ORC System News:

Example ORCi, ORC Club and ORCsy certificates are now available for review. There have not been many changes in the information and layout from 2022, but each example has a guided tour of the features found on each. Learn more at this link.

Laser scanning forms an important backbone to the accuracy of ORCi certificates. Techniques in scanning and processing of cloud scans was presented at a seminar in Urk held on 21 Jan with attendees from NED, CRO, ESP and GER.

ORC Regatta News:

After four days of windward/leeward course racing in light to moderate breezes, 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 finishes to earn eventual victory in the GL52 Class by only one point over David Team’s TP52 VESPER.

Gwen Fragomen and her team on the custom Botin 44 INTERLODGE repeated their ORC class win earned in last year’s regatta, this time by a 4 point margin over Tom Sutton’s J/122 LEADING EDGE.

But this win was not easy: in 6 of 8 races sailed these two teams were trading 1-2 scores in a very diverse 7-boat class. Despite wide differences in boat types, the racing was close: using the 5-Band scoring system, in 5 of 8 races the winning boat's victory was by less than 1 minute after an hour of racing…in one race the margin was only by 3 seconds.

After 28 February entry fees to the 2023 ORC European Championship being held over 23 April - 1 May will increase by 20%, so organizers at the Royal Malta Yacht Club urge those intending to participate to register now.

This important ORC championship event will be the first of the 2023 season and feature three days of registration and inspection over 23-25 April, a practice race on 25 April, and the start of racing with the long offshore race on 26-27 April.

Inshore windward/Leeward racing will be held over 28-29 April and 1 May, with a short coastal race held on 30 April.

ORC European Champion prizes will be awarded in three classes, as will prizes for all-amateur Corinthian entries.

So far there are 27 entries from nine countries registered, with many more expected.

ORC Championship events in 2023

ORC European

Championship

23 April - 1 May 2023

Valletta, MLT

ORC Mediterranean

Championship

19-21 May 2023

Sorrento, ITA

ORC DH European

Championship

10-18 June 2023

Helsingor, DEN

ORC World

Championship

4-12 August 2023

Kiel, GER

ORC DH World

Championship

9-15 September 2023

Barcelona, ESP

ORC Sportboat European

Championship

23-29 September 2023

Kalamaki, GRE

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

GAASTRA is the Official ORC Apparel Partner. Go and discover more about GAASTRA here.

The ORC team is pleased to represent the values of the GAASTRA brand and now, with this special promotion from GAASTRA, you can get %30 discount on all items (if not already in sale) from the ORC & Gaastra selection. 

Go and find out at: 

https://www.gaastrastore.com/en/orc/

Seahorse is the world's foremost international performance sailing magazine, published every month, highlighting all that is new and exciting in the sport.

ORC certificate holders have FREE access to Seahorse for the January, March, May, July, September, and November issues, wherein there is also published an ORC column article that relates to the ORC community.

Special ORC discount subscriptions are also available: more at www.orc.org/seahorse.

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