The Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) is an American association based in

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, that promotes and organizes ocean

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for small

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s under a handicapping rule.

History

Founded in 1954, the club was formally organized as ''The Midget Ocean Racing Club, Inc.'', on 16 November 1972 as a

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domestic corporation. The club has a

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, comprising the commodores of each station (local MORC chapter), plus the national officers of the club. Started as an ocean racing class for boats too small for the existing off-shore racing classes, the MORC-class boats were initially or less in length, although this was expanded in 1958 to just under and in 1978 to . In 1978 MORC moved to include one-design racing. The rule changes allowed separate starts for races when 20 or more boats of the same design are competing. The organization of one-design fleets was the jurisdiction of the local station. The Western Long Island Sound station was the lead chapter for this implementation. By 1978 the club had 68 local "stations" and 2,500 members.

MORC measurement rule

The club administers the measurement rule that establishes the handicapping for participating boats.

Boats

Boats designed for MORC include: *

Bluejacket 23 The Bluejacket 23 is a Canada, Canadian Trailer sailer, trailerable, fibreglass monohull sailboat designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian (C&C Designs) as a day sailer and club Yacht racing, racer and first built in 1967.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sail ...

* Bristol 29.9 * Cal 24 *

C&C 25 The C&C 25 is a series of Canadian sailboats, first built in 1973. C&C also produced the unrelated C&C 25 Redline design. Production The boat series was built by C&C Yachts in Canada, but it is now out of production. Design Dick and Irene ...

* C&C 29-2 *

Dolphin 24 The Dolphin 24 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by William Shaw (yacht designer), William Shaw of Sparkman & Stephens as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) Sailing (sport), racer-Cruising (maritime), cruiser ...

G&S 27 The G&S 27 is an American sailboat that was designed by Graham & Schlageter as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer and first built in 1986. The boat is very similar to the Mariah 27, also designed by Graham & Schlageter in 1986. Des ...

* Kirby 25 * Harmony 22 * Mariah 27 * Merit 25 *

Mirage 24 The Mirage 24 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian, the naval architecture design division at C&C Yachts, as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer and first built in 1972.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book ...

* Moore 24 * Mustang 22 * Mystic Mini-Ton * Newport 214 * Olson 25 *

S2 7.9 The S2 7.9, originally called the Grand Slam 7.9, is an American sailboat that was designed by Graham & Schlageter as a one-design and Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer-cruiser and first built in 1979. The designation indicates the len ...

* S2 9.1 *

Santana 30/30 The Santana 30/30 is an American sailboat that was designed by Bruce Nelson and Bruce Marek as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer-cruiser and first built in 1981.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Seco ...

* Paceship PY 23 *

Pearson 30 The Pearson 30 is an American sailboat that was designed by William Shaw as a cruiser and first built in 1971. The design was replaced in the company product line by the Pearson 303, which was also a Shaw design. Production The design was ...

* Pearson Electra * Pearson Ensign * Wavelength 24

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.morcracing.org/ Development sailing classes Keelboats Yacht clubs in the United States 1972 establishments in Maryland

History

MORC measurement rule

Boats

See also

References

External links