First Warning Monday 8th June 08:00 BST.
YM Celtic Triangle Race 31st May to 11th June 2026
The iconic Yachting Monthly Falmouth Triangle Race has returned its biennial schedule of even years. The next race will take place in 2028.
Celtic Triangle Race is sailed over three legs. Short-handed boats race from Falmouth to Kinsale, a distance of approximately 190nm, then a long-haul from Kinsale to Tréguier (approximately 320nm), and finally Tréguier to Falmouth, (approximately 110nm). The stop-overs in Kinsale and Tréguier are a popular feature of the race.
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The first leg starts on the Pendennis line. After skirting the Scilly and Lands End Traffic Separation Schemes boats self-finish at the Bulman South Cardinal Buoy at the entrance to Kinsale.
The leg to Tréguier is the longest, starting at the Bulman buoy, rounding the Fastnet Rock and ending at Basse Crublent Pillar Buoy near the entrance to the Le Jaudy River. After self-finishing, boats motor some 8nm up the river to the marina at Tréguier.
For the final leg boats return down-river to start at Petit Pen ar Guezec buoy to cross the channel to Falmouth to finish on the Blackrock line in the entrance to Falmouth Harbour
