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ORC Europeans
2023 gaining momentum |
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With one month to the close of the
early-bird discount entry deadline (28 February),
already there are 33 teams from 10 nations committed
to compete in Malta for the 2023 ORC European
Championship, hosted by the Royal Malta Yacht Club
with help from the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC).
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Tutima returns
to the race course |
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It is the comeback of the year 2023:
"Tutima" (owner Jörg Delecate/watch manufacturer
Tutima Glashütte) returns to the championship
regatta scene at the ORC World Championship off Kiel
(August 4-12). The all-female crew organized by
skipper Kirsten Harmstorf-Schönwitz (Mühlenberger
Segel-Club/MSC)
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2023 ORCsy Rule
and VPP now available |
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The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC)
is pleased to announce that its 2023 rules and VPP
for the racing of Superyachts is now available. This
sophisticated system specifically designed for the
vast array of boat types of over 30 meters in length
that compete in Superyacht regattas around the world
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ORC Measurement
Seminar in Malta |
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In preparation for the ORC European
Championship Malta 2023, ORC and the Royal Malta
Yacht Club are offering a two-day comprehensive
Measurement Seminar to be held at the Royal Malta
Yacht Club between Saturday and Sunday, February
4-5, 2023. An introductory presentation on the ORC
rating system
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Winners crowned
at Southernmost Regatta |
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After four days of windward/leeward
course racing in light to moderate breezes, and a
final day of no-wind conditions, two class winners
emerged at the second annual Southernmost Regatta
held last week in Key West, Florida. Victor Wild’s
TP52 FOX recovered from a tough first day of last
place
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35th Pineapple
Cup Montego Bay Race set to start |
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The Pineapple Cup-Montego Bay Race,
an 811-nautical mile sailing race hosted biennially
by the Montego Bay Yacht Club and Storm Trysail
Club, with support from platinum partner Appleton
Estate, is excited for the start of the 35th edition
of the offshore classic. The Pineapple Cup, first
run in 1961,
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Kiel ORC Worlds
supported by participants and partners |
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Reigning World and European
champions, former World champions and runners-up
will also meet absolute newcomers – there are
currently entries from twelve nations – and strong
partners from the business community. The ORC World
Championships are being held from August 4 to 12,
2023 off Kiel.
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Southernmost
Regatta starts in Key West |
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Racing starts today in the annual
Southernmost Regatta in Key West, Florida. The event
will be five days of inshore racing, with the GL 52
Class of four TP52’s racing in one course area,
while 8 teams of mixed boat types will racing in an
ORC Class in another course area inside the reef.
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Rolex Circuito
Atlantico Sur 2023 |
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One of the most important events of
the South American racing calendar is the “Rolex
Circuito Atlántico Sur 2023”, co-organized by the
Yacht Club Argentino (YCA) and the Yacht Club Punta
del Este under the auspices of ROLEX. The cities of
Buenos Aires and Punta del Este are preparing to
welcome the best sailors.
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ORC 2023 VPP
and Rules now available |
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The The Offshore Racing Congress
(ORC) is pleased to announce its 2023 Rules and the
Velocity Prediction Program (VPP) are now available.
Distribution of the ORC Manager software that runs
the VPP to generate certificates, ORC Speed Guides
and other ORC products has been made to ORC Rating
Offices around the world.
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Hooligan
overall winner of Lauderdale to Key West Race |
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The third in the four-race Islands
in the Stream series of the SORC was the Ft
Lauderdale to Key West Race, a 160-mile journey
south towards Miami, turning southwest and then west
towards the finish at Key West. With marks of the
course positioned along the Florida Keys, this
classic race has the fleet hugging close to the
islands
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Celestial
withdraws, Gweilo new ORCi winner in Hobart Race |
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After discovering that ORC Rule
208.2 prohibits tacking a Headsail Set Flying and an
Asymmetric Spinnaker simultaneously in front of the
forestay, the ORCi overall winner CELESTIAL has
withdrawn from scoring in that division of the Rolex
Sydney Hobart Race, and a new winner emerges: Matt
Donald and Chris Townsend’s TP 52 GWEILO.
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Celestial and
Mistral are ORCi winners in Hobart Race |
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Sam Haynes’s TP52 CELESTIAL and
Rupert Henry’s Lombard 34 MISTRAL are overall
winners in the ORCi and the 2-handed ORCi divisions,
respectively, in the 2022 Rolex Sydney to Hobart
Race. Henry was racing with team mate Greg O’Shea.
