Presidential International Yacht Races – Cyprus Cup (Marmaris–Kyrenia)
Marmaris · Türkiye → CyprusAlso known as Kıbrıs Kupası, North Cyprus Cup, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Uluslararası Yat Yarışları Kıbrıs Etabı
2025 · Overall
- 1Deniz Harp Okulu Team (Arma)Ahmet Gönenç Torun
- Type
- Offshore · 300 nm
- Scoring
- ORC
- Boats
- Rated yachts · Cruiser-friendly
- Usually
- July, November
- Next
- 16 Nov 2026
- Organiser
- İstanbul Açık Deniz Yat Yarış Kulübü (Istanbul Open Sea Yacht Racing Club)
- Waters
- Levantine
- First held
- —
The course
Point to point · as sailed in 2026
- SMarmarisStart
- FGirne (Kyrenia), CyprusFinish
Organiser's course Straight lines between the marks, not the track boats sail. Named marks sit at the named island or cape, not on the exact rounding line. For planning and interest; the sailing instructions decide.
Press calendar of the 7th Presidential races (16-19 Nov 2026); no intermediate marks or distance published.
Six seasons
| Year | Winner (handicap, corrected) | Line honours (first home, elapsed) | Boats | Wind and sea | Toughness | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202616 Nov 2026 – 19 Nov 2026Coming up | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 202520 Jul 2025 | Deniz Harp Okulu Team (Arma)OverallAhmet Gönenç Torun | Arkın Group Sailing Teamabout 50 hours | — | N 4.2 kn, gusts 26.2waves up to 0.38 m | 37 | Official |
| 2024No edition | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023No edition | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022No edition | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021No edition | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 · 11 results
FinalSource: benguturk.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 5/304.2 kn mean
- Gusts 8.7/1526.2 kn
- Sea 2/200.4 m waves
- Distance 21.8/25300 nm
- Duration 0/10end dates unknown
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 Marmaris (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: 2025 (37).
Weather calendar · Marmaris
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 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| From | E | NE | N | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | N | NE | E |
Typical wind at Marmaris
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Jul, Nov.
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
- Presidential International Yacht Races – Cyprus Cup (Marmaris–Kyrenia)
- Kind
- offshore sailing race from Marmaris, Türkiye
- Editions on record
- 1 since 2021
- Course
- 300 nautical miles
- Latest overall winner
- Deniz Harp Okulu Team (Arma) (2025)
- Organiser
- İstanbul Açık Deniz Yat Yarış Kulübü (Istanbul Open Sea Yacht Racing Club)
- Next edition
- 16 Nov 2026
- Official site
- https://sailturkiye.racing/en/
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- orc.org — ORC: 2025 North Cyprus Cup 20–23 Jul, Marmaris Bay to Kyrenia, 300 nm
- turkgun.com — 6th edition Cyprus leg started from Marmaris
- haberturk.com — 2026 calendar lists Kıbrıs Kupası 16–19 Nov 2026 (not yet sailed)
- sailturkiye.racing — Official series site (İstanbul Açıkdeniz Yat Yarış Spor Kulübü)
- fanatik.com.tr — 2026 programme: Kıbrıs Kupası 16–19 Nov, Marmaris → Girne