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Refinements for Classic racing

April 3rd, 2023

All measurement-based handicap systems are annually refined to take steps toward better racing. This report comes from Jim Taylor, Technical

January 11th, 2023

The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) has released its 2023 Rules and the Velocity Prediction Program (VPP), with the handicapping system

October 24th, 2022

This year’s international IRC Congress was held in Malta ahead of the 2022 Rolex Middle Sea Race which started October

May 16th, 2022

If there was any notion the sport of sailing had enough rating rules to support competition, think again as this

March 28th, 2022

The Offshore Racing Rule (ORR) is used to score the biennial Newport Bermuda Race which gets underway in 2022 on

February 1st, 2022

The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) has published their 2022 rule books which include updates of previous year’s rules with changes

January 24th, 2022

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

January 4th, 2022

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Leadership in sailing is not unlike politics. Check the wind direction and act accordingly.

November 14th, 2021

The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Offshore Racing Congress was held in two parts: Zoom committee meetings held over November

May 19th, 2021

The pursuit of fair racing is in the best interest of the sport, and there are lessons in the attempt