International Regatta Varna
Varna · BulgariaAlso known as Mezhdunarodna regata Varna
2025 · ILCA 6
- 2Vladimir ObreshkovBUL
- 1Kaloyan KalchevBUL
- 3Vassil ManevBUL
- Type
- Inshore
- Scoring
- One-design
- Boats
- Dinghies
- Usually
- July
- Next
- Jul 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
- Organiser
- Bulgarian Sailing Federation calendar event, supported by Varna Municipality and Port of Varna
- Waters
- Black Sea
- First held
- —
Where and when
Race dates
Usually in July
Race days 2025
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 202517 Jul 2025 – 20 Jul 2025 | Kaloyan KalchevILCA 6 | Not published | 15 | SW 5.7 kn, gusts 26.8waves up to 0.34 m | 22 | Official |
| 202417 May 2024 – 19 May 2024 | Marian ShangovILCA 6 | Not published | — | E 5.3 kn, gusts 20.2waves up to 0.66 m | 20 | Official |
| 202312 May 2023 – 14 May 2023 | Diana MarkovaILCA 6 | Not published | 9 | E 5.1 kn, gusts 25.1waves up to 1.16 m | 24 | Official |
| 202213 May 2022 – 15 May 2022 | Mihail BerberovILCA 6 | Not published | — | S 4.6 kn, gusts 20.4waves up to 0.38 m | 18 | Official |
| 20214 Jun 2021 – 6 Jun 2021 | Hristo Mladenov470 Men | Not published | 11 | NW 5.4 kn, gusts 22.7 | 17 | 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
2025 · 6 results
FinalSource: bulsaf.bgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Kaloyan Kalchev · BUL
- 2.Vladimir Obreshkov · BUL
- 3.Vassil Manev · BUL
- 1.Mihail Berberov · BUL
- 2.Mariyan Shangov · BUL
- 3.Radoslav Gavrailov · BUL
2024 · 3 results
FinalSource: bulsaf.bgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Marian Shangov · BUL
- 2.Bojidara Bozovaiska · BUL
- 3.Vladimir Stoyanov · BUL
2023 · 6 results
FinalSource: bulsaf.bgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Diana Markova · BUL
- 2.Daniel Tsenov · BUL
- 3.Radoslav Gavrailov · BUL
- 1.Mihail Berberov · BUL
- 2.Martin Penev · BUL
- 3.Savelii Ivakin · BUL
2022 · 3 results
FinalSource: bulsaf.bgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Mihail Berberov · BUL
- 2.Diana Markova · BUL
- 3.Hristo Mladenov · BUL
2021 · 5 results
FinalSource: bulsaf.bgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Hristo Mladenov · crew Yavor Nankov · BUL
- 2.Georgi Petkov · crew Georgi Baldzhiev · BUL
- 1.Mariela Nikolova · BUL
- 2.Radoslav Gavrailov · BUL
- 3.Nikola Georgiev · BUL
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 6.2/305.2 kn mean
- Gusts 7.7/1523 kn
- Sea 3/200.6 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 Varna (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: 2023 (24).
Weather calendar · Varna
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 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| From | W | NW | NW | NW | NE | NE | E | NE | NE | NW | NW | NW |
Typical wind at Varna
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Jul.
Fact sheet
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- Race
- International Regatta Varna
- Kind
- inshore sailing race from Varna, Bulgaria
- Editions on record
- 5 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 11 boats (15 in the latest edition)
- Nations in the results
- 1
- Organiser
- Bulgarian Sailing Federation calendar event, supported by Varna Municipality and Port of Varna
- Next edition
- usually Jul 2027
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- visit.varna.bg — Varna municipality: 'traditional' International Regatta Varna 2026, 9–12 Jul (racing 10–12), Optimist/420/ILCA/Finn, ~150 sailors from Bulgaria and abroad
- bulsaf.bg — BULSAF official calendar: International Regatta Varna 9–12 Jul 2026, organiser YC Kapitan G. Georgiev – Port Varna