{"id":2,"date":"2022-01-23T12:04:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T12:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-08-22T14:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:59:37","slug":"the-europe-race","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/index.php\/the-europe-race\/","title":{"rendered":"The Europe Race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Europe_Race-1024x686.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Europe_Race-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Europe_Race-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Europe_Race-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Europe_Race-1536x1029.png 1536w, https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Europe_Race-1568x1050.png 1568w, https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The_Europe_Race.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Europe Race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an armchair sailor you may dream of ripping up 100 dollar notes as fast as you can, under a cold shower, deprived from sleep, doing an ice-bucket challenge every 5 minutes. For the real life thing, please sign up with folks like Bekking, Cauldrier, or Boris Herman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\">The Europe Race in the sail simulator Sailaway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the next best thing we offer you to participate in this years edition of The Europe Race series, in the sailing simulator Sailaway. Racing in any sail yacht in some 7 NM &#8211; 700 NM ocean going races. During the season there will be some 90+ races all around Europe. Participate in a minimum of 7 races to get a a qualified ranking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We invite sailors to join us in places like Odessa (UKR), or in Klaipeda (LIT) for a series of races going from European Seaport to European Seaport.<br><br>The Europe Race is organised by the Offshore E-Sailing Yacht Club. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/cf4DyUZuFX\">OEYC Discord server.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\">Off Line Racing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be carefull when and how you race. Offline the boats will sail as fast as you on average are when sailing online. Being fast online while collecting speed data at the right moments means being fast off-line.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\">Time Correction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be careful about what boat you race. Race results are determined by applying a Time Correction Factor based on the known average performance of all boats of a particular design. Boats may favour different weather conditions. Choose wisely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OEYCs-Sailaway-III-Time-Correction-Factors-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Time Correction Factors table<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\">The Races<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NOR-Europe-Race-2026-2027.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notice of Race<\/a> appendix A for planned races<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By organising many races from 7 NM &#8211; 800 NM, there are enough races that can fit every e-sailor&#8217;s schedule.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By utilising a rating stabilised for experience ( time spend on the water) and reliability ( repetitive results) skill of individual e-sailors can be compared without ever sailing against each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\">Rating and Ranking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end a ranking of your e-sailing skill, or that of your team or the club you represent can be  determined. Your rating does not depend on the time you spent on the water, except for a minimum nr of 7 races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DNF, DNS etc are scored with a finish time proportional longer than the finish time of the last boat finishing. The Europe Race is won by the skipper that has the highest ranking after the last race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/index.php\/the-europe-race\/the-europe-race-ranking-and-rating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ranking and Rating<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\">Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regular races will be scheduled from Sept. 29th 2026 till Sept. 30th 2027<br>Regular races are scheduled to start on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.<br>See <a href=\"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NOR-Europe-Race-2025-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Notice of Race<\/a> appendix A for planned races<br>Fridays race will start 17:10 UTC<br>Saturdays race will start 12:10 UTC<br>Sundays race will start 12:10 UTC<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\">Documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See menu for Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NOR-Europe-Race-2026-2027.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notice of Race<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OEYCs-Sailaway-III-Time-Correction-Factors-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Time Correction Factors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Europe-Race-SI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sailing Instructions<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have questions reach out to the <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/cf4DyUZuFX\">Ofshore E-Sailing Yacht Club on Discord <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an armchair sailor you may dream of ripping up 100 dollar notes as fast as you can, under a cold shower, deprived from sleep, doing an ice-bucket challenge every 5 minutes. For the real life thing, please sign up with folks like Bekking, Cauldrier, or Boris Herman. The Europe Race in the sail simulator &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/index.php\/the-europe-race\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Europe Race&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-offshore-racing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}