The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club

09/09/2026

Please follow our new page for up to date information about AZAB - Azores and Back Race

Welcome to the new official home of the Azores and Back Race on Facebook.
On 6 June 2027, sailors will leave Falmouth and head 1,200 nautical miles across the Atlantic to Ponta Delgada in the Azores — before turning around and racing all the way back again.
Created by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club in 1975, AZAB has been challenging sailors for more than 50 years.
Over the coming months we'll be bringing you the competitors, boats and people behind the race, stories from the AZAB archive, preparations in Falmouth and the Azores — and ways for the wider community to become part of AZAB 2027.
Follow us. The journey starts here.

19/08/2026

20/06/2026

It's family day today, come down to the Club and see what it's like to get out on the water. Taster sessions for adults and children plus street food served from noon to 19.30

05/06/2026

01/06/2026

Amended opening hours

30/05/2026

The Yachting Monthly Triangle Race starts tomorrow 31st May.

It began last night at the Musto Store where everyone was treated to a free drink and a fantastic talk from Mik Underwood taking in his years of experience doing the race and some very funny anecdotes along the way.
The Skippers Briefing happens this evening at the The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club and then they will be off tomorrow on their first leg to Kinsale. From there they set off to Tteguuer where they will go past the infamous Fastnet Rock and in all will be covering 600 nautical miles, some single handed! An incredible challenge.
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10/05/2026

Have a listen to the latest Ancient Mariners podcast with Pete Goss MBE talking about the 2027 Azores and Back Race ocean race which starts and finishes in Cornwall and how Falmouth and the local community are an integral part.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5k4746L6hHUgYe0mIZxG1p?si=51eb792fa753470b

05/05/2026

World-renowned sailor Pete Goss MBE is helping to shape an expanded, community-focused future for Falmouth’s flagship ocean race.

01/05/2026

DMS once again joins forces with ocean adventurer and offshore racer Pete Goss MBE, who ran a successful sailing campaign with DMS in 2010 and will be our captain, alongside our head-honcho Dave Summers.

In 2027 Pete and Dave will tackle the two-handed Azores & Back race (AZAB), run by the The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club in Falmouth, a legendary ocean race of 2400 miles along with the Round Britain and Ireland Race plus plenty more challenges to be confirmed.

Photo by Mark Lloyd