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 Moana was 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 Ikigai crossed 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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Mid-Atlantic on July 1, Gary Nackman’s Baltic 51 High Note contacted the race team reporting damage to the rudder. Below is the official statement from the Transatlantic Race Team about High Note and the seven crew on board.
During the early hours of July 1, High Note, one of the yachts competing in the NYYC/RORC Transatlantic Race, race hit an unidentified object underwater causing significant damage to the yacht’s rudder and propellor. Another competing yacht, Avanti, diverted to offer assistance. The crew of Avanti carried out a dive on High Note [at right] to assess damage, and during the next few hours the crew of High Note worked to try and free the rudder without causing further damage to the yacht. Unfortunately, this was unsuccessful and further assistance was offered and accepted by a French Commercial vessel Anemos.
With a worsening forecast, the crew of High Note made the sensible decision to transfer the crew to Anemos and High Note was taken in tow. After a short time the tow line parted and High Note is currently adrift in the Atlantic.
Great credit should be given to the crew of High Note and Avanti for their seamanlike efforts, and grateful thanks to the skipper and crew of Anemos.
The NYYC/RORC team were in constant contact during the incident and both U.S. and U.K. coast guards are aware of the situation.
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.
Text: Louay Habib; Photos: Corinna Haines, Paul Wyeth, Courtesy of Avanti
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