Back for 2025, the revived Yachting Monthly Celtic Triangle Race offers solo and double-handed crews a 600nm offshore challenge starting in Falmouth, UK and with stopovers in Ireland and France. It's a classic race reborn—with big ambitions and a growing following. Ed Gorman finds out more.
A lot of us have heard of the quadrennial AZAB Race – a classic short-handed test in the north Atlantic from Falmouth to the Azores and back. But not so many know of its alternate – the Yachting Monthly Celtic Triangle Race.
Like the AZAB, this goes back a long way and, like the AZAB, it was originally organised by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club in Falmouth. The first race set sail from Carrick Roads in 1984 bound for stopovers in Ireland and then Brittany, before returning to Falmouth.
The French sailors Jérémie Beyou and Morgan Lagravière on board Charal have sailed to victory in the 17th edition of the Transat Café L’OR to complete a convincing win in the IMOCA Class.
With just over 500 miles to go the Transat Café L’OR has turned into a masterclass by Jérémie Beyou and Morgan Lagravière on the IMOCA Charal.
Five days into the Transat Café L’OR and the IMOCA fleet is playing a light airs chess match north of the Canaries.
After an action-packed first two days in the Transat Café L’OR, the lead is being disputed by four of the top sailors in the IMOCA Class while the fleet has also seen its first big split.
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The world-renowned sailor & high-performance executive is a two-time Olympic silver medallist, a past British America's Cup skipper and winner of the Volvo Ocean Race, and has previously served as performance director for the British Sailing Team and, most recently, CEO of North Sails UK.
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Rather than having to choose between keeping their own tried-and-tested CSA rating system or replacing it with IRC, from next year all the major Caribbean regattas will offer dual scoring under both rating systems.
