Thousand Islands Race
Rijeka · Croatia → MontenegroAlso known as Regata tisuću otoka, 1000 Islands Race
2023 · Overall
- 2EmiliaAlfred Vorderegger
- 1KarpoMaks Vrecko
- 3TalantaMicheal Puehse
- Type
- Offshore · 278 nm
- Scoring
- ORC
- Boats
- Rated yachts
- Usually
- September
- Next
- Sep 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
- Organiser
- Riječki jedriličarski klub (SCOR) with Porto Montenegro Yacht Club
- Waters
- Adriatic
- First held
- 2013 · 13 years ago
The course
Out and back · as sailed in 2025
- SRijekaStart
- 1UnijeMark · leave to starboard
- 2SusakMark · leave to starboard
- 3PremudaMark · leave to starboard
- 4Dugi OtokMark · leave to starboard
- 5KornatMark · leave to starboard
- 6VisMark · leave to starboard
- 7LastovoMark · leave to starboard
- 8Sveti AndrijaMark · leave to starboard
- 9Porto Montenegro, Tivat (turning port)Mark
- FRijekaFinish
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.
Leg 1 Rijeka–Porto Montenegro leaves the listed islands to starboard; leg 2 back to Rijeka leaves the same islands to port (return order not listed, so not repeated here). Start/finish marks not named.
| Year | Winner (handicap, corrected) | Line honours (first home, elapsed) | Boats | Wind and sea | Toughness | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Not confirmed | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025Not confirmed | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024Not confirmed | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 202317 Sep 2023 – 25 Sep 2023 | KarpoOverallMaks Vrecko | Not published | 7 | E 3.4 kn, gusts 29.5waves up to 0.22 m | 46 | Official |
| 202218 Sep 2022 | ElayaOverall · ORC | Damaco | 7 | NE 3.8 kn, gusts 18.5waves up to 0.2 m | 33 | Official |
| 202118 Sep 2021 | ElayaOverall · ORC | Damaco4d 17:10:10 | 6 | NE 5.1 kn, gusts 33.6 | 39 | 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
Boats that won here (overall, line honours or a class) in two years or more.
Podiums and class winners
2023 · 3 results
FinalSource: yachtsandyachting.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- 1.Karpo · Maks Vrecko · SLO
- 2.Emilia · Alfred Vorderegger · AUT
- 3.Talanta · Micheal Puehse · AUT
2022 · 4 results
FinalSource: regate.com.hrAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- LHDamaco
- 1.Elaya · crew to defend the title
- 2.Karpo · Maks Vrečko
- 3.Damaco · Berislav Vranić
2021 · 4 results
FinalSource: regate.com.hrAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- LHDamacoel. 4d 17:10:10
- 1.Elaya
- 2.Macropus · Žiga Meharel. 105:38:29
- 3.Damaco · Berislav Vranićel. 95:10:10
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 4.9/304.1 kn mean
- Gusts 9.1/1527.2 kn
- Sea 1/200.2 m waves
- Distance 21.5/25278 nm
- Duration 10/109 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 Rijeