Transatlantic Race 2025
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England — It was rush hour in Cowes on Day 15 of the west-to-east Transatlantic Race 2025, as boats crossed the finish line in Cowes within minutes of each other after an epic 3,000-mile battle for top honors in IRC 1.
First to arrive was Ocean Fifty Calamity, co-skippered by Timo Tavio and Kimo Nordström, taking Multihull Line Honors in 13 days, 15 hours, 10 minutes and 52 seconds. The team, mostly from Finland, were elated to finish the race and claim the MOCRA Class title.
Shortly after Calamity had finished, a thrilling drama played out in the IRC 1 fleet. After an intense race to the finish, Hanno Ziehm’s Marten 49 Moanawas first to finish in a pack of three boats in an elapsed time of 13d:17h:29m:52s. Just 49 seconds later, Clark Murphy’s Swan 80 Ikigaicrossed the line. Hot on their heels—just a mile astern—was the Hamburgische Verein Seefahrt’s JV52 Haspa Hamburg, skippered by Katrina Westphal.
After IRC time correction, the final podium for IRC 1 has Moana as the provisional winner, with Haspa Hamburg runner-up and Ikigai completing the podium.
The Transatlantic Race 2025 is organized by the New York Yacht Club and the Royal Ocean Racing Club, with support from the Royal Yacht Squadron and the Storm Trysail Club. The race started from Newport, R.I., on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, and finishes off Cowes, England, one to three weeks later. The competitors covered a distance of approximately 3,000 miles. IRC handicap scoring will determine the winners in each division. The 2025 edition is the 32nd Transatlantic sailing competition organized by the New York Yacht Club. The race is sponsored by Peters & May and Helly Hansen.
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