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After two inshore races sponsored by ALTER MARINE were completed on Tallinn Bay on August 16, 2025, three new ORC World Champions emerged at the Garmin ORC World Championship 2025. Each had been at the top of their leaderboards for most of the week and have demonstrated their prowess in the mixed format of inshore and offshore racing in conditions that varied from light air to today’s blustery 20-25 knot winds.

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Class A

​🥇 ⁠RAN (Carkeek 40+, SWE) – Niklas Zennström – 12 pts – crew: Joy Fitzgerald, Griffin Spinney, Adrian Stead, Steve Hayles, Toby Iles, Justin Slattery, Tim Powell, Tom Kiff, Mark Lees

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🥈 MERCEDES BENZ (GP 42, FIN) – Jani Lehti – 15 pts – crew: Kaarlo Karvonen, Tuomas Ikonen, Vili Kaijansinkko, Robin Berner, Kenneth Thelen, Sampo Valjus, Sami Laxman, Aleksi Lehtonen, Henrik Resman

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🥉 CLEAN ENERGY (E 44, EST) – Mati Sepp – 21 pts – crew: Raul Grigorjev, Indrek Kasela, Priit Koit, Janno Hool, Martin Gustav Lepp, Riho Koost, Kevin Melvin Aasav, Andrus Aavaste, Ago Rebane, Eero Pank, Andrus Luht, Karl Kolk

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Corinthian

​🥇 ⁠MATADOR (Elliott 44 CR, SWE) – Jonas Grander – 23 pts – crew: Per Joakim Hoppe, Adam Grander Hasselblad, Felix Martin, Vilhelm Reischmann, Niklas Beckvid, Carl Jönsson, Thomas Jönsson, Tim Danielson, Nils Branden, Gustaf Urban

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🥈 STOERTEBEKER /´(Carkeek 47, GER) – Torben Mühlbach – Cosima Cramer, Mats Breilmann, Paula Classen, Lasse Karstens, Tom Lembcke, Lara Völmicke, Inken Borrmann, Line Hamann, Konstantin Steidle, Sebastian Pflitsch,  Rickmer Westphal

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🥉 MADAME GRAY (Landmark 43, FIN) – Sampsa Vehkamäki – 45 pts – crew: Sofia Toroi, Matias Mikkola, Aleksi O'connor, Teemu Maikkola, Jaakko Vauhkonen, Henrik Ilola, Jukka Santala, Oskari Alho, Thomas Stenius, Eetu Nisula

 

Class B

🥇 FORMULA X  (XR 41, DEN) – Jesper Radich –  8 pts – crew: Ross Vickers, Gustav Schwennesen, Enrico Turrini, Gonzalo Araújo, Thor Malthe Andersen, Jeppe Borch, Rasmus Taatø, Matias Rossing, Mads Christian Taatø

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🥈 DIXI 5 (XR 41, DEN) – Erik Stannow – 14 pts – crew: Bertil Balser, Bendix Dr. Hügelmann, Søren Arleth, Lennard Peilcke, Gordon Nickel, Charlotte Graffunder, Hagen Petersen, Florian Heinze, Gunnar Bahr, Carl Rupp

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🥉 WINDWHISPER 44 (Grand Soleil 44P, POL) – Marcin Sutkowski – 17 pts – crew: Kacper Gwozdz, Mateusz Gwozdz, Hugo Rocha, Afonso Domingos, Aksel Magdhal, Stanislaw Bajerski, Joan Navarro Guiu,  Piotr Przybylski

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Corinthian

🥇 ARABELA (Italia 11.98, LTU) – Raimondas Šiugždinis – 37 pts – Klaudio Kliučinskas, Rimantas Stropus, Ramunas Sakalauskas, Nerijus Eidukevičius, Kristoforas Akromas, Jurgita Šiugždinienė, Tomas Jurgelevičius, Tomas Kriaučiūnas

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🥈 OLYMPIC (X-41 mod., EST) – Tiit Vihul – 41 pts – crew: Raul Vane, Ivo Kais, Joel Timm, Meelis Pielberg, Kristjan Keert, Indrek Ulla, Kristiina Truuverk, Aivar Kaljumäe, Tanel Trööp

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🥉 FANATIC 2  (Italia 11.98, EST) – Ain-Eke Jalasto – 48 pts – crew: Kaarel Kruusmägi, Priit Berkmann, Egle Kivisikk, Rufus Rytövaara, Tobias Reiter, Henri Roihu, Helena Luik, Brett Astrid Võmma, Juss Ojala, Mia Marin Lilienthal

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Class C

🥇 GARMIN TEAM PRO4U (First 36.7 mod., SWE) – Patrik Forsgren –  9 pts – crew: Zacharias Krafft, Alvina Johansson, Sam Stenman, Claudia Söderberg, Thomas Tennström, Emil Forsgren, Noa Bergstrand

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🥈 KATARIINA II (Arcona 340, EST) – Aivar Tuulberg – 19 pts – crew: Joosep Laus, Matteo Velicogna, Andrea Trani, Pietro Barucco, August Luure, Lorenzo Bodini, Karl-Hannes Tagu, Taavi Valter Taveter

 

🥉 CHEYENNE (Farr 30, SWE) – Anders Helmrich – 19 pts – crew: Mattias Helmrich, Darren Jones, Per Stedfeldt, Johan Helin, Fredrik Jacobsson, Johan Tillander

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Corinthian

🥇 GARMIN TEAM PRO4U (First 36.7 mod., SWE) – Patrik Forsgren – 9 pts – crew: Zacharias Krafft, Alvina Johansson, Sam Stenman, Claudia Söderberg, Thomas Tennström, Emil Forsgren, Noa Bergstrand

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🥈 AMSERV TOYOTA SAILING TEAM (First 36.7 mod., EST) – Margus Žuravljov – 28 pts – crew: Martti Kinkar, Anna Maria Sepp, Rene Maajärv, Margus Nõmmik, Marti Kütt, Olari Vokk, Eva Jakunin

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🥉 JAZZ (FIRST 35, EST) – Tarmo End – 47,5 pts – crew: Andres Kangur, Rait Riim, Rasmus Schneider, Siim Viljakainen, Jens Kasemets, Mihkel Eller, Eleny Kasemets, Agur Fuchs

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“We congratulate our new ORC World Champions for their outstanding achievement in this year’s event,” said Bruno Finzi, Chairman of ORC. “They proved their skills in a tough series against worthy opponents, and we’re pleased that our system’s accuracy and fairness among a wide variety of boat types at this regatta, Cruisers and racers, new and old, has proven itself to reward those teams who sail their best.”

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Next year’s ORC World Championship will be held in Sorrento, Italy, from May 5-14, 2026.

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Read the full story & all results in the final press release HERE.

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