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The Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) is an American association based in Severna Park, Maryland, that promotes and organizes ocean racing for small sailboats under a handicapping rule.
Boats designed for MORC include:
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History
Founded in 1954, the club was formally organized as ''The Midget Ocean Racing Club, Inc.'', on 16 November 1972 as a Maryland domestic corporation. The club has a board of governors, 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
The Cal 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by C. William Lapworth as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer and first built in 1958.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 278. Internatio ...
* C&C 25
* 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
* Kirby 25
*Harmony 22
The Harmony 22 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by Chris Bjerregaard as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) Sailing (sport), racer and first built in 1977.
Production
The design was built by Harmony Yachts an ...
* Mariah 27
*Merit 25
The Merit 25 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Paul Yates as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer and first built in 1978.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 16 ...
* Mirage 24
* 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
*Paceship PY 23
The Paceship PY 23 (or PY23) is a Canadian trailerable sailboat, that was designed by John Deknatel of C. Raymond Hunt Associates and first built in 1973.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 188. Internation ...
*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
The Pearson Electra is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Carl Alberg as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer and first built in 1960.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 190. Internatio ...
*Pearson Ensign
The Pearson Ensign, or Ensign 22, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Carl Alberg as a one-design racer and day sailer and first built in 1962. It is the largest full-keel one-design keelboat class in the United States. ...
*Wavelength 24
The Wavelength 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Paul Lindenberg as a Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) racer and first built in 1982.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 249. Interna ...
See also
* International Offshore Rule ** Mini Ton class ** Quarter Ton class **Half Ton class
Half Ton class was an offshore sailing class of the International Offshore Rule racing the Half Ton Cup between 1967 and 1993.
History
In order that yachts of different types can race against each other, there are handicap rules which are appl ...
** Three-Quarter Ton class
** One Ton class
** Two Ton class
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.morcracing.org/ Development sailing classes Keelboats Yacht clubs in the United States 1972 establishments in Maryland