Royal Ocean Racing Club

E323587

sports organization yacht club

The Royal Ocean Racing Club is a prestigious British yacht club renowned for organizing major offshore sailing races, including the Fastnet Race, and for promoting ocean racing worldwide.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ocean Racing Club	1
RORC Rating Office	1
Royal Ocean Racing Club canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3065443 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Royal Ocean Racing Club
Context triple: [Cowes Week, formerOrganizer, Royal Ocean Racing Club]

A. New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club is a prestigious American sailing organization renowned for its historic role in yachting and long dominance of the America's Cup.
B. Sailing Club
Sailing Club is Virgin Voyages’ customer loyalty program that rewards frequent cruisers with exclusive perks, benefits, and member-only experiences.
C. Shanghai Race Club
The Shanghai Race Club was a prominent colonial-era horse racing and social club in Shanghai that served as a key recreational and social hub for the foreign community before being repurposed after 1949.
D. S.S. Wimbledon
S.S. Wimbledon was a British steamship at the center of the 1923 Permanent Court of International Justice case "S.S. Wimbledon," which clarified principles of international law on treaty obligations and freedom of navigation.
E. Royal Yacht Club of Belgium
The Royal Yacht Club of Belgium is a historic Belgian sailing and yachting club known for hosting major international regattas and contributing to the development of competitive sailing in the country.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Royal Ocean Racing Club
Target entity description: The Royal Ocean Racing Club is a prestigious British yacht club renowned for organizing major offshore sailing races, including the Fastnet Race, and for promoting ocean racing worldwide.

A. New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club is a prestigious American sailing organization renowned for its historic role in yachting and long dominance of the America's Cup.
B. Sailing Club
Sailing Club is Virgin Voyages’ customer loyalty program that rewards frequent cruisers with exclusive perks, benefits, and member-only experiences.
C. Shanghai Race Club
The Shanghai Race Club was a prominent colonial-era horse racing and social club in Shanghai that served as a key recreational and social hub for the foreign community before being repurposed after 1949.
D. S.S. Wimbledon
S.S. Wimbledon was a British steamship at the center of the 1923 Permanent Court of International Justice case "S.S. Wimbledon," which clarified principles of international law on treaty obligations and freedom of navigation.
E. Royal Yacht Club of Belgium
The Royal Yacht Club of Belgium is a historic Belgian sailing and yachting club known for hosting major international regattas and contributing to the development of competitive sailing in the country.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	sports organization ⓘ yacht club ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Union Nationale pour la Course au Large ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
develops	IRC rating rule ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ocean racing ⓘ offshore yacht racing ⓘ
foundedBy	Arthur H. Clarke ⓘ other British yachtsmen ⓘ
hasAdditionalFacility	Cowes clubhouse ⓘ linked to: Cowes
hasClubhouse	St James's, London ⓘ linked to: St James's
hasCompetitionLevel	international ⓘ
hasFocus	amateur offshore yacht racing ⓘ
hasMembership	international yachtsmen ⓘ
hasNotableEvent	Fastnet Race ⓘ
hasNotableRaceArea	Celtic Sea ⓘ English Channel ⓘ North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ linked to: Atlantic Ocean
hasReputation	prestigious offshore racing club ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
inception	1925 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England United Kingdom ⓘ
motto	Not for one but for all ⓘ
operates	RORC Rating Office ⓘ linked to: Royal Ocean Racing Club
organizes	Channel Race ⓘ Cowes–Dinard–St Malo Race ⓘ Fastnet Race ⓘ Myth of Malham Race ⓘ RORC Caribbean 600 ⓘ linked to: Antigua Sailing Week RORC Transatlantic Race ⓘ linked to: RORC seasonal offshore race series ⓘ
originalName	Ocean Racing Club ⓘ linked to: Royal Ocean Racing Club
promotes	ocean racing worldwide ⓘ
publishes	offshore racing rules ⓘ
receivedRoyalCharter	1931 ⓘ
regionServed	worldwide ⓘ
sets	offshore racing standards ⓘ
shortName	RORC ⓘ
sport	offshore racing ⓘ sailing ⓘ yacht racing ⓘ
typeOfMembership	private members club ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cowes Week → formerOrganizer → Royal Ocean Racing Club ⓘ

Royal Ocean Racing Club → originalName → Ocean Racing Club ⓘ

linked to: Royal Ocean Racing Club

Royal Ocean Racing Club → operates → RORC Rating Office ⓘ