Where our boats are heading and which events are worth joining — from autumn 2026 to spring 2027. Dates are checked against organizers' websites: if an organizer has not announced them yet, we say so rather than guessing.
main race on 11 October
The world's largest regatta by fleet size: more than a thousand boats start together in the Gulf of Trieste. The race is short and open to almost anyone, which draws both Olympic crews and families on cruising boats. A good first race if you have never sailed competitively.
Read more →start at 11:00 from Grand Harbour
606 miles around Sicily, passing Stromboli, the Egadi Islands, Pantelleria and Lampedusa. One of the three classic Mediterranean offshore races. Requires a prepared boat and a crew familiar with night watches.
Organizer's website ↗six days, Yalıkavak–Bodrum route
A regatta for wooden gulets and the main event on the Turkish coast. The racing side is gentler than in offshore events, while the social side is stronger: six days of coastal passage with music and stops in bays.
Read more →registration 24–25 October
Five days of racing in Marmaris Bay, Turkey's largest sailing week. Classes range from racing to cruising boats, with many foreign crews. Convenient because the boat does not need to be sailed far: the marina is close to the start.
Organizer's website ↗via Cape Verde, restart 20 November
The younger sibling of the ARC, for those who cannot or would rather not sail the Atlantic in one stretch: the crossing is split by a stop in Mindelo, Cape Verde. The second leg starts on 20 November, and the finish line in Grenada closes on 9 December. Crew is sought here just as often as on the main ARC, and the entry bar is lower.
Organizer's website ↗2,700 miles to Saint Lucia
The main organized Atlantic crossing on the trade winds. Not a race in the sporting sense, but a fleet of more than two hundred boats sailing together with a common start, communication and support. Crew is recruited here more often than for any other event of the year.
Organizer's website ↗628 miles across the Bass Strait
One of the toughest races in the world: the Bass Strait can break both boats and people. Joining the crew without offshore experience is not an option, but watching the start from Sydney Harbour is worth doing at least once.
Organizer's website ↗3,000 miles, thirteenth edition
A racing crossing of the Atlantic, not a rally: three thousand miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua in January. It opens the Caribbean season and falls exactly six weeks before the Caribbean 600 — many crews sail both races back to back, staying on the islands for the whole winter.
Organizer's website ↗600 miles around eleven islands
The eighteenth edition. Six hundred miles around a circuit of eleven islands: trade winds, steady breeze, warm water and almost no blind night navigation. One of the few serious offshore races that people join for enjoyment rather than survival.
Organizer's website ↗forty-seventh edition
The liveliest Caribbean sailing week: racing by day, music by night, and a fleet ranging from racing machines to cruising catamarans. This is the easiest event for a newcomer to join — there are many classes, and almost every crew needs extra hands.
Organizer's website ↗fifty-eighth edition
The close of the Caribbean season and the oldest regatta in the region. By late April, boats are already preparing to sail back across the Atlantic, so crews for the spring passage to Europe are often assembled here.
Organizer's website ↗the 20th edition was held in April 2026
Korea's largest international regatta, run by the city itself. Racing takes place in Suyeong Bay by the stadium built for the 1988 Olympics — a rare case where a sailing race can be watched from the shore without going to sea. The organiser has not yet announced next year's dates.
Organizer's website ↗The calendar is being expanded. If you know of a regatta missing here, let us know and we will add it.
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