hull and sail measurements. More ...

17/04/2012

ORC World Championship 2013 in Ancona, Italy

The Marina Dorica Association and the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) are pleased to announce that the 2013 ORCi World Championship will be held at Marina Dorica in Ancona, Italy over 21-29 June 2013. This annual event is the sole Offshore World Championship sanctioned by the ISAF. More ...

28/03/2012

ORC Annual General Meeting 2012 in Dublin

The 2012 ORC Annual General Meeting will take place in Dublin, Ireland from November 1st - 7th. The meetings will take place in Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire. Special rates are available for the ORC AGM participants but early booking is strongly reccommended due to the small quantity of rooms available. More ...

22/03/2012

Italian Winter Championship series

As Spring draws near, the Winter Series events are drawing to a close throughout Italy, with results being announced for numerous championship series. The Riva di Traiano Winter Championship concluded with the TP52 Aniene as the overall winner, with Alessandro Maria Rinaldi at the helm. More ...

19/03/2012

Thousand Islands Race - New ORC offshore event

Organizers from the Sailing Club of Rijeka (SCOR) and the Porto Montenegro Yacht Club are pleased to announce a new race for offshore sailors interested in sailing along one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world: the Thousand Islands Race, to be held over 20-30 September 2012. More ...

19/03/2012

Entries near record level for 2012 ORCi championships

Audi ORCi World Championship in Finland already approaches 100 entries for August event, and Celadrin ORC European Championship in Italy expects over 70 to attend in June. The two largest events on the 2012 ORC calendar are on track to becoming among the most popular ever in the 43-year history of the ORC. More ...

28/02/2012

ORC goes to Hungary - Measurers seminar

An ORC Measurers Seminar will be held at the Tihany Sailing Club on Lake Balaton in Tihany, Hungary over 20-22 April 2012. ORC Chief Measurer Nicola Sironi will be assisted by Zoran Grubisa of the ORC Technical Staff to lead this course. This seminar will focus on teaching IMS methods to beginning and intermediate level. More ...

23/02/2012

Montenegro - a new country joins ORC

Thanks to the hospitality of the Montenegro Sailing Federation and Porto Montenegro Yacht Club, ORC Tech staff member Zoran Grubisa was invited early this week to make a general presentation of ORC Rating Systems for sailors, owners and race organizers at the splendid premises of Porto Montenegro YC. More ...

10/02/2012

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. More ...

27/01/2012

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. More ...

26/01/2012

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. More ...

12/01/2012

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. More ...

31/12/2011

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. More ...

28/12/2011

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. More ...

28/12/2011

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. More ...

27/12/2011

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. More ...

23/12/2011

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. More ...

23/12/2011

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. More ...

22/12/2011

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. More ...

12/12/2011

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 More ...

30/11/2011

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. More ...

16/11/2011

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. More ...

09/11/2011

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. More ...

06/11/2011

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. More ...

03/11/2011

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. More ...

29/10/2011

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. More ...

25/10/2011

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. More ...

24/10/2011

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. More ...

20/10/2011

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. More ...

13/10/2011

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. More ...

12/10/2011

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. More ...

10/10/2011

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. More ...

06/10/2011

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. More ...

05/10/2011

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. More ...

29/09/2011

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. More ...

19/09/2011

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. More ...

18/09/2011

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. More ...

16/09/2011

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. More ...

14/09/2011

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. More ...

14/09/2011

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. More ...

12/09/2011

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. More ...

12/09/2011

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. More ...

11/09/2011

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. More ...

10/09/2011

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. More ...

08/09/2011

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. More ...

05/09/2011

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. More ...

28/08/2011

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. More ...

24/08/2011

 

2012 EVENTS

 World Championships

Audi ORC World Championship
Helsinki (FIN), 04 - 11. 08.

 Continental Championships

ORCi European Championship
Punta Ala (ITA), 23 - 30. 06.

 National Championships

ORC Slovenian Championship
Izola (SLO), 18 - 20. 05.

ORC German Championship - Off
Helgoland (GER), 25 - 28. 05.

ORC Swedish Championship - 1
Sandhamn (SWE), 09 - 10. 06.

ORC German Championship - Ins
Kiel (GER), 16 - 23. 06.

ORC Latvian Championship
Riga / Kuivizhi (LAT), 15 - 17.06.

ORC Swedish Championship - 2
Sandhamn (SWE), 30.06 - 04.07.

ORC Peruvian Championship -  1
Paracas (PER), 29.06 - 01.07.

ORC Dutch Championship South
Colijnsplaat (NED), 06 - 08. 07.

ORC Estonian Championship
Parnu / Tallin (EST), 08 - 15. 07.

ORC Finnish Championship
Helsinki (FIN), 02 - 04. 08.

ORC Peruvian Championship -  2
La Punta, Callao (PER), 11 - 12. 08.

ORC Dutch Championship North
Enkhuizen (NED), 17 - 19. 08.

ORC Greek Championship
Syros (GRE), 25 - 29. 08.

ORC Italian Championship
Riva di Traiano (ITA), 26.08 - 01.09.

ORC Russian Championship
Anapa (RUS), 04 - 09. 09.

ORC Spanish Championship
Baiona (ESP), 08 - 09. 09.

ORC Croatian Championship
Šibenik (CRO), 13 - 16. 09.

ORC Norwegian Championship
Tonsberg (NOR), 15 - 16. 09.

ORC Cyprus Championship
Larnaca (CYP), 13 - 14. 10.

ORC Austrian Championship
Biograd (CRO), 06 - 12. 10.

ORC Argentinean Championship
Buenos Aires (ARG), 10 - 18. 11.

 Other International Events

Circuito Atlantico Sur Rolex Cup
Buenos Aires (ARG), 14 - 21. 01.

Trofeo Accademia Navale
Livorno (ITA), 22 - 24. 04.

North Sea Regatta
Scheveningen (NED), 15 - 28. 05.

Tre Golfi Sailing Week
Ischia (ITA), 17 - 20. 05.

Hetman Cup
Kyiv (UKR), 31. 05 - 05. 06.

ORC Mediterranean Champ.
Cres (CRO), 10 - 16. 06.

Rolex Giraglia Cup
St. Tropez-Sanremo (ITA), 11 - 26. 06.

Kieler Woche
Kiel (GER), 16 - 23. 06.

Hanko Race Week
Hanko (NOR), 29.06 - 03.07.

AF Offshore Race
Sandhamn (SWE), 30.06 - 04.07.

Warnemunder Woche
Warnemunde (GER), 07 - 15. 07.

Rolex Ilhabella Sailing Week
Ilhabela (BRA), 07 - 14 .07.

Aegean Sailing Rally
Aegean Islands (GRE), 14 - 22. 07.

Travemunder Woche
Travemunde (GER), 21 - 29.07.

North Aegean Week
Thessaloniki (GRE), 04 - 11. 08.

Aegean Regatta
Aegean islands (GRE), 18 - 24. 08.

Thousand Islands Race
Rijeka (CRO), 20 - 30. 09.

Rolex Middle Sea Race
La Valetta (MLT), 20 - 27. 10.

Rolex Sydney Hobart Race
Sydney (AUS), 26.12 - 01.01.

FUTURE EVENTS

 2013

Offshore World Championship
Ancona (ITA)