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Coaching and post-race briefings. Sign up now for the RORC Easter Challenge - supported by North Sails: 7th to 9th April 2023
Entry is open for the RORC Easter Challenge supported by North Sails. From 7th-9th April, the first UK regatta of the Royal Ocean Racing Club 2023 season has up to three inshore races per day scheduled over the Easter Bank…
Mixed sailing cruisers gather for the 2022 Cockle Island BC  Regatta on Belfast Lough
Handicap systems are sometimes the stuff of controversy. So what will transpire when Belfast Lough Yachting Conference replaces the NHC system with the Royal Ocean Racing Club YTC (Yacht Time Correction) system remains to be seen. Cockle Island Boat Club…
The successful IRC European Championship held in Breskens in 2022
The eighth IRC European Championship will be held from Monday, 29th May to Saturday, 3rd June 2023, in Cannes. As a major event of the international IRC season, the Cannes IRC European Championship 2023 aims to bring together more than…
A start of a RORC IRC National Championship race in 2022
The IRC rating Race Management Guidelines offer advice to event organisers for racing under RORC's IRC Rules for cruiser racing. They include guidance and suggestions that a race organiser may wish to consider and give suitable wording that may be…
An international fleet in the RORC Transatlantic Race is set to depart Marina Lanzarote on Sunday 8th January for the 3,000 mile race across the Atlantic Ocean
Near perfect, record conditions are forecast for the start of the RORC Transatlantic Race, the International Maxi Association and the Yacht Club de France. The international fleet is set to depart Marina Lanzarote on Sunday, 8th January. Weather forecasts are…
Steve Cole has been appointed the new RORC Racing Manager
The Royal Ocean Racing Club has announced the appointment of Steve Cole as the new Racing Manager from 1st January 2023, succeeding Chris Stone, who will continue as a consultant to the Race Management team for the new Nelson’s Cup…
The Magnificent Swan 115 Jasi is one of the favourites for the IMA Transatlantic Trophy for Monohull Line Honours
The New Year heralds a big season for the Royal Ocean Racing Club, including the 14th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race. The longest race in the 2023 RORC Season’s Points Championship starts from Marina Lanzarote on January 8th. The…
A new race entry system 'SailRaceHQ' has been launched by RORC
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has launched a new race entry system SailRaceHQ, replacing the old Sailgate system with immediate effect. 'Following a three-year study and build programme, SailRaceHQ is a totally new system that has many advantages and…
François Goubaut’s First 47.7 MOANA - IRC 2022 European Champion in Breskens
London's Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has announced the 2023 IRC European Championship will be sailed in Cannes. The event will be organised by the Yacht Club de Cannes, with the partnership of UNCL - Pôle Course du Yacht Club…
Ireland's Fastnet Rock - Registration officially opens for the 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race at 1200 UTC on 11th January 2023
1200 UTC 11th January 2023: RORC says this time should be double underlined in the calendar of those wishing to enter next year’s Rolex Fastnet Race, as it will be the moment when registration officially opens for the 50th edition…
Many teams race IRC Two-Handed in Europe
The inaugural IRC Two-Handed European Championship will take place at the beginning of July 2023. The combined results from two races will decide the Championship: La Trinité – Cowes (350nm) starting on the 2nd July, and Cowes - Dinard -…
The inaugural IRC Middle East Championship
is organised by the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club in the United Arab Emirates from the 17-18 December 2022
The inaugural Royal Ocean Racing Club IRC Middle East Championship, organised by the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, will be held from 17-18 December 2022 IRC Rating is strong in the Middle East with the Dubai Offshore…
Racing at RORC's De Guingand Bowl Race off Cowes
The London Headquartered Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) are looking to appoint a full-time racing co-ordinator to join their race team based in Cowes, Isle of Wight. The offshore racing club says it is 'seeking a self-motivated, team player to…
Three cheers for 2022 RORC Yacht of the Year + Season's Points Championship winner:  Richard Palmer - JPK 1010 Jangada (GBR) with co-skippers Rupert Holmes & Jeremy Waitt
The 2022 Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) Annual Dinner and Prize Giving was held in the Ballroom of the InterContinental London Park Lane. Celebrating an impressive season of RORC racing, over 200 guests enjoyed a cocktail reception and gourmet dinner…
German Botin 56 Black Pearl has unfinished business in the RORC Transatlantic Race and has entered the 2023 edition starting on Sunday 8th January
The ninth edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race, supported by Calero Marinas and the International Maxi Association, is scheduled to start from Marina Lanzarote, Canary Islands on Sunday 8th of January 2023. Racing across the Atlantic is a phenomenal experience…
Ed Wilton’s Who’s Next - winner of the 1822 Canford Cup at the Poole Regatta
For the first time, the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s GBR IRC National Championship in 2024 will not take place from the club’s base in Cowes but will form part of the  Poole Regatta. The 26th edition of the IRC Nationals,…

THE RORC:

  • Established in 1925, The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) became famous for the biennial Fastnet Race and the international team event, the Admiral's Cup. It organises an annual series of domestic offshore races from its base in Cowes as well as inshore regattas including the RORC Easter Challenge and the IRC European Championship (includes the Commodores' Cup) in the Solent
  • The RORC works with other yacht clubs to promote their offshore races and provides marketing and organisational support. The RORC Caribbean 600, based in Antigua and the first offshore race in the Caribbean, has been an instant success. The 10th edition took place in February 2018. The RORC extended its organisational expertise by creating the RORC Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote to Grenada, the first of which was in November 2014
  • The club is based in St James' Place, London, but after a merger with The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club in Cowes now boasts a superb clubhouse facility at the entrance to Cowes Harbour and a membership of over 4,000