YM Celtic Triangle Race 31st May to 11th June 2026
The iconic Yachting Monthly Falmouth Triangle Race is back for 2026!
It will run from this event on its biennial schedule of even years, so if you can’t make it this time you have only until 2028 to wait. Register your interest for 2026 here
Celtic Triangle Race will be 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 (110nm). The stop-overs in Kinsale and Tréguier are a popular feature of the race.
The start sequences may change to have more competitors in the ‘Corinthian’ section. The event will span one less day to enable everyone to return to home waters within the final weekend.
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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 where they finish on the Pendennis line.