Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) News and Results
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…
RORC’s GBR IRC National Championship to Race as Part of Poole Regatta in 2024
21st September 2022 RORC
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 2022 RORC Season’s Championship concluded on Saturday 3rd September with the finish of the 75-mile Cherbourg Race. A light southerly wind, oscillating both to the east and the west, gave a strategic edge to the race. The overall winner…
The world’s largest offshore racing series concludes next weekend with the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) Cherbourg Race, starting from Cowes on Friday, 2nd September at 1800 BST. 81 teams are entered for the dash across The English Channel, the…
On the last of four days of magnificent racing off the Dutch port of Breskens, two final races were held and the winner of the 2022 IRC European Championship decided by the closest of margins. Coming off the water it…
The IRC European Championship has a bit of a tradition of smaller boats winning. In Cork in 2016, the first ever IRC European Champion was Paul Gibbons and his diminutive Quarter Tonner Anchor Challenge while the following year in Marseille,…
Boyd Finally Claims Volvo Car Prize for Round Ireland Race Results Over Three Races
27th July 2022 Round Ireland
Royal Irish Yacht Club skipper Michael Boyd finally got his hands on the Volvo car prize after accumulating the best overall points’ results on corrected time in the biennial Round Ireland races 2016, 2018 and 2022. To add to the drama,…
The top five boats in the RORC Channel Race after IRC time correction on Friday, July 23rd were from five different classes. The overall winner was in IRC Class Zero with Nicklas Zennström’s CF-520 Rán also taking Line Honours. Second…
Round Ireland Yacht Race Skipper Pays Video Tribute to Lost Rescue 116 Crew at Blackrock Island
20th June 2022 Round Ireland
Passing Blackrock Island on the County Mayo coast, a mark on the course of the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race, leading skipper Michael Boyd has paid a moving tribute to the four air crew of Rescue 116 Irish Coast Guard…
Favourite for RORC Morgan Cup Line Honours Will Be Antoine Magre’s Class40 Palanad 3
16th June 2022 RORC
The Royal Ocean Racing Club Season’s Points Championship continues with the eighth race of the series, the Morgan Cup Race. Starting from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line at 1800 BST on the 17th of June. The intention is to start…
Ireland's Justin Slattery on Rán Crew Wins 2022 UK IRC National Championship by 0.005 of a Point
13th June 2022 RORC
Sunday 12 June, Cowes: An outstanding long weekend of yacht racing, where the full programme was sailed under brilliant sunshine in 10-20+ knot winds and a mix of tidal states on one of the world’s most challenging stretches of water…
Saturday 11 June, Cowes: A further three windward-leewards were held on the central-eastern Solent on day two of the RORC’s IRC National Championship in yet more exceptional conditions - 15-20 knot WSW winds and brilliant sunshine. At this regatta -…
Rán Shines as Jukebox (with Royal Cork Tactician Mark Mansfield Onboard) Surprises on Opening Day of the RORC’s IRC UK Nationals
10th June 2022 RORC
Friday 10 June, Cowes: The Solent was star of the show on day one of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s annual IRC National Championship, one of the leading events for the RORC/UNCL-owned yacht rating system. The race committee led by…
Anthony O'Leary's New Royal Cork Cape 31 Competing at RORC IRC Nationals on the Solent
10th June 2022 RORC
Among the lineup on the Solent this weekend for the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s IRC National Championship is the Cape 31 Antix, skippered by Royal Cork's Anthony O’Leary, who won the IRC Nationals in 2014. And it looks like the…
British yacht INO XXX which competes in the Round Ireland Race in less than a fortnight was victorious in this weekend's RORC Myth of Malham Race that featured a number of Irish crews. The Cowes-Eddystone-Solent 230nm started last Thursday and saw IRC…
O'Donnell's 'Darkwood' Round Ireland Race Crew Are Ready for RORC's Myth of Malham Race
2nd June 2022 RORC
Ireland is among 70 teams from eight different nations that have entered this weekend's Royal Ocean Racing Club Myth of Malham Race. Irish crews include Michael O'Donnells's team on the J121 Darkwood that are now officially entered for the Round…
