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ORC 2025 AGM – 31 October to 4 November 2025 – Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
2025 ORC AGM: Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
The Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland will host the ORC Annual General Meeting from October 31 to November 4, 2025. The ORC meeting will be a hybrid event this year, offering both in-person and remote attendance. Details about the conference will be available soon. Online submissions will be accepted through our online form starting at the end of June.
Latest news
Finnish Double-Handed Championship Showcases Top Teams Ahead of the Garmin ORC DH Europeans 2025
12. Jun 2025
The Espoo-Naissaari Race, held from 6 to 8 June 2025, brought together 17 double-handed offshore teams for a 143-nautical-mile course between Haukilahti in Espoo and Pentala Island. This year, the event also served as the Finnish ORC Double-Handed Championship, with national titles awarded in two classes: ORC A and ORC B.
The Cyclades Cup Returns: Superyacht Racing in the Heart of the Aegean
12. Jun 2025
The second edition of the Cyclades Cup is now underway in breathtaking Antiparos, Greece, running from June 12 to 15, 2025. Set in the dazzling heart of the Aegean, this unique event gathers some of the world’s finest superyachts for an unforgettable celebration of sailing, elegance, and performance.
Loro Piana Giraglia 2025
06. Jun 2025
The 72nd edition of the Loro Piana Giraglia, the oldest offshore regatta in the Mediterranean, opened with the registration on Thursday, 5 June. One hundred thirty-nine yachts are set to line up on the starting line, with a schedule that includes four days of inshore racing in Saint-Tropez, from Saturday, 7 to Tuesday, 10 June, and the offshore leg starting at noon on Wednesday, 11 June.
The 52nd Trofeo Conde de Godó BMW Crowns Its Champions
02. Jun 2025
The 52nd edition of the Trofeo Conde de Godó BMW crowned its champions after a thrilling final day, which featured the last two races of the event. The winners were: Aproperties Blue Carbon (ORC 0), Soler Cabot (ORC 1), Windwhisper44 (ORC 2), Falapouco (ORC 3), Lassal (ORC 4-5), Shaka (ORC A Dos), Odysseus (Promoción), Noticia (J70), and RCNB (Godó Women’s Cup).
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.
Upcoming Events
| 31.05 - 14.06 | Vancouver Island | CAN | |
| 07.06 - 14.06 | Saint-Tropez - Giraglia - Genoa | FRA-ITA | |
| 12.06 - 15.06 | Island of Antiparos | GRE | |
| 13.06 - 15.06 | Malaga | ESP | |
| 13.06 - 15.06 | Helsinki | FIN |
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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.
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