Offshore sailing race calendar: next starts

Start dates of the great offshore sailing races, year by year.

• 2026 offshore sailing race calendar 2
• 2027 offshore sailing race calendar 11
• 2028 offshore sailing race calendar 5

• Route du Rhum

  The solo transatlantic race from Saint-Malo to Guadeloupe.

  Start: Saint-Malo · Finish: Pointe-à-Pitre · 3,542 nm · Next start: November 1, 2026

  Ultim IMOCA Ocean Fifty Class40

• Rolex Sydney Hobart

  Australia's Boxing Day classic from Sydney to Hobart across Bass Strait.

  Start: Sydney · Finish: Hobart · 628 nm · Next start: December 26, 2026

  IRC ORCi

• Round Britain and Ireland

  The double-handed race around Britain and Ireland from Plymouth, with compulsory stopovers.

  Start: Plymouth · Finish: Plymouth · Next start: 2027 (to be confirmed)

  IRC MOCRA

• Solitaire du Figaro

  The solo multi-leg race on one-design Figaros, the school of offshore racing.

  Start: Perros-Guirec · Finish: Le Havre · 1,660 nm · Next start: 2027 (to be confirmed)

  Figaro Bénéteau 3

• The Ocean Race

  The fully crewed round-the-world race, sailed in legs.

  Start: Alicante · Finish: Genoa (2023) · Next start: January 17, 2027

  IMOCA VO65

• Transat Paprec

  The mixed double-handed Figaro transatlantic race from Concarneau to Saint-Barthélemy.

  Start: Concarneau · Finish: Saint-Barthélemy · 3,900 nm · Next start: April 18, 2027

  Figaro Bénéteau 3

• Rolex Fastnet Race

  The 695-mile classic between Cowes, the Fastnet lighthouse and Cherbourg.

  Start: Cowes · Finish: Cherbourg · 695 nm · Next start: July 2027 (to be confirmed)

  IRC IMOCA Class40 Ultim Ocean Fifty

• The Tall Ships Races

  The annual gathering of sail training tall ships, raced in several legs between European ports.

  Start: Aarhus · Finish: Aalborg · Next start: July 2027 (to be confirmed)

• Transpac

  The 2,225-mile race from Los Angeles to Honolulu, first sailed in 1906.

  Start: Los Angeles · Finish: Honolulu · 2,225 nm · Next start: July 6, 2027

  ORR

• Marblehead to Halifax

  The 363-mile race from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia, first sailed in 1905.

  Start: Marblehead · Finish: Halifax · 363 nm · Next start: July 11, 2027

  ORR PHRF

• Clipper Race

  The round-the-world race in stages for amateur crews, on eleven identical yachts.

  Start: Portsmouth · Finish: Portsmouth · 40,000 nm · Next start: August 2027 (to be confirmed)

  Clipper 70

• Mini Transat

  The solo transatlantic race on 6.5-metre boats.

  Start: Les Sables-d'Olonne · Finish: Saint-François (Guadeloupe) · Next start: September 12, 2027 (to be confirmed)

  Mini 6.50

• Transat Café L'Or

  The double-handed transatlantic race, formerly the Transat Jacques Vabre, starting from Le Havre.

  Start: Le Havre · Finish: Fort-de-France · Next start: October 2027 (to be confirmed)

  Ultim IMOCA Ocean Fifty Class40

• The Transat CIC

  The former OSTAR, the solo transatlantic race to New York.

  Start: Lorient · Finish: New York · 3,500 nm · Next start: 2028 (to be confirmed)

  IMOCA Class40

• Transat Québec-Saint-Malo

  The crewed transatlantic race that sails down the St. Lawrence before heading for Saint-Malo.

  Start: Quebec City · Finish: Saint-Malo · 2,897 nm · Next start: 2028 (to be confirmed)

  Class40 Ultim

• TwoSTAR

  The Royal Western's double-handed transatlantic race from Plymouth to Newport.

  Start: Plymouth · Finish: Newport · Next start: May 7, 2028

  IRC

• Globe40

  The double-handed round-the-world race in stages on Class40s.

  Start: Lorient · Finish: Lorient · 30,000 nm · Next start: September 2028 (to be confirmed)

  Class40

• Vendée Globe

  The solo, non-stop, unassisted race around the world.

  Start: Les Sables-d'Olonne · Finish: Les Sables-d'Olonne · 24,300 nm · Next start: November 12, 2028

  IMOCA