Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) News and Results
"Forgotten" Dublin Bay To Cork Race Reveals Vitality Of First Post War Year Of 1946
17th July 2024 Fastnet 450 Race
In last weekend's Sailing on Saturday (July 13th) we tried to interweave the story of offshore racing development with the long history of racing offshore along the 160 miles from Dublin Bay to Cork. It's an event which has been…
Round Ireland Winner Teasing Machine is Line Honours Favourite for RORC's Cowes Dinard St Malo Race
3rd July 2024 RORC
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club since 1929, the Cowes Dinard St Malo Race is a true RORC Classic. For the 2024 edition, over 100 boats will be in action, and they will be crewed by over 500 sailors…
Royal Irish Yacht Club's Trio of Major Sailing Events Take Shape for September
3rd July 2024 Royal Irish Yacht Club
With eight weeks to go to the start of the first of three separate major sailing events at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Royal Irish Yacht Club organisers report good local and international entries registering for three weeks of keelboat racing on…
SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race Shares Global Camaraderie Of Classic Distance Races
29th June 2024 W M Nixon
Our header photo really says it all. It was 2011 when Rives Potts' now four times Bermuda Race winner Carina rounded the Fastnet Rock in conditions a whole world away from the murky early morning eleven hours earlier, when George…
Saturday's (May 18th) RORC 160 nautical mile De Guingand Bowl Race will start off the Royal Yacht Squadron line. Almost uniquely in the RORC series, the De Guingand Bowl Race starts and finishes in The Solent. This allows the RORC…
Maples Group Announced as Title Sponsor for the RORC IRC European Championship at Royal Irish Yacht Club
9th May 2024 Royal Irish Yacht Club
The Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC) has announced that Dublin law firm Maples Group will be the title sponsor of the upcoming IRC European Championship sailing regatta. Taking place on the Irish capital's waters of Dublin Bay, the Maples Group…
Rob Craigie’s Round Ireland Ready Sun Fast 3600 Bellino is RORC Myth of Malham Race Winner
7th May 2024 RORC
The overall winner of RORC Myth of Malham Race, after IRC time correction, was June's Round Ireland Race entry Rob Craigie’s Sun Fast 3600 Bellino, racing Two-Handed with RORC Commodore Deb Fish. It's another win of a RORC points championships…
RORC Cervantes Race Winner 'Black Sheep' is One of Four UK Sun Fast 3600s Entered in Round Ireland Race
5th May 2024 Round Ireland
The winner of last month's RORC Cervantes Trophy, Black Sheep, the UK-based Sun Fast 3600 skippered by Trevor Middleton, has become the latest entry into next month's SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race, adding further excitement to an already exotic fleet.…
Royal Ocean Racing Club Gears Up for the Myth of Malham Race this May Bank Holiday Weekend
24th April 2024 RORC
This early May Bank Holiday weekend is the date for one of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s most celebrated races. An impressive RORC fleet will gather off Cowes, IOW for the Myth of Malham Race with multiple starts from the…
RORC Racing Manager Steve Cole reported glorious conditions for the Cervantes Trophy race start off the Squadron Line with 14 knots from the north west giving a fast downwind sail through the Western Solent. The 110-mile race to Le Havre…
Irish Crew on Volvo 70 Tschuss 2 Break Round Isle Of Wight IRC Speed Sailing Record
19th April 2024 RORC
The Volvo 70 Tschuss 2, skippered by Johnny Mordaunt and with a large Irish crew onboard, has broken the Round Isle Of Wight sailing record with a corrected time of six hours, 22 minutes, and 25 seconds. Wednesday's record bid was…
Baltimore SC’s Joseph Griffiths Makes the Cut for RORC Griffin Project 2024
14th April 2024 West Cork
Baltimore Sailing Club’s Joseph Griffiths will be joining the two Northern Ireland youth sailors selected for the Griffin Project 2024. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Griffin Project is a Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) initiatve which gives young sailors…
Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Griffin Training Scheme Focused On The Channel Hot Spot
13th April 2024 W M Nixon
With the RORC’s new Griffin Project for training young sailors recently launched in a blaze of publicity, there have been the usual demands that something similar should be delivered for Ireland. But Sailing on Saturday would suggest that, over the…
Northern Ireland youth sailors Emma McKnight from Strangford Lough Yacht Club and Daniel Corbett from County Antrim Yacht Club are among just 20 across the UK selected for the Griffin Project 2024. The Griffin Project is a Royal Ocean Racing…
The second edition of the Baltic Sea Race will start in Helsinki, Finland, on 27 July 2024. This new 635nm offshore race is attracting a diverse range of boats eager to take on a new challenge, racing to win The…
The final day of the RORC Easter Challenge produced yet another variation in conditions with a medium-strong easterly breeze piping up to nearly 20 knots. The sturdy easterly going tide, built during the day, to create classic Solent chop. After…
