{"id":968,"date":"2023-11-13T13:12:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T12:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dhworlds24.com\/?p=968"},"modified":"2023-11-13T13:13:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T12:13:31","slug":"entry-process-open-for-the-2024-orc-dh-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dhworlds24.com\/entry-process-open-for-the-2024-orc-dh-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry process open for the 2024 ORC DH World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
13 November 2023 – London, UK and Oslo, Norway\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Offshore Racing Congress\u00a0(ORC) and the\u00a0Royal Norwegian Yacht Club\u00a0(KNS) are pleased to announce the entry process is open for the\u00a02024 ORC Double-Handed World Championship\u00a0in Norway. This 3rd edition of the annual DH event will be held over\u00a08-16 June 2024\u00a0with the start in Oslo and finish in the historic town of T\u00f8nsberg. Building on the success of the last year\u2019s ORC European Championship for full-crewed boats hosted by KNS at Hank\u00f8, this World Championship aims to be a must-attend event for double-handed sailors. Already 28 teams have completed the pre-registration process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ORC DH Worlds fleet will race in parallel with the F\u00e6rder Race, Norway\u2019s most popular sailing event and one of the world\u2019s largest overnight races, with one key difference: the DH World Championship race will start three days prior to the 77th edition of the F\u00e6rder fleet\u2019s voyage in the Oslofjord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the days leading up to the start, the boats will be based at the KNS marina on Bygd\u00f8y, Oslo, before they set sail on a 325-nautical mile course for the finish line in T\u00f8nsberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The course is based on the historical route of the Skaw Cup, a regatta that began in 1953 as a collaboration between the royal Clubs in Scandinavia: the Royal Swedish YC, the Royal\u00a0Gothenburg\u00a0YC, the Royal Ocean Club and the Royal Norwegian YC. This challenging and prestigious race laid the foundation for a new type of offshore sailing in Scandinavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another innovation for the 2024 ORC DH Worlds is the use of weather routing scoring.\u00a0The boat\u2019s time allowance against her competitors will be calculated using a predicted elapsed time based on weather routing\u00a0each boat around the course. Using weather routing scoring gives the competitors the full benefit of\u00a0the ORC system to\u00a0give scoring that\u00a0reflects the boat and the race conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once the boats on the race reach the finish line in T\u00f8nsberg, the sailors will be part of the celebration on\u00a0the waterfront with their own designated area and prize-giving dinner. There will be live concerts and a lot of festivities for the sailors to enjoy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n