ORCV Membership
Welcome
We welcome you to join the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria, a long-established club dedicated to promoting ocean sailing, growing participation and providing sea safety programs and value to our members.
Our active sailing calendar caters for the most passionate offshore racer through to those who enjoy the camaraderie and competitiveness of shorter bay and coastal passage races.
If you like what we do, we welcome you to join us as a Member and belong to a club that is passionate about ocean sailing, safety at sea and clean oceans.
ORCV Members enjoy significant benefits plus you’re supporting the ORCV and our many volunteers who assist in running our extensive annual training and racing program.
Members Benefits
- No crew fee for ORCV members on Melbourne to Devonport, Hobart, Port Fairy, King Island or Apollo Bay races.
- No crew fee for ORCV members on Coastal Sprint races
- Australian Sailing affiliation with an Australian Sailing number provided if you are not currently a member of another Club
- Membership prices for our training courses throughout the year including, Safety Sea & Survival, Weather, Navigation, ORCV Rip Tour etc.
- A complimentary electronic copy of the ORCV Yearbook.
- A copy of the ORCV Reference book, a valuable reference tool for all ocean voyages is updated regularly.
- Australian Sailing personal accident insurance details of coverage at Australian Sailing Resources .
- 15% reduction on boat entry fees to all ORCV Races
- Special offers from our generous ORCV sponsors
- and most importantly, our members belong to a dedicated group of skilled sailors who go behind the bay to safely enjoy all the ocean sailing has to offer.
Membership Categories and Fees
Membership Year runs until 30th September each year. If you join in July, August or September, you will be automatically granted membership for the following year too.
- Full Member* $250
- Youth Member ( < 25 years ) $125
- Outport Member ( > 80 km radius from the Melbourne GPO* ) $135
Click here to check if you qualify for Outport Membership.
* New full and outport members pay a once-off additional $30 nomination fee upon joining.
Become an ORCV Member
Applications are now open for the current season (until September 30th) 
