ORC World Championship
After three days of inspections, the first race of the 2024 ORC World Championship organized by the New York Yacht Club in cooperation with the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) will start tomorrow with a long race designed to test the offshore skills of the 43 teams entered in the week-long event.
Starting at 1000 local time all teams will set off from the start within Narragansett Bay and head offshore to various buoys and towers placed in the Atlantic and other locations ranging from west of Montauk on Long Island east to Buzzards Bay tower. The finish will also be near the harbor at Newport at Fort Adams.
There are three courses for each class: a 231-mile course for the fastest 6 boats in Class 0, a 203-mile course for the 19 entries in Class A and a 177-mile course for the 14 entries in Class B. These courses have been designed for a target completion time of 24-30 hours based on the fastest and slowest-rated boats in each class and the predicted moderate northeast breezes expected tomorrow and Tuesday.
