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Participation in both the inshore and offshore race formats is required for scoring for the 2024 ORC Mediterranean Championship, with trophies awarded in four classes: ORC Class A, Class B, Class C and Class D, with CDL limits defined in the Notice of Race. Scoring of the inshore races alone is eligible for trophies in the Campianato Nazionale del Medio e Basso Tirreno (CNT). The long distance race is non-discardable for the ORC Mediterranean Championship.

After Registration at the CRVI’s Race Office located in Sorrento Harbor on Wednesday, 8 May, up to five windward/leeward races will be held in the Bay of Naples off Sorrento starting on Thursday, 9 May and will continue daily through Saturday, 11 May.

On Friday 17 May at 16:30 CET the long distance race will start on an offshore course defined by Naples-Ponza Island-Li Galli Rocks-Naples.

This year’s event will also have an overall award winner determined by the following formulation:

Score = P-Nr + 1/(Ne x Nr) – Nr

where P = Total number of points scored by the low points scoring system, Nr = Number of races completed by the class, and Ne = Number of entrants in the class.

“We are excited to once again offer a competitive and fun regatta to the ORC racing community,” said CRVI President Roberto Mottola di Amato. “We invite all teams to enter from throughout the Mediterranean region and beyond to enjoy all the best we can offer in great racing conditions, superb race management, beautiful scenery and some of the best cultural and culinary attractions made famous in southern Italy.”

The 2024 ORC Mediterranean Championship is part of the Tre Golfi Sailing Week, supported by Rolex as the Official Timepiece of the event.

More info and entry information is at www.tregolfisailingweek.com.

ORC Championship events in 2024

ORC World Championship

27 Sept - 5 Oct 2024

Newport, USA

ORC DH World

Championship

8-16 June 2024

Oslo, NOR

ORC European

Championship

9-17 August 2024

Marienhamn, Åland islands

ORC Mediterranean Championship

9-11 May, 17-18 May 2024

Naples, ITA

About ORC and ORC Partners

For over 50 years the Offshore Racing Congress has managed and developed the IOR, IMS and now ORC rating systems used in inshore and offshore racing around the world.

For the past 20 years ORC has also organized annual World and European championship events, and provides the tools needed for fair racing among thousands of sailors competing in hundreds of local, regional and national races and regattas in 45 countries. It is the largest World Sailing-recognized handicap system in the world, issuing >10,000 certificates per year.

More on ORC at www.orc.org

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