The MailASail Azores and Back Race 2023

Join us on the AZAB Race starting from Falmouth on 3rd June 2023

You will find the information you need by going to the ENTER AZAB 2023 tab.

We expect fifty or more of the eighty plus yachts who plan to be on the start line in June 2023 to make it, click here to see entries. With less than a year to go, some are sure to run out of preparation time. If you are interested in joining the fleet send a few details now and you will get the general update emails.

The Azores and Back is a Category 1 ocean yacht race, with the two legs totalling 2,400 miles as ‘the crow flies’.

This international ocean race is for all comers. Whether an experienced racer sailing a high-performance boat, or a local cruisers in need of an adventure, the AZAB provides a challenge. The start will be on Saturday, 3rd June 2023. We are accepting expressions of interest, and hope that you too will join us on this epic. It’s not all about the voyage! In both Falmouth and Ponta Delgada there will be plenty of opportunity to socialise with fellow competitors, RCYC members and at numerous functions arranged at both locations.

Take a look at the information available under all the menu items to find out more and know whether the AZAB is the race for you.

AZAB 2023

Starting in Falmouth the race goes to the port of Ponta Delgada, on the Azores Island of São Miguel. Competitors take a brief respite with time to explore some of this beautiful island and plenty of social events before racing back to Falmouth.