International Maxi Association (IMA) and the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) are pleased to inform that few days ago an agreement has been reached between the two parties for cooperation in the Maxi Yacht activities. According with this agreement, the IMA Technical Office will act as a ORC Rating Authority indipendent from any other MNA and will issue ORC rating certificates for maxi yachts generated by the ORC Rating Office. In 2011, the IMA intends to utilize the ORCi rating system for the Supermaxi category and to evaluate use of the rating system for other categories. However, the IRC rating system ...