CELTIC TRIANGLE RACE 2025

Ever wanted to try your hand at offshore racing? We take a look at the event and crews taking part in this entry-level offshore event

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to push yourself and your boat a bit harder than you normally would? What does it feel like to sail offshore, shorthanded or even solo, and what would it be like to race rather than cruise at leisure? Well, if you want an answer to any of those questions, then the Yachting Monthly Celtic Triangle Race has been created for you. Growing out of the boom in shorthanded offshore sailing in the 70s and 80s, with the likes of the Golden Globe Race and the OSTAR, as well as the Azores and Back Race, run by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club since the 1970s, the YM Triangle Race was first run 1984 and continued with great success for many years with the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, but Covid killed off the event.

Thanks to the enthusiasm of the UK Doublehanded Offshore Series (UKDHOS) and the Solo Offshore Racing Club (SORC), however, the event has been reborn under the auspices of the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club as the Yachting Monthly Celtic Triangle Race. While this brings some fairly battle-hardened and serious racing boats and skippers to what was previously a purely Corinthian event, it has created a vibrantly varied fleet in which there is still ample space for the amateur and novice offshore skipper.

HEALTHY ENTRY LIST

At the time of going to press, roughly half the fleet is made up of cruising boats, including Rustlers, Dufours, Sigmas and Westerlys, to name a few, and a very healthy entry list of nearly 40 boats.

Race organiser Jonathan Money explained, 'Without the support of the two shorthanded racing associations, this event simply wouldn't have got off the ground. We are delighted that they were keen to include the event in their series, and this has created a space in which novices can have a go as well.'