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TAYK – Eker Olympos Regatta

Istanbul (Kalamış) · TürkiyeAlso known as Olympos Regatta

Official site Usually Aug 2027 Compare

2026 · Overall · IRC

2Cheetah - Team Acadia
1Orient Express 6 - Atabay Challengers
3DAS - Coca Cola İçecek

Overview Results6 Conditions News2 Fact sheet

Type: Mixed
Scoring: IRC · One-design
Boats: Rated yachts · Sportboats · Match racing
Classes: J70
Usually: August
Next: Aug 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
Organiser: Türkiye Açıkdeniz Yarış Kulübü (TAYK) with Türkiye Yelken Federasyonu and Eker
Waters: Marmara
First held: —

Where and when

Race dates

Usually August

Usually in August

8 kn from NE1% of days 20 kn+ · waves 0.34 m

Race days 2026

8.4 kn NE, gusts 34.8waves up to 0.66 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
20267 Aug 2026 – 16 Aug 2026	Orient Express 6 - Atabay ChallengersOverall · IRC	Not published	35	NE 8.4 kn, gusts 34.8waves up to 0.66 m	35	Official
202515 Aug 2025 – 17 Aug 2025	ENKA / CHEESE IVIRC 002:43:57	Not published	33	NE 11.5 kn, gusts 40.8waves up to 0.66 m	34	Official
202416 Aug 2024 – 18 Aug 2024	ENKA CHEESE IVOverall · IRC	Not published	27	NE 10.3 kn, gusts 31.9waves up to 0.46 m	29	Official
202318 Aug 2023 – 20 Aug 2023	FENERBAHÇE DOĞUŞ YELKEN YAT TAKIMI - FENERBAHCE 1Overall · IRC	Not published	25	NE 13.8 kn, gusts 39.5waves up to 0.62 m	36	Official
202219 Aug 2022 – 21 Aug 2022	GOBLIN 3OverallVEDAT TEZMAN - OGUZ AYAN	Not published	20	NE 6.9 kn, gusts 22.5waves up to 0.3 m	21	Official
202120 Aug 2021 – 22 Aug 2021	ORIENT EXPRESS VIOverall · IRCZEKİ BÜLENT ATABAY & N. ZEYNEP TAŞKENT	Not published	17	NE 9.7 kn, gusts 28.4	24	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

2026 · 9 results

FinalSources: dha.com.tr, gazetebirlik.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Overall · IRC

1.Orient Express 6 - Atabay Challengers
2.Cheetah - Team Acadia
3.DAS - Coca Cola İçecek

Overall · IRC

IRC GO

1.BAU Club - Sail Go

J70

1.Team Nautique Yachting

J70 Match Race

1.Eker Kaymak

2025 · 13 results

FinalSource: tayk.org.trAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

IRC 0

1.ENKA / CHEESE IV el. 02:20:44 · corr. 02:43:57
2.COCA COLA İÇECEK / DAS el. 02:20:53 · corr. 02:43:59
3.BORUSAN RACING / CILGIN SIGMA 2 el. 02:21:17 · corr. 02:44:27

IRC 1

1.DOĞUŞ / FENERBAHCE 1 el. 02:24:53 · corr. 02:38:56
2.GÖZALAN / ALIZE M12 el. 02:27:16 · corr. 02:45:23
3.AKKÖK HOLDİNG / CHEESE VIII el. 02:37:20 · corr. 02:49:08

IRC 2

1.ANT YAPI TEAM / SENSEI el. 02:33:10 · corr. 02:39:54
2.EKER SAILING TEAM / DAS CARINA el. 02:46:59 · corr. 02:51:30
3.ZACAPA el. 02:50:26 · corr. 02:53:10

IRC 3

1.ICE YACHTS-ISTANBUL SAILING CENTER / ALCHERA el. 01:52:07 · corr. 01:49:39
2.CANİAS - İAS / ELECTRON el. 01:51:34 · corr. 01:50:07
3.SHELL / ALIZE el. 01:54:51 · corr. 01:51:10

IRC 4

1.MYSK SAILING TEAM - GELNER / MAYK el. 01:48:25 · corr. 01:43:19

2024 · 9 results

FinalSources: tayk.org.tr, dha.com.trAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Overall · IRC

J70 Match Race

1.Doğa Arıbaş Sailing Team · Doğa Arıbaş
2.Bogatyrs · Igor Rytov
3.Eker · Ahmet Eker

2023 · 6 results

FinalSource: tayk.org.trAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Overall · IRC

2022 · 15 results

FinalSource: tayk.org.trAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Overall

1.GOBLIN 3 · VEDAT TEZMAN - OGUZ AYAN
2.CHEESE V · LEVENT PEYNIRCI / GUNEY KAPTAN
3.CARINA · YASAR DOGA ARIBAS

IRC 0

IRC 1

1.GOBLIN 3 · VEDAT TEZMAN - OGUZ AYAN
2.ALIZE 1070 · Sinan Sümer
3.AKPA CHEMICALS · Kemal Darcan / Levent Peynirci

IRC 2

1.Das Carina · Yaşar Doğa Arıbaş · TUR
2.CHEESE V · Levent Peynirci / Güney Kaptan
3.FENERBAHCE 5 · Uğur Esen

IRC 3

1.Falcon · Deniz Yılmaz / Berk Balta · TUR
2.ELECTRON · Bartu Özsoy / Cenk Tekkaya
3.LINEA ROSSA · Onur Tok

2021 · 15 results

FinalSource: tayk.org.trAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Overall · IRC

1.ORIENT EXPRESS VI · ZEKİ BÜLENT ATABAY & N. ZEYNEP TAŞKENT
2.AKKİM KİMYA CHEESE V · LEVENT PEYNİRCİ / GÜNEY KAPTAN
3.PİNOKYO · VEDAT TEZMAN

Overall · IRC

1.ETİ ALİZE · SİNAN SÜMER / EMRE YÜKSEL
2.ÖZAY SAILING TEAM - ELECTRON · CENK TEKKAYA / BARTU ÖZSOY

IRC 0

IRC I

IRC II

1.AKKİM KİMYA CHEESE V · LEVENT PEYNİRCİ / GÜNEY KAPTAN
2.LOGO
3.RADİKA

IRC III

1.ETİ ALİZE · SİNAN SÜMER / EMRE YÜKSEL

Race metrics

Boats35median 26 over 6 editions

Course—inshore courses vary

Toughness29of 100, see below

Wind10.1 knmean on race days · gusts 33 kn

Sea0.5 mhighest waves on race days

Days3event days, start to finish

Toughness

Compare all races

29of 100 · average of 6 editions

Wind 12.1/3010.1 kn mean
Gusts 11/1533 kn
Sea 2.5/200.5 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 (Kalamış) (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 (36).

One-design 3+ days

Weather calendar · Istanbul (Kalamış)

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 (Kalamış)

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

Where the wind comes from

Share of days by direction in Aug.