- Approval of Minutes of 2024 meeting
Submissions
- EST 1 –
- ESP 4 – Scoring wind
Spain argues that every boat should be scored according to it’s own scoring wind.
ITC has argued that the individual scoring wind should be removed. This SWE opposes. - GER 6 – Use of time allowances for TWS of 4 kts
ITC has approved the use of the 4 kts in the scoring.
RMC supports also to approve the 4 kts wind band in the scoring from 2026-> - GER 7 – Clarification on using WRS or APH scoring
- USA 11 – Digital starting line tools
RMC accepts the submissions with the same friendly amendment ”Encourage…” as OCEC committee amended.
Evaluation after ORC events (report EST) –
Piret reported about the recent Worlds in Talinn and the conclusions on the participating being lower than expected (65)
Main reasons were Logisitics, timing and also the updated class limits.
Very happy participants:
Weather Routing scoring – report from 2025 events and plans for the future
Thomas Nilsson went through the current status of the WRS solution ”raceflow”
ORC Scorer can do some things that Raceflow can not. Raceflow was extensively used during the ORC DH EC this year. Priority right now is to release a version of raceflow now to make it MVP and useful for organizers.
Ari Peltomäkis rapport, from Mariehamn, Helsinki & Tallinn:
Reflections on WRS from the Organiser’s Perspective
from Ari Peltomäki, Tallinn
Drawing from recent experiences at the ORC Worlds in Tallinn and the ORC DH Europeans in Helsinki, the implementation of WRS has generally been effective, yielding positive results. While some sailors remain skeptical about the accuracy of Predictwind models in the Baltic region—particularly in the Finnish archipelago—my experience across national championships and major international events suggests otherwise. WRS is primarily used for longer races held in open waters, with only the start and finish occurring within the archipelago.
In Mariehamn, the PETs closely matched the actual times for the winning boats, and in other events, the accuracy has been satisfactory. Publishing post-race PET accuracy data for winning boats could help build greater trust in the WRS system. For example, sharing the percentage difference between PET and sailed time, or another metric reflecting prediction accuracy, may be beneficial.
Process Observations
It would be advantageous for ORC to release tools and a user interface for race organisers ahead of the 2026 season. The process appears straightforward and should be manageable for organisers at both national and international levels. However, creating offshore routes currently requires multiple iterations and depends on the availability of a single individual, which can cause delays and poses a risk due to this reliance.
There has been some dissatisfaction regarding internal communications within ORC about the WRS process, though I understand this is being addressed. My own interactions have been constructive, and recent communications with Panayotis have been effective.
Willem Ellemeet held the following report from Netherlands:
Level of Inspections at different Race Categories (report Johan Tuvstedt)
Johan held a short talk about the lack of structures of inspection protocol and principles in the Race Management Guide. The meeting and the audience were in agreement of the application of the standard Green Book recipe into the RMG.
Any other business
- Willem brought up the ESP 5 – post race checks submission and that it should be considered also by the Race Mgmt Committee
Zoran highlighted the need for personnel in combination with the extended requests for checks. - EST 1 – Non-discardable last race.
Willem asked the committee to consider for a coming AGM a structure or a rule to inhibit the behaviour of competitors match-racing each other during the last race.