Both wins were achieved in relatively small margins
of corrected time.
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Simon Forbes
joins ORC team |
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UK-based multihull expert Simon
Forbes has joined the team at ORC to help manage the
issuing of ORCmh (ORC MultiHull) certificates, a new
product line for ORC. His appointment is effective
immediately. Forbes brings four decades of expertise
in an impressive range of skills in the Multihull
world.
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2023 ORC
Mediterranean Championship now open for entries |
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Organizers from the Circolo Remo e
Vela Italia are pleased to announce that entries are
now open for the 2023 ORC Mediterranean
Championship, run also as the Campionato Nazionale
del Medio e Basso Tirreno (CNT). Racing dates for
the event are 19-21 May 2023 and are within the Tre
Golfi Sailing Week.
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2023 ORC Double
Handed Europeans now open for entries |
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The Helsingør Sailing Club is
pleased to announce that the registration and entry
process for the 2023 ORC DH European Championship is
now open. The event will take place from 10-17 June
2023 and is being held under the authority of the
ORC, the Danish Sailing Association along with
Helsingør Sailing Club.
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Callisto,
Leading Edge and Rockstar winners in Palm Beach Race |
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The annual Wirth Munroe Miami to
Palm Beach Race is the second event of the SORC
Islands in the Stream Series, and this year featured
21 boats racing in three classes using ORC ratings.
The 60-mile course is an annual favorite for teams
wanting what is usually a high-speed day race
followed by a fabulous dinner
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2023 ORC World
Championship in Kiel now open for entries |
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The Kieler Yacht Club and the the
Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is pleased to
announce that the Notice of Race is now published
and the official registration and entry process is
now open for the 2023 ORC World Championship to be
held over 4 - 12 August 2023.
At the end of the Pre-registration period
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Outstanding
achievement for the sport |
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At the ORC’s Annual Meeting last
week, Dr. Wolfgang Schaefer – a decades-long
offshore sailor, Farr 40 one-design World Champion
and 26-year member of the ORC Management Committee –
was recognized for his outstanding contributions to
this organization. His long-term experience in the
sport
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2023 ORC
European Championship open for entries |
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The Royal Malta Yacht Club is
pleased to announce that the registration and entry
process is now open for the 2023 ORC European
Championship to be held over 23 April – 1 May 2023.
This event is being held under the authority of the
Offshore Racing Congress (ORC), the Malta Sailing
Federation
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53rd ORC Annual
Meeting looks forward to 2023 and beyond |
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At the 53rd meeting of the ORC
Congress representatives from 46 nations and World
Sailing met to approve recommended improvements to
the ORC rating system, the world’s largest, that has
issued nearly 14,000 certificates for monohulls,
multihulls, and Superyachts this year to date in
2022.
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2023 Garmin
Round Denmark Race will feature ORC |
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The Garmin Round Denmark Race 2023
is going to change significantly in several ways.
Among the very big changes will be when the race in
2023 introduces participation by the ORC Club
measurement rule as an option. This means that among
the participating keelboats an overall winner will
be awarded.
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Callisto
overall winner in SORC's Miami - Nassau Race |
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Since 1934, some of the best
offshore sailors in the world have battled for the
prestigious Miami to Nassau Cup, including Ted
Turner, Dennis Conner, Dick Bertram, and Ted Hood,
aboard legendary boats like Running Tide, Windward
Passage, Tenacious, and Boomerang. Half a generation
after World War II
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2022 ORC Annual
General Meeting 29 October - 6 November |
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The Offshore Racing Congress
(ORC) will have the Annual Meeting of its
constituent committees and the ORC Congress starting
on 29 October and concluding on 6 November. The
Annual Meeting is where submissions for improvement
of rules and policies for the coming new year are
made from national authorities
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2022 Rolex
Middle Sea Race - Fine Fleet in for Long Haul |
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A global fleet has once again
answered the call of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, with
the 43rd edition, which starts at 1100 CEST,
tomorrow Saturday, 22nd October, attracting a fleet
of 120 yachts from 25 countries, including
Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United
States, as well as most of Europe.
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ORC
International Technical Committee meets 21-23
October |
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Members of the ORC’s International
Technical Committee (ITC) will have their final
meeting of the year in Trieste, ITA over 21-23
October. The goal for this meeting is to summarize
their research from this year and make
recommendations for action on Submissions made to
ORC ahead of the Annual Meeting
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Beugen II and
Sugar are new ORC Sportboat European champions |
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After a wait of 6 hours from
mid-morning through mid-afternoon, the lack of wind
in suitable strength and stability today in the Gulf
of Trieste prompted race managers to cancel racing
for today at the 2022 ORC Sportboat European
Championship hosted by Diporto Nautico Sistiana.
