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Follow on Google News | New Offshore Racing Organization Established to Increase Regatta ParticipationThe Offshore Racing Rule Owners Association (ORROA) encourages boat owners to participate in racing by providing fair and accurate handicapping.
By: Offshore Racing Rule Owners Association ORROA will provide information on the rule, measurement and procedures to its members and prospective members, and through its soon-to-be-launched website, chronicle ORR race results and other pertinent information concerning the rule. It will be a regular resource for boat owners and help them understand the rule, obtain ORR certificates and establish geographic fleets in different areas of the country. The ORROA, in cooperation with the Offshore Racing Association (ORA), is developing a new racing series called The Great Lakes Championship Series. The association's spokesman, Frank Kern, states that utilizing the Offshore Racing Rule on the Great Lakes will fulfill a dual purpose as, "it provides a common rule among different venues on the Great Lakes, making it more attractive for owners to participate in racing, and it provides an objective rule that does not give an advantage to certain boat types. Being a boat owner myself, I sensed a grass roots desire among others to be able to compete in different regattas under one fair objective rule." Using the Great Lakes series as a model, ORROA and ORA will help establish similar championship regattas in other parts of the USA. Interested racers can follow ORROA on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/ # # # In 2004, three major USA yacht clubs, the Chicago Yacht Club, Cruising Club of America, and Transpacific Yacht Club formed an alliance called the Offshore Racing Association (ORA) which was formed to promote and support the use of VPP-based handicapping and has undertaken the task of developing a new measurement- End
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