YM Celtic Triangle Race 31st May to 11th June 2026
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, although in 2026 it will finish in Fowey! (110nm). The stop-overs in Kinsale and Tréguier are a popular feature of the race.
Held every 2 years, in 2026 RPAYC’s Race Director Nick Elliott and his father are competing in this gruelling ocean challenge “Two Handed” aboard their yacht Ptarmigan. Currently, due to adverse weather conditions, gale-force winds and 5m seas, no race will be scheduled before the morning of Sunday 7th June, with the fleet remaining in Kinsale.
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 Fowey to finish on a line in the vicinity of the entrance to Fowey Harbour.
We look forward to welcoming Nick back home in Australia at the end of the month and to his encounters at sea and ashore.