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Bosphorus Cup

Istanbul · Türkiye

Official site Usually Sep 2027 Compare

2026 · Overall · IRC

2Miles&SmilesLevent Peynirci
1Orient Express VIZeynep Atabay Taşkent
3Aboat TimePetar Dımıtrov

Overview Results6 Conditions News8 Fact sheet

Type: Mixed
Scoring: IRC · ORC
Boats: Rated yachts · Cruiser-friendly
Usually: September
Next: Sep 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
Organiser: Bosphorus Cup Organisation Committee (Vira Yatçılık)
Waters: Marmara
First held: 2002 · 24 years ago

Where and when

Race dates

Usually September

Usually in September

7 kn from NE1% of days 20 kn+ · waves 0.3 m

Race days 2026

5.4 kn NE, gusts 22.7waves up to 0.16 m

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
202617 Sep 2026 – 19 Sep 2026	Orient Express VIOverall · IRCZeynep Atabay Taşkent	Not published	34	NE 5.4 kn, gusts 22.7waves up to 0.16 m	18	Official
202517 Sep 2025 – 20 Sep 2025	ROSSKO RACEROverall · IRCTIMOFEY ZHBANKOV	Not published	49	NE 6.5 kn, gusts 27.4waves up to 0.32 m	24	Official
202420 Sep 2024 – 22 Sep 2024	ARKAS Sailing Team - BluemoonOverall · IRCSerhat Altay	Not published	95	NE 7.4 kn, gusts 28waves up to 0.56 m	24	Official
202322 Sep 2023 – 24 Sep 2023	Nissan-ZacapaOverall · IRCCenk Tekkaya	Not published	80	E 5.4 kn, gusts 23.9waves up to 0.34 m	20	Official
202223 Sep 2022 – 25 Sep 2022	Coca Cola İçecek - DASOverall · IRCYaşar Doğa Arıbaş	Not published	73	E 4.2 kn, gusts 20.8waves up to 0.2 m	16	Official
202123 Sep 2021 – 26 Sep 2021	AsteriskOverall · IRCHasip Gencer	Not published	51	NW 6.9 kn, gusts 26.4	22	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

Coca Cola İçecek - DAS2022 · 20232yrs
ROSSKO RACER2025 · 20262yrs
ABOAT TIME2025 · 20262yrs
ZACAPA2022 · 20262yrs
Setur Marinas Cheese2022 · 20232yrs

Boats that won here (overall, line honours or a class) in two years or more.

Podiums and class winners

2026 · 22 results

FinalSources: bosphoruscup.org, sas.orc.orgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Overall · IRC

1.Orient Express VI · Zeynep Atabay Taşkent
2.Miles&Smiles · Levent Peynirci
3.Aboat Time · Petar Dımıtrov

Overall · ORC

IRC 0

1.Orient Express VI · Zeynep Atabay Taşkent
2.Miles&Smiles · Levent Peynirci · TUR
3.Aboat Time · Petar Dimitrov · BUL

IRC 1

1.Fenerbahçe Doğuş Yelken Takımı - Powered by Audi · Orkun Öz
2.Rossko Racer · Timofey Zhbankov · GBR
3.Akkök Holding - Cheese VIII · Güney Kaptan · TUR

IRC 2

1.Zacapa · Selim Kakış
2.Yapı Kredi - Carina · Doğukan Kandemir · TUR
3.Tüpraş - Fenerbahçe 5 · Evren Koncagül · TUR

IRC 3

1.TV Plus - Gemini · Mert Gürpınar
2.Lete · Codrut Cursaru · ROU

Non IRC Cruiser

1.Sola · Ivan Balashov

ORC 0

1.ABOAT TIME · Petar Dimitrov · BUL

ORC A

1.ROSSKO RACER · Timofey Zhbankov

ORC B

1.ZACAPA · Selim Kakış

ORC C

1.Kupa Kızı · Gül Çelikel · TUR

2025 · 16 results

FinalSource: bosphoruscup.orgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Overall · IRC

1.ROSSKO RACER · TIMOFEY ZHBANKOV
2.ABOAT TIME · PETAR DIMITROV
3.NESCAFE XPRESS CHEESE · LEVENT PEYNİRCİ

IRC 0

1.ABOAT TIME · PETAR DIMITROV
2.NESCAFE XPRESS CHEESE · LEVENT PEYNİRCİ · TUR
3.COCA COLA İÇECEK / DAS · YAŞAR DOĞA ARIBAŞ · TUR

IRC 1

IRC 2

1.TAG CHEESE · ARDA BAYKAL
2.KUVEYT TÜRK CHEESE · MELİS BAYKAN · TUR
3.TEAM DOSC SENSEI · MOHAMAD AL KHALIL · TUR

IRC 3

Non IRC Cruiser

1.BUTTERFLY · DENIS MIRONOV

2024 · 3 results

FinalSources: bosphoruscup.org, sail-world.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Overall · IRC

2023 · 24 results

FinalSources: bosphoruscup.org, pressmare.it, yelkenci.orgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Overall · IRC

1.Fenerbahçe 1 · Barış Koncagül
2.Setur Marinas Cheese · Levent Peynirci
3.Orient Express VI · Zeynep Atabay

Cruiser

IRC 0

1.Setur Marinas Cheese · Levent Peynirci
2.Orient Express VI · Zeynep Atabay
3.Chocolate 2 · Mihail Kopanov

IRC 1

IRC 2

1.Coca Cola İçecek - DAS · Yaşar Doğa Arıbaş
2.Corendon Cheese · Melis Baykan
3.Kuveyt Türk Cheese · Bora Olcav

IRC 3

IRC 4

2022 · 10 results

FinalSources: pressmare.it, haberturk.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Overall · IRC

1.Coca Cola İçecek - DAS · Yaşar Doğa Arıbaş
2.Jumbo - FarrFara · Erhan Uzun
3.Arkas Blue Moon · Serhat Altay

BCT 2

1.ZACAPA · Selim Kakış

Bosphorus Race

1.Setur Marinas Cheese · Levent Peynirci
2.Coca Cola İçecek - DAS · Yaşar Doğa Arıbaşcorr. +2:22 behind winner
=3Bogatyr · Maxim Logutenko
=3Jumbo FarrFara · Erhan Uzun

ORC 1

1.Team Code Zero · Michalis Belegris

ORC 2

1.Ebruli - KIS Global Yelken Takımı · Mehmet Dinçay

2021 · 15 results

FinalSources: bosphoruscup.org, hurriyet.com.trAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Overall · IRC

BTC 2

Cruiser

ORC

Sportsboat

Race metrics

Boats34median 62 over 6 editions

Course—inshore courses vary

Toughness20of 100, see below

Wind6 knmean on race days · gusts 24.9 kn

Sea0.3 mhighest waves on race days

Days3event days, start to finish

Toughness

Compare all races

20of 100 · average of 6 editions

Wind 7.2/306 kn mean
Gusts 8.3/1524.9 kn
Sea 1.5/200.3 m waves
Distance 0/25not published
Duration 3.3/103 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 Istanbul (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 (24).

International fleet 3+ days

Weather calendar · Istanbul

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	8.1	7.8	7.1	7.2	6.9	7.1	8.1	8.3	7.4	7.0	7.2	7.2
Windy days% ≥ 20 kn	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	7	4
Wavesm, daily max	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5
From	S	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	E	NE

Typical wind at Istanbul

Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.

Where the wind comes from

Share of days by direction in Sep.