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Beugen II and
Sugar lead ORC Sportboat Europeans into the last day |
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Three races were held today on the
third day of racing in the ORC Sportboat European
Championship, organized by Diporto Nautico Sistiana.
Six are now on the scorecards for the fleet of 21
boats from 6 nations, with one final day of racing
tomorrow to conclude the regatta. The morning's
first race started early at 9:35 AM
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Il Grigio and
Sugar lead ORC Sportboat European Championship |
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After a 22-mile coastal race to
start the event yesterday, today two more races were
held at the ORC Sportboat European Championship
hosted by the Diporto Nautico Sistiana. Both were on
windward/leeward courses, which will continue
tomorrow through Saturday, the final day of the
event.
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ORC Sportboat
European Championship ready to start |
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After two days of preparation and
measurement, racing is ready to start tomorrow for
the 2022 ORC Sportboat European Championship being
held at the Diporto Nautico Sistiana. Twenty-one
teams from six nations have come to compete in two
divisions A and B. They represent mostly popular
series-built designs.
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International
fleet set to gather for the Rolex Middle Sea Race |
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With the start of the 2022 Rolex
Middle Sea Race just three weeks away, another
fascinating contest beckons. The entry list
currently stands at 120 yachts representing 25
countries. While Covid is no longer so much in the
headlines, there are plenty of other uncertainties
in the world but,
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2023 Montego
Bay - Pineapple Cup now open for entries |
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The seasons are starting to change
in much of the northern hemisphere, signaling the
time is now to plan your winter sailing races. And
there's no better race to put on the calendar than
the Pineapple Cup-Montego Bay Race. The 35th edition
of this biennial race will take place with two
starts on 21-22 January 2023.
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Spectacular
finish to Ibiza JoySail |
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Ibiza JoySail finished on a
spectacular high note on Sunday with the superyacht
fleet fully powered up in a fresh breeze to conclude
the Balearic celebration of sail in some style.
Delighted crews and owners were full of praise for
the professional organization out on the racecourse
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Elaya wins
Thousand Islands Race for the second time in a row |
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Second leg of 9th Thousand Islands
Race from Porto Montenegro to finish line in Rijeka
harbour would be for long retold among its
participants. It was hard to imagine that all boats
will finish within 2 minutes after 278 NM but that
indeed happened. For almost two-thirds of the course
boats were in an even fight
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Challenging
offshore race launches Ibiza JoySail in style |
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Ibiza JoySail got underway on
Thursday, 22 September with the diverse superyacht
fleet taking on the challenge of a 70-mile offshore
race from Mallorca to Ibiza, the opening act in what
will be four days of competitive, friendly racing
and entertaining shoreside celebrations. Light winds
greeted the fleet
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Elaya wins Leg
1 of the Thousand Islands Race |
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Slovenian „Elaya“ with her owner
Dušan Ušeniènik at the helm is the winner of first
leg of 9th Thousand Islands Race sailed on 278
nautical miles long course form Rijeka to Porto
Montenegro marina in Tivat.
First leg has brought all that best describes
Thousand Islands Race as one of the most demanding
regattas in Adriatic
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Two Rolex
winners in ORC classes at the Big Boat Series |
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After seven races sailed over four
days on breezy San Francisco Bay, there are two new
skippers who are wearing Rolex watches for winning
their ORC classes in the St Francis Yacht Club's
Rolex Big Boat Series. On impressive scores of
1-1-2-1-4-1-3, Paul Dorsey's Carkeek 40 Adjudicator
team from San Diego YC
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A final day of
spectacular sailing rounds off the Rolex Swan Cup |
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The 21st edition of the Rolex Swan
Cup concluded today with another day of great
sailing, as the Porto Cervo regatta course showed
its best form. A south-easterly wind built from an
initial 10 knots to reach around 20 knots in the La
Maddalena channel, faced upwind by the boats of
Division 1
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9th Thousand
Islands Race ready to start from Rijeka |
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Thousand Islands Race, one of the
longest and most demanding Adriatic regattas will
start its ninth edition at 12:00 on Sunday,
September 18th from Port of Rijeka. The race that is
run among more than 1000 Adriatic islands is sailed
on what the organizers from Sailing Club of Rijeka
and Porto Montenegro Yacht Club
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