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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
Italian Offshore Sailing Champions Crowned in Capo d’Orlando at the 2025 Edison Next ORC National Championship
29. Jun 2025
The inshore portion of the championship concluded with six races completed for the fleet of 33 boats, divided into two groups by size. Despite two windless days, the event was deemed a success, with fair competition across the board and clear results after discarding each team’s worst score.
First-ever ORC North American Champions crowned in Block Island
28. Jun 2025
After completing the full schedule of races - 9 in the ORC 1 class and 10 in the ORC 2 and 3 classes - three new ORC North American Champion teams have been crowned today at the Storm Trysail Club’s 31st biennial Block Island Race Week. FOX, ZAMMERMOOS and TEAMWORK are the 2025 ORC North American champions.
Leaders and contenders enjoy tight racing at the 2025 ORC North American Championship
26. Jun 2025
With three days of racing completed over seven Windward-Leeward courses, the scorelines are filling up for all three classes competing in the first ORC North American Championship at Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race Week. Racing has been held in near-ideal 7-15 knot wind speeds on all three days to promote close combat conditions in all classes.
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
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| 28.06 - 04.07 | Riga-Kuressaare-Kõiguste | LAT | |
| 05.07 - 12.07 | Helsinki | FIN | |
| 06.07 - 11.07 | Dodecanese islands | GRE | |
| 06.07 - 24.07 | Aegean sea | GRE |
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