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2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championship to be held in Cowes, UK

by 2025 Offshore Double Handed Worlds 1 Mar 16:54 UTC 22 September - 1 October 2025
RORC Cowes Clubhouse © Paul Wyeth / RORC

The Royal Ocean Racing Club will be welcoming the Offshore Double Handed World Championship to Cowes, UK in September 2025.

The Notice of Race for the 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championship has been published by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) in agreement with World Sailing.

Organised by the RORC with the support of Cap-Regatta, Yacht Club de France, Lorient Grand Large and Jeanneau, the 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championship will be held in Cowes, Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, from 22 September to 1 October 2025. The event will be a mixed crew event using the Sun Fast 30 One Design.

RORC is inviting respective Member National Authorities (MNA's) to register a team and pay a deposit.Team details can be finalised at a later date.If more than 28 teams have been registered, a selection panel, appointed by World Sailing, will select teams and the hosts will issue invitations with the objective of maximising geographical distribution of the competitors.

The 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championship will allow up to 28 mixed teams, and competition will consist of up to two qualification races, a repechage race, if needed and conditions allow, and a final race.

"The Royal Ocean Racing Club is proud to be hosting the Offshore Double Handed World Championship based at our newly redeveloped Cowes Clubhouse," commented RORC CEO Jeremy Wilton. "The racing area in the Solent and English Channel is one of the most historic and challenging racing locations in the sport. It is complex, offering many tactcal and strategic possibilities. We have great confidence that the RORC Race Team will use the best of their abilities to deliver a truly world class event."

To register an interest in entering the 2025 Offshore Double Handed World Championship, please contact the relevant Member National Authority (MNA). Each MNA is allocated up to two invitations.

Download the Notice of Race

The 2024 edition of the Offshore Double Handed World Championship was held in Lorient, France, where 22 teams from 16 nations contested the trophy. Conditions ranging from 30 knots and two metre swells to zephyrs of wind with flat calm resulted in a dramatic final leg where the lead changed on numerous occasions, but the British team of Maggie Adamson and Cal Finlayson did just enough to hold on to a slender lead and win the title by just 65 seconds.

For more information about the Royal Ocean Racing Club and its 2025 centenary celebrations go to: www.rorc.org

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