RORC Race Programme
The RORC was founded in 1925 to encourage long distance yacht racing and the design, building and navigation of sailing vessels in which speed and seaworthiness are combined.
Today the club encourages ocean, long distance and other forms of yacht racing and yachting activity.
RORC Easter Challenge
The RORC Easter Challenge offers crews the chance for some vital pre-season training and fine-tuning. With the relaxation of RRS41, the highlight of the event is the availability of experienced coaches on the water to assist teams with getting back up to speed. They will be supplemented by the North U Regatta Services who can not only help with sail trim, but also offer advice on how to start and get into clear air. A selection of courses and wind angles presents a perfect opportunity to improve your racing. Combined with the popular debriefs after each day’s racing at the RORC Cowes Clubhouse and the unique prizes of Easter eggs, the RORC Easter Challenge is the perfect way to tune up for the upcoming season
RORC Cervantes Trophy Race
A cross-Channel dash from Cowes to Le Havre, approximately 110-160 nautical miles. Depending on the weather conditions, the race may include various marks along the way. It always provides a good shakedown, particularly for those practising longer races later in the season.
RORC De Guingand Bowl
Presented to the Club by ‘Buster’ (Vice Commodore 1957-1959) and Mrs De Guingand, the Bowl goes to the winner of the annual race bearing their name. The race will head out from the Royal Yacht Squadron line, taking in headlands along the south coast and rounding marks and waypoints in the central English Channel, before returning to the Solent to finish. Complex tides add to the challenge for the skippers and crews with the course being set to take account of the expected wind and tidal conditions
RORC Myth of Malham
The course for the Myth of Malham race takes the fleet from Cowes to the Eddystone Lighthouse, south of Plymouth, before returning to the Solent.
While still one of the longer ones in the domestic season, the race takes on new meaning during a Rolex Fastnet Race year when it mirrors the initial phase of the longer course. This makes for a handy ‘rehearsal’ and ensures a large turn-out.Depending upon the conditions, the challenge lies ultimately in the complex tidal gates along the south coast’s notorious headlands. In 2022 the 68-strong fleet enjoyed a downwind start followed by varied 5-25 knot conditions and a significant sea state. In the end the race was another notch in the belt for RORC Commodore James Neville’s HH42 Ino XXX, taking home the Myth of Malham Cup for IRC Overall while the line honours winner was Niklas Zennström’s CF-520 Rán 8.
North Sea Race
A classic among classics, the North Sea Race. The race starts outside Harwich before proceeding around the Galloper wind farm and on north to Smith’s Knoll Buoy – the two notable marks in the course – before finishing in Scheveningen.
RORC Morgan Cup
This year’s Morgan Cup race will be going to Guernsey.
Unusually, while the RORC may run the Morgan Cup, the Royal Thames Yacht Club (RTYC) owns and administers the trophies awarded to the winners—including the prestigious Morgan Cup trophy, which was donated to the RTYC in 1929. This relationship goes back to the earliest days of the race in the 1930s when the RORC was involved in its running. The RTYC joined the RORC programme in 1950. The trophies are awarded to those fortunate enough to win at the RTYC Annual Dinner in London.
RORC Cowes-Dinard-St Malo Race
East Coast Race
La-Trinite to Cowes Race
RORC Channel Race
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