Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) News and Results
The National Yacht Club’s Saoirse Reynolds has continued her winning streak in the UK over the Easter Holidays by scoring first place in the inaugural race of the season run by SORC (Solo Offshore Racing Club) for single and double-handed…
Classic Solent conditions prevailed for the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s first inshore regatta of the 2022 season. After eight thrilling races, IRC class winners for the RORC Easter Challenge were: Ian Atkins’ GP42 Dark N Stormy (IRC 1), The Army…
The Easter treats continued for close to 300 hundred sailors taking part in the RORC Easter Challenge. Fabulous sailing conditions continued in the Solent for Day Two of the regatta. The RORC Race Committee, led by Steve Cole, with Paul…
The first day of the RORC Easter Challenge was blessed with sparkling conditions in the Solent. A light gradient breeze from the south east built during the day to over 10 knots of pressure. Brilliant sunshine throughout the day added…
The RORC Easter Challenge is back with three days of racing in the Solent over the Easter Bank Holiday, 15-17 April. Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club for over 30 years, the RORC Easter Challenge offers crews the chance…
In a statement in response to the invasion of Ukraine, the world's leading offshore yacht racing body has said it abhors the invasion of Ukraine and extends its wholehearted support to the Ukrainian nation. The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) says…
The 2021 Fastnet Race winner Sunrise from Plymouth will compete in June's Round Ireland Race adding to the international competition of the 21st edition of Irelands' top offshore race. Responding to a question from the audience, Sunrise skipper Tom Kneen…
The 13th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 started on time and in sone style from Antigua on Monday 21 February. The IRC Super Zero start was nothing short of hell-raising, with Comanche reaching at full speed towards the Pillars…
Three navigators spill the beans on what lies ahead for their respective teams in the 13th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, which starts on Monday The RORC Caribbean 600 has a racecourse like no other, testing the seamanship of…
Seventy-five boats are entered for the RORC Caribbean 600 which starts on Monday 21 February in Antigua. The bulk of the astonishing fleet will be racing under IRC for overall victory and the Caribbean 600 Trophy. The glitterati of the…
This year’s RORC Caribbean 600 features a spectacular MOCRA Class with 10 multihulls in action. Whilst the overall winner of the RORC Caribbean 600 will be the monohull with best corrected time under IRC, racing under the MOCRA rating rule,…
When they come to write further histories of the Covid Pandemic and the world’s uneven emergence from it, they should call on the many experiences of long-distance sailor Pamela Lee of Greystones. She has somehow managed to keep the development…
Dublin Bay brothers Brian and Ian Mathews of the National Yacht Club took third overall in IRC in RORC's Dubai to Muscat (D2M) Race. In a 360-mile race that features the Strait of Hormuz and avoids Iranian exclusion zones, the…
With nearly 80 entries racing under the IRC Rating Rule, MOCRA and Class40 division the RORC Caribbean 600 is set for its 13th edition. The race has attracted over 600 sailors from 30 different nations and will start off Fort…
Only an exceptional international elite of sailors can provide the expertise to function as a team in getting record-breaking race-winning performances out of a super-maxi like the 100ft Comanche. But when she achieved both those pinnacles in January’s RORC Transatlantic…
The RORC Transatlantic Race enters the fifth day with the potential for a real twist of fate at the front of the fleet. Peter Cunningham’s MOD70 PowerPlay (CAY) still leads the multihulls, but as the first boat into an area…