Submissions for ORC Annual Meeting

The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) has 52 Submissions for consideration at the 2023 ORC Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held November 10-14 in Malaga, Spain. These Submissions from 11 countries and the ORC Management Committee represent the feedback from thousands of ORC users around the world that will be used to improve the system’s future use.

Six committees – Management, Promotion and Development, Classes and Events, Race Management, Measurement, and Rating Officers – will meet November 10-13. Each will have an agenda of items that will include a review of the past year and the Submissions suggestions for future improvements. Their recommendations then go to the ORC Congress for approval at its meeting on November 14.

The ORC International Technical Committee (ITC), who develop and improve the ORC Velocity Prediction Program (VPP) among other tasks, will meet separately prior to the AGM to make final adjustments to the new year’s VPP and decisions on the 23 Submissions made to their committee. ITC Chairman Andy Claughton will present their findings and recommendations to the Management Committee and to Congress for approval.

The topics covered in these Submissions vary widely in subject: from Age allowance to Extreme winds, from ORC Branding at events to details on Measurements and Scoring, every Committee has been asked to consider these and many other ideas among the Submissions.

“The large number of Submissions indicates to us that as our system grows our users are getting more active and engaged in its improvement,” said Bruno Finzi, Chairman of ORC. “We do have a large constituency who race nearly every type of racing yacht: Racers, Racer/Cruisers, Sportboats, Superyachts, and now Multihulls too. And the number of participants at ORC Championship events is growing every year, so we look forward to the discussions we will have in Malaga.”

• To view the Submissions: https://orc.org/agm-2023-submissions
• For additional details: https://orc.org/agm-2023