2024 · IRC A.0
- 1ARKAS BLUE MOON
- Type
- Mixed
- Scoring
- IRC
- Boats
- Rated yachts
- Usually
- August, September
- Next
- Aug 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
- Organiser
- Ege Açıkdeniz Yat Kulübü Çeşme Marina (EAYK) with Arkas
- Waters
- Aegean
- First held
- —
Where and when
Race dates
Usually in August
Race days 2024
Wind and waves at the venue: monthly climate 2021–2025 and the last edition's race days (ERA5 and marine reanalysis, Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0).
Six seasons
| Year | Winner (handicap, corrected) | Line honours (first home, elapsed) | Boats | Wind and sea | Toughness | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Not confirmed | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025Not confirmed | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 202414 Aug 2024 – 18 Aug 2024 | ARKAS BLUE MOONIRC A.0 | Not published | 32 | N 14.3 kn, gusts 39.3waves up to 0.82 m | 41 | Official |
| 202323 Aug 2023 – 27 Aug 2023 | Borusan Crazy SigmaOverall | Not published | 38 | N 10.7 kn, gusts 30.9waves up to 0.58 m | 33 | Official |
| 202226 Aug 2022 – 28 Aug 2022 | Baby DraculaOverall | Not published | 38 | SW 6.1 kn, gusts 24.3waves up to 0.2 m | 20 | Official |
| 202117 Sep 2021 – 19 Sep 2021 | Arkas Mat Sailing Team (Comet A)OverallSerhat Altay | Not published | 44 | SW 7.1 kn, gusts 21.4 | 19 | Official |
Line honours go to the first boat home, on elapsed time. Overall winner is the best on handicap (IRC or ORC corrected time), so they are often different boats. Wind is the daily mean at the start venue over the racing days; gusts and waves are the highest of those days. Open-Meteo historical weather (ERA5) and marine APIs, CC BY 4.0; venue point only, not the full course.
Podiums and class winners
2024 · 13 results
FinalSource: yachtsandyachting.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
2023 · 1 results
FinalSource: ilnautilus.itAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
2022 · 3 results
FinalSource: fanatik.com.trAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
2021 · 19 results
FinalSource: fanatik.com.trAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 11.5/309.6 kn mean
- Gusts 9.7/1529 kn
- Sea 2.5/200.5 m waves
- Distance 0/25not published
- Duration 5/104 days
How the score works
Our own index, not an official rating. Five inputs, each scaled to its share of 100: mean wind (up to 25 kn → 30 points), strongest gust (45 kn → 15), highest waves (4 m → 20), course length on a log scale (700 nm → 25) and days of racing (7 days → 10). Wind and waves are ERA5 reanalysis at Çeşme (Open-Meteo) on the race days, so an offshore course can see more than the venue does. A missing input counts as zero and is marked. Roughest edition we hold: 2024 (41).
Weather calendar · Çeşme
Month by month at the venue, 2021–2026 (ERA5 and marine reanalysis). Race months in orange.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean windkn | 11.4 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 12.2 | 14.1 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.6 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 30 | 31 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| From | E | NE | NE | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | E | E |
Typical wind at Çeşme
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Aug, Sep.
Fact sheet
For press, partners and sponsors: the race in a dozen lines, from published sources. Copy it whole; please keep the source line.
- Race
- Arkas Aegean Link Regatta
- Kind
- offshore and inshore sailing race from Çeşme, Türkiye
- Editions on record
- 4 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 38 boats (32 in the latest edition)
- Latest overall winner
- Borusan Crazy Sigma (2023)
- Organiser
- Ege Açıkdeniz Yat Kulübü Çeşme Marina (EAYK) with Arkas
- Next edition
- usually Aug 2027
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- ilnautilus.it — 2024 edition began at Çeşme Marina mid-Aug (Çeşme–Alaçatı opening race)
- milliyet.com.tr — 6th edition Aug 2022 in Çeşme, 38 boats
- cnmarinas.com — earlier edition with Çeşme–Chios–Çeşme format, ~50 nm total
- fanatik.com.tr — Fanatik: 2021 edition 17–19 Sep, 44 boats
- fanatik.com.tr — Fanatik: race 'held for the sixth time' (year not shown)
- tyf.org.tr — TYF official event page: Arkas Aegean Link Regatta 22–27 Aug 2023, İzmir