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An impressive turnout of 119 yachts from 13 nations are registered for the 2023 ORC World Championship that starts one week from today, being held over August 4th to 12th in Kiel, Germany.

On Friday July 28th, the Real Club Náutico de Palma hosted its traditional opening ceremony for the premier event of the season, which officially kicks off on Saturday with the first of two days dedicated to the registration of teams and measurement of the fleet.

Another successful Race to Mackinac is in the books, with today’s award ceremony taking place on the great lawn of Mission Point Resort. The race known as ‘America’s Offshore Challenge,’ delivered in spectacular fashion yet again with its mix of squalls, calms and most of all, new memories for the 240 teams competing.

At 229 monohull entries, the annual 300-mile Race to Mackinac from Chicago is the largest race in the western hemisphere to use the ORC system for rating and scoring. There will be 35 entries starting today in three Cruising ‘sections’ (local term for classes) and the rest of the fleet starting tomorrow in 19 additional sections.

The 2023 ORC East Coast Championship was hosted by the New York Yacht Club in Newport, R.I. which featured a mix of buoy racing and point-to-point races, giving the 20 competitors from 31 to 74 feet in length a hint of what’s to come next fall when the Club hosts the 2024 ORC World Championship.

3rd edition of the AEGEAN 600, an offshore classic race organized by the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) and co-organized by the Region of Attica, Olympic Marine and the Deputy Ministry of Sports, was held on July 7-15.

The 41st edition of the Copa del Rey MAPFRE runs from 29th July, the first day of training, until the last race on Saturday 5th August. Eight classes will compete for the overall title: four on handicap and four in real time. Two special prizes are also to be awarded: one for the best boat overall in handicap classes and the other the best boat overall in real time or one design.

The pre-registrations for the highly anticipated ORC Double Handed Barcelona World Championship 2023 are gaining momentum. With just two months until the start of the competition, over 60 boats from 10 countries have already registered, and it is expected that the number of participants will reach around eighty.

Under the gaze of the ancient Temple of Poseidon, a record-sized fleet of 45 entries from 15 nations are poised and ready in one week to start in the third annual edition of the AEGEAN 600, organized by the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) and co-organized by the Region of Attica and Olympic Marine. This turnout is the largest yet in the short history of this new classic offshore race - called the “perfect 600-miler” by Seahorse Magazine - with 40% more entries than the fleet in 2022.

A nice conclusion for the Edison Next 2023 Italian Absolute Offshore Sailing Championship in Marina di Carrara. The final day gave a sumptuous day of sailing: two beautiful races on a W/L course in front of the promontory of Punta Bianca.

The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) announces its Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held in Malaga, Spain over 10-14 November 2023. This event is important because it is where the feedback from thousands of ORC users around the world - along with the expertise of the ORC technical teams - can be used to improve the system’s use for the future.

Congratulations go out to the winning teams in the three ORC classes at last week’s Block Island Race Week: Howard Spencer’s (NZL) IC37 MENACE in ORC 1 (7 entries), Paul Zabetakis’s (USA) Swan 42 IMPETUOUS in ORC 2 (10 entries), and Robin Team’s (USA) J122 TEAMWORK in ORC 3 (14 entries).

Three days of inspiring racing at Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 concluded today with the 24m Farr-designed Rose becoming the first Wally Yacht to win Europe's longest-running superyacht regatta.

The world of sailing has lost a great advocate whose dedication and passion for decades has helped shape our sport.

Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 got underway today in typically excellent sailing conditions out on the Bay of Palma, with an 8 to 10 knot breeze under blue skies greeting the diverse fleet gathered for the 27th edition of Europe's longest running superyacht regatta.

The South Pacific’s superyacht regatta will move from the Bay of Islands to Auckland next year, running from 23-26 February.

Celebrating a landmark anniversary this year, the Rolex Giraglia is an event with a distinct identity, formed over the decades from a sense of tradition, spirit of camaraderie and fair competition. In the ORC class, the winner was the Argentinian Swan 45 From Now On owned by Fernando Chain

After 290 miles of racing around Zealand island in challenging stop-start conditions, the fleet of 31 entries have finished and champions are now crowned in the ORC Double-Handed European Championship 2023, hosted by Helsingør Seljklub.