Shiyut Arim
Haifa · IsraelAlso known as שיוט הערים, City Cruise, Cities Race
2026 · Amami (עממי)
- 2Hercules
- 1LOTUS
- 3Amici
- Type
- Coastal · 74 nm
- Scoring
- ORC
- Boats
- Rated yachts · Classics
- Usually
- September, October
- Next
- Sep 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
- Organiser
- Carmel Sailing Community (קהילת שייטים כרמל), Haifa
- Waters
- Levantine
- First held
- —
The course
Point to point · as sailed in 2026
- SStart line, Rosh Carmel area, HaifaStart
- 1Atlit gateGate
- 2Hadera gate (off Hadera coal jetty)Gate
- 3Netanya gateGate
- 4Herzliya Marina (day-1 finish line / day-2 start)Gate
- 5Ashdod gateGate
- FAshkelon Marina finish line (virtual)Finish
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.
68th edition (30 Sep–1 Oct 2026), two daily legs Haifa–Herzliya and Herzliya–Ashkelon; gate positions are midpoints of the published gate end coordinates. Herzliya is a stage finish/start, entered as a gate.
Six seasons
| Year | Winner (handicap, corrected) | Line honours (first home, elapsed) | Boats | Wind and sea | Toughness | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202630 Sep 2026 – 1 Oct 2026 | LOTUSAmami (עממי) | Not published | 42 | SW 5.9 kn, gusts 22waves up to 1.14 m | 38 | Official |
| 20259 Oct 2025 – 10 Oct 2025 | POPPA JOEAmami (עממי) | Not published | 29 | NW 5.1 kn, gusts 24.5waves up to 1.46 m | 40 | Official |
| 2024Cancelled | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20232 Oct 2023 – 3 Oct 2023 | OrcaAmami (עממי) | Not published | 51 | SW 7.5 kn, gusts 22.5waves up to 1.5 m | 42 | Official |
| 202213 Oct 2022 – 14 Oct 2022 | Hila 1Amami (עממי) | Not published | 41 | W 4.5 kn, gusts 19.2waves up to 0.76 m | 34 | Official |
| 202122 Sep 2021 – 23 Sep 2021 | ShvaAmami (עממי) | Not published | 59 | SW 9.2 kn, gusts 33.4 | 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
- Bellendaine2023 · 2025 · 20263yrs
- Rony 12022 · 20232yrs
- Lou of Ixopo2022 · 20252yrs
Boats that won here (overall, line honours or a class) in two years or more.
Podiums and class winners
2026 · 13 results
FinalSources: data.orc.org, cyc.co.ilAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Seabiscuit
- 2.SLYD · ISR
- 3.Hope · ISR
- 1.Vision
- 2.Blanc Bleu · ISR
- 3.Fearless · ISR
- 1.Bellendaine
- 2.Berta · ISR
- 3.Lou of Ixopo · ISR
2025 · 11 results
ProvisionalSources: sas.orc.org, data.orc.orgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Cyclop
- 2.Seabiscuit · ISRprovisional
- 3.SLYD · ISRprovisional
- 1.Lou of Ixopo
- 2.Blanc Bleu · ISRprovisional
- 3.Fearless · ISRprovisional
- 1.Bellendaine
- 2.Berta · ISRprovisional
2023 · 9 results
ProvisionalSources: sas.orc.org, data.orc.orgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Orcaprovisional
- 2.Runnyprovisional
- 3.Compass Roseprovisional
- 1.Rony 1provisional
- 2.Hopeprovisional
- 3.Senza Freniprovisional
- 1.Bellendaineprovisional
- 2.Minaprovisional
- 3.Semiramisprovisional
2022 · 12 results
ProvisionalSources: sas.orc.org, data.orc.orgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Rony 1provisional
- 2.Blanc Bleuprovisional
- 3.Senza Freniprovisional
- 1.Lou of Ixopoprovisional
- 2.Qween Emilyprovisional
- 3.Hatulie New Waveprovisional
2021 · 12 results
FinalSources: sas.orc.org, data.orc.orgAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Shva
- 2.Solara
- 3.Blue Heaven
- 1.Senza Freni
- 2.Rony 1 · ISR
- 3.Daya
- 1.Semiramis
- 2.Mina · ISR
- 3.Bellendaine · ISR
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 7.7/306.4 kn mean
- Gusts 8.1/1524.3 kn
- Sea 6/201.2 m waves
- Distance 16.5/2574 nm
- Duration 1.7/102 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 Haifa (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 (42).
Weather calendar · Haifa
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 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 7.4 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| From | SE | NW | W | NW | W | W | W | W | NW | NW | E | SE |
Typical wind at Haifa
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Sep, Oct.
Fact sheet
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- Race
- Shiyut Arim
- Kind
- coastal sailing race from Haifa, Israel
- Editions on record
- 5 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 42 boats (42 in the latest edition)
- Nations in the results
- 1
- Course
- 74 nautical miles
- Organiser
- Carmel Sailing Community (קהילת שייטים כרמל), Haifa
- Next edition
- usually Sep 2027
- Official site
- https://cyc.co.il/events/arim26
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- cyc.co.il — official event page: 68th Shiyut Arim 2026, 30 Sep–1 Oct; Haifa → Herzliya → Ashkelon, ORC1/2/3 + other classes, results on ORC data site
- en.wikipedia.org — says the event dates back to 1939 and covers most of the Israeli coast
- docs.google.com — Official 2026 SI (linked from cyc.co.il): course gates Haifa–Herzliya and Herzliya–Ashkelon, time limits