Bodrum International Optimist Regatta (BIOR)
Bodrum (İçmeler) · TürkiyeAlso known as Bodrum Uluslararası Optimist Yarışları, BIOR
2026 · Overall
- 1Metehan Asar
- Type
- Inshore
- Scoring
- One-design
- Boats
- Dinghies · Team racing
- Usually
- May
- Next
- May 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
- Organiser
- Bodrum Municipality Bodrumspor Sailing Branch (B.B. Bodrumspor Yelken Şubesi) with Bodrum Chamber of Commerce; on the TYF calendar
- Waters
- Aegean
- First held
- 2013 · 13 years ago
Where and when
Race dates
Usually in May
Race days 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20267 May 2026 – 10 May 2026 | Metehan AsarOverall | Not published | 238 | S 3.5 kn, gusts 19.8waves up to 0.18 m | 17 | Official |
| 20259 Oct 2025 | Cengiz Eren GüvençOverall | Not published | 318 | NW 5.6 kn, gusts 21waves up to 0.38 m | 16 | Official |
| 202414 Mar 2024 – 17 Mar 2024 | Not published | — | 389 | N 5 kn, gusts 22.7waves up to 0.38 m | 20 | — |
| 2023Held | Not published | — | 400 | — | — | — |
| 20221 Apr 2022 – 6 Apr 2022 | Weka BhanubandhOverall | Not published | 312 | S 10.9 kn, gusts 57.7waves up to 1.28 m | 43 | Official |
| 202113 Oct 2021 – 19 Oct 2021 | Sviatoslav MadonichOverall | Not published | 286 | N 7.7 kn, gusts 54.4waves up to 1.14 m | 40 | 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.
Won it most
- Medine Havva Tatlıcan2021 · 20222yrs
Boats that won here (overall, line honours or a class) in two years or more.
Podiums and class winners
2026 · 6 results
FinalSource: dha.com.trAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
2025 · 6 results
FinalSource: dha.com.trAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
2022 · 6 results
FinalSource: iscihaber.netAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Weka Bhanubandh · THA
- 2.Sviatoslav Madonich · UKR
- 3.Timmy Vassallo · MLT
- 1.Mehmet Erkut Budak · TUR
- 1.Melis Bolat · TUR
- 1.Medine Havva Tatlıcan · TUR
2021 · 7 results
FinalSource: fanatik.com.trAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Sviatoslav Madonich · UKR
- 2.Danyil Mykhailichenco
- 3.Weka Bhanubandh · THA
- 1.Asrın Hepbayraktar · TUR
- 1.Olga Lubianska · UKR
- 1.Medine Havva Tatlıcan · TUR
- 1.Thailand · THA
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 7.8/306.5 kn mean
- Gusts 11.7/1535.1 kn
- Sea 3.5/200.7 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 Bodrum (İçmeler) (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: 2022 (43).
Weather calendar · Bodrum (İçmeler)
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 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.9 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 6 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| From | E | N | N | W | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NE | E |
Typical wind at Bodrum (İçmeler)
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in May.
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
- Bodrum International Optimist Regatta (BIOR)
- Kind
- inshore sailing race from Bodrum (İçmeler), Türkiye
- First held
- 2013
- Editions on record
- 6 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 315 boats (238 in the latest edition)
- Nations in the results
- 4
- Latest overall winner
- Metehan Asar (2026)
- Organiser
- Bodrum Municipality Bodrumspor Sailing Branch (B.B. Bodrumspor Yelken Şubesi) with Bodrum Chamber of Commerce; on the TYF calendar
- Next edition
- usually May 2027
- Official site
- https://regattas.bodrumsporyelken.org/tr/bior/
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- istiklal.com.tr — 14th edition 2026: parade 6 May, races from 7 May, prizegiving 10 May; 238 sailors, 11 countries, 25 clubs; racing from İçmeler Yacht Club
- 2026-under21.eurilca-europeans.org — organising club profile: has run BIOR for 14 years; hosted 2022 Optimist Worlds
- fanatik.com.tr — 9th edition report
- regattas.bodrumsporyelken.org — Official event page: XIV BIOR 6–10 May 2026; participation by year 2013–2025
- regattas.bodrumsporyelken.org — 2026 Notice of Race (linked from official page)