Palamós Christmas Race
Palamós · SpainAlso known as Christmas Race
2025 · 29er
- 2Quentin BourrustQuentin Bourrust / Gautier Neau
- 1Jeroen DieperinkNED
- 3Braden OzarskiBraden Ozarski / Bennett Simpson
- Type
- Inshore
- Scoring
- One-design
- Boats
- Dinghies
- Usually
- December
- Next
- 18 Dec 2026
- Organiser
- Club de Vela Palamós (CN Costa Brava – Vela Palamós) with RFEV and Federació Catalana de Vela
- Waters
- Balearic
- First held
- 1968 · 58 years ago
Where and when
Race dates
Usually in December
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202618 Dec 2026 – 22 Dec 2026Coming up | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 202519 Dec 2025 – 22 Dec 2025 | Jeroen Dieperink29er | Not published | 213 | S 5.5 kn, gusts 25.5waves up to 1.7 m | 29 | Official |
| 202419 Dec 2024 – 22 Dec 2024 | Szymon Kolka29er | Not published | 230 | NW 6.3 kn, gusts 38.1waves up to 2.06 m | 36 | Official |
| 202319 Dec 2023 – 22 Dec 2023 | Tjed Wildeboer29er | Not published | 227 | W 4.6 kn, gusts 30.5waves up to 2.1 m | 31 | Official |
| 202219 Dec 2022 – 22 Dec 2022 | Marc Mesquida Barceló420 | Not published | 265 | SW 8.7 kn, gusts 29.5waves up to 1.08 m | 31 | Official |
| 202118 Dec 2021 – 22 Dec 2021 | Marc Mesquida Barceló420 | Not published | 241 | NW 3.4 kn, gusts 15.2waves up to 0.64 m | 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
2025 · 13 results
FinalSource: 2025.christmasrace.orgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Jeroen Dieperink · crew Rik Dieperink · NED
- 2.Quentin Bourrust · Quentin Bourrust / Gautier Neau · FRA
- 3.Braden Ozarski · Braden Ozarski / Bennett Simpson · USA
- 1.Asier Jaudenes de la Puente · crew Diego Coronado García · ESP
- 2.Iason Panagopoulos · Iason Panagopoulos / Fevronia Bouzana · GRE
- 3.Maria Christina Melaniti · Maria Christina Melaniti / Nefeli Podiadi · GRE
- 1.Ramon Figueras Moner · ESP
- 2.Pere Rentería Barber · Pere Rentería Barber · ESP
- 3.Roc Pérez Cardelús · Roc Pérez Cardelús · ESP
- 1.Marc Abara Barrientos · ESP
- 2.Vladik Lopez · Vladik Lopez · ESP
- 3.Nerea Obeso Picamal · Nerea Obeso Picamal · ESP
- 1.Toby Waggett · GBR
2024 · 11 results
FinalSources: 2024.christmasrace.org, yachtsandyachting.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Szymon Kolka · crew Bartosz Żmudziński · POL
- 2.Antonina Puchowska · Antonina Puchowska / Alicja Dampc · POL
- 3.Ikke Huber · Ikke Huber / Liam Berger · SUI
- 1.Antonina Puchowska · crew Alicja Dampc · POL
- 1.Alessio Cindolo · crew Sara Valente · ITA
- 2.Nicolas Margaria · Nicolas Margaria / Edoardo Cavero · ITA
- 3.Maria Blanco · Maria Blanco / Alex Camps · ESP
- 1.Giulia Schultze · crew Flavia Schultze · ITA
- 1.Bruno Römer · ARG
- 1.Ulysse Raison · SUI
- 1.Hanna Rogowskaya · POL
2023 · 12 results
FinalSource: 2023.christmasrace.orgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Tjed Wildeboer · crew Lars van den Berg · NED
- 2.Federica Contardi · Federica Contardi / Lorenzo Di Pietro · ITA
- 3.Santiago Nuñez Torres · Santiago Nuñez Torres / Ricardo de March Serrano · ESP
- 1.Neil Marsden · crew David Bromilow · GBR
- 2.Simon Prot · Simon Prot / Berier Joyet Swan · FRA
- 3.Alice Davis · Alice Davis / Oliver Rayner · GBR
- 1.Ben Anderson · GBR
- 2.Àlvar Vila · Àlvar Vila · ESP
- 3.Iiris Sepponen · Iiris Sepponen · FIN
- 1.Oskar Madonich · UKR
- 2.Gilda Dondona · Gilda Dondona · FRA
- 3.Abel Melens · Abel Melens · NED
2022 · 13 results
FinalSource: 2022.christmasrace.orgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Jonathan Lladó Krensler · SWE
- 2.Alex Martin · Alex Martin · ESP
- 3.Daniel Cabre · Daniel Cabre · ESP
- 1.Hieke Schraffordt · NED
- 2.Archie Munro-Price · Archie Munro-Price · GBR
- 3.Abel Melens · Abel Melens · NED
- 1.Sofiia Naumenko · UKR
- 2.Ascension Roca de Togores Benabent · Ascension Roca de Togores Benabent · ESP
- 3.Claudia Adán Lledó · Claudia Adán Lledó · ESP
- 1.Hidde Schraffordt · NED
2021 · 13 results
FinalSource: 2021.christmasrace.orgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Marc Mesquida Barceló · crew Ramon Jaume Villanueva · ESP
- 2.Pau Llibre Vinyes-Miralpeix · Pau Llibre Vinyes-Miralpeix / Alberto Marsans Theilacker · ESP
- 3.Colin Postel · Colin Postel / Louis Arnauld · FRA
- 1.Maria Bover · crew Pablo García · ESP
- 2.Marco Gradoni · Marco Gradoni / Alessandra Dubbini · ITA
- 3.Benedetta Di Salle · Benedetta Di Salle / Francesco Padovani · ITA
- 1.Floris Schraffordt · NED
- 2.Xavier García Ollé · Xavier García Ollé · ESP
- 3.Tatu Uusitalo · Tatu Uusitalo · FIN
- 1.Daniel Cardona · ESP
- 2.Daan Boekholt · Daan Boekholt · NED
- 3.Isabel Hernández Peña · Isabel Hernández Peña · ESP
- 1.Ricard Castellví Melià · ESP
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 6.8/305.7 kn mean
- Gusts 9.3/1527.8 kn
- Sea 7.5/201.5 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 Palamós (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 (36).
Weather calendar · Palamós
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 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 5.8 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| From | NW | W | NW | N | SW | S | SE | SE | NE | NW | NW | NW |
Typical wind at Palamós
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Dec.
Fact sheet
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- Race
- Palamós Christmas Race
- Kind
- inshore sailing race from Palamós, Spain
- First held
- 1968
- Editions on record
- 5 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 230 boats (213 in the latest edition)
- Nations in the results
- 13
- Organiser
- Club de Vela Palamós (CN Costa Brava – Vela Palamós) with RFEV and Federació Catalana de Vela
- Next edition
- 18 Dec 2026
- Official site
- https://christmasrace.org/
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- fishingboating.world — 49th edition Dec 2025
- 29er.org — 29er EuroCup stage
- christmasrace.org — Official site: 50th edition 18–22 Dec 2026; organisers Club Vela Palamós with RFEV and Federació Catalana de Vela