Sam Davies grows wings

Sam Davies and Initiatives Coeur © Eloi Stichelbaut / polaRYSE

In the lead up to the Vendée Globe start on 8 November, we are featuring RORC women members who are sailing in the race, starting this week with Sam Davies and followed by Miranda Merron and Pip Hare.

Jangada wins RORC 2-H Autumn Series

Jeremy Waitt & Shirley Robertson racing JPK 10.10 Jangada © Paul Wyeth/RORC

Richard Palmer’s JPK 10.10 Jangada, raced by Jeremy Waitt and Shirley Robertson, won the final race of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 2-H Autumn Series to take overall victory in the three-race series.

Gentoo wins Race 2 - RORC Two-Handed Series

James Harayda & Dee Caffari racing Sun Fast 3300 Gentoo © Rick Tomlinson

James Harayda & Dee Caffari, racing Sun Fast 3300 Gentoo, have won the second race of the RORC IRC Two-Handed Autumn Series.

Walking the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race course – extra downwind and a new last roll of the dice

The new course from Cowes to Cherbourg via the Fastnet Rock will see new challenges for navigators and crews in next year's 695 nm Rolex Fastnet Race © ROLEX/Kurt Arrigo

Moving to Cherbourg for the finish of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s premier event, the Rolex Fastnet Race next year will see navigators and crews facing a few significant new challenges.

Shaking it up at the IRC Nationals

Day 2 IRC Nationals & Double Handed Nationals © Paul Wyeth/pwpictures.com

Day two of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s IRC Nationals on the central-eastern Solent was held in similar near perfect conditions to Friday, the wind starting stronger, and increasing to 16 knots mid-afternoon.

Perfect scores for Rán and Arcus

Perfect scoreline for Niklas Zennström’s FAST 40+ Rán - scoring three bullets out of three races on the first day of the RORC's IRC Nationals © Paul Wyeth/pwpictures.com

The central Solent delivered on the opening day of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s IRC National Championship.

Ino XXX and Redshift celebrate in Cowes

James Neville's HH42 Ino XXX (Rick Tomlinson) Image from 2019 RORC Vice Admirals Cup

The Royal Ocean Racing Club's Summer Series came to a conclusion with the fourth and final race of the RORC Summer Series.

2020 Landsail Tyres J-Cup 21st Birthday Celebration at RORC

50 J Boats with over 200 crew enjoying great racing © Paul Wyeth

By invitation of Key Yachting, the 2020 Landsail Tyres J-Cup celebrated the 21^st birthday of the annual regatta exclusively for J Boats.

RORC Racing Update 2020 - 2021

Great racing for the RORC Race the Wight on 1st August 2020 © Rick Tomlinson

2020 has been a very challenging year, particularly for offshore racing, and sadly we were forced to cancel the 2020 RORC Season's Point Championship - there have therefore been a number of changes and additions to the programme.