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ORC Education Webinar Series in US
28. Mar 2024
Join Storm Trysail Club ORC Education Seminar Series, presented in collaboration with New York Yacht Club, Chicago Yacht Club, and US Sailing Offshore Office to delve into ORC measurement and scoring nuances. The final seminar on Weather Routing Scoring is happening April 10th. Renowned expert Stan Honey will be joining the panel to demystify advanced scoring techniques.
Winners Declared at the St Barths Bucket regatta 2024
25. Mar 2024
33-meter Gelliceaux (Southern Winds/Farr Design), with a scoreline of 1-3-3, won the coveted Bucket Trophy award for being the yacht that prevailed in the class with the closest, most competitive racing. That class was L’Esprit 1 , with six teams competing.
The Trofeo Princesa Sofia for ORC and One Design rewards seven champions
25. Mar 2024
The 53rd Trofeo Princesa Sofía for ORC and One Design mustered fifty boats of seven nationalities at the Real Club Náutico de Palma from the 21st to the 24th of March. Victory went to Luis Bustillo's Enero in ORC A2, Erik Tejedor's Viking IX in ORC 2, Xisco Pou's Merengue V in ORC 3, Mateo Grimalt's Micanga in ORC 4
Upcoming Events
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07.04 - 13.10 | Lago Maggiore | ITA | |
18.04 - 21.04 | Charleston, SC | USA | |
20.04 - 24.04 | Cagliari-Monaco | ITA | |
25.04 - 28.04 | Busan | KOR |
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With an ORC Certificate you are getting more than just a rating #beyondrating
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.