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October 18th, 2023

For North Americans in the upper continent, winter is welcomed by those that play in the cold, and iceboaters have

January 24th, 2022

The four-day Rolex Big Boat Series, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California, has been racing under

December 30th, 2020

The people closest to the secrets and developments of the AC75 are the measurers, and while their lips are sealed,

June 8th, 2020

At its introductory level, handicapping systems provide the opportunity for dissimilar boat to meet and compete together. But as the

April 6th, 2020

As the early 2020 Sailing Calendar craters due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it gives more reason for enthusiasm toward what’s

March 29th, 2017

The Offshore Racing Congress is an international organization with rating offices established worldwide to administer the use of ORC as

March 14th, 2016

At the annual meeting of the Irish Cruiser Racing Association (ICRA) in Limerick on March 5, representatives from the Offshore

January 27th, 2016

In the February issue of Seahorse magazine, Dobbs Davis provides an update on the ORC handicap rule, the most popular

November 11th, 2014

by Dobbs Davis, Seahorse magazine The great majority of big boat sailors in the USA – over 20,000 boats by

October 28th, 2014

While there may never be a ‘perfect world’ when racing under the authority of a handicap rule, events can be