AntiguaSailingWeek Articles
Antigua Racing Cup 2026: Trade Winds Delivered a Blistering Opening Day If there was any doubt about what the Antigua Racing Cup was going to be, it disappeared within the first hour.
This wasn’t a gentle warm-up.
It was straight into it.
Out off Nelson’s Dockyard, the fleet met exactly what Antigua does best — proper trade wind sailing. A gradient easterly breeze sat firmly in the high teens, with gusts pushing beyond 20 knots, and just enough variation late in the day to keep tacticians honest.
© Paul Wyeth/Antigua Racing Cup
Fast water Hard racing No passengers
08-05-2026
In the Big Cat’s Backyard: Black Jack 100 vs Leopard 3 — The Maxi Battle Poised to Ignite the 2026 RORC Caribbean 600
Start: Antigua, West Indies — 23 February 2026
Antigua is their arena. The trades are their soundtrack. And the race record — 1 day, 13 hours, 41 minutes, 45 seconds — is the prize they’ll both be swinging for.
This is the kind of battle offshore fans dream about, the kind of matchup you circle twice in the calendar.
02-02-2026
With fewer than fifty days until the start cannon cracks across Marina Lanzarote, the 2026 RORC Transatlantic Race is already shaping up to be one of the most compelling offshore contests of the decade. Nineteen boats are currently entered for the 3,000-mile charge west to Antigua — and more contenders are expected to join the line as the winter trade winds begin to settle in.
19-01-2026
After a Two-Year Pause, the 935-Mile Ocean Classic Returns to the Western Atlantic
Offshore sailors, start plotting your course. After a two-year hiatus, the Antigua Bermuda Race is officially set to return, with the fifth edition departing from Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua, on April 29, 2026.
09-12-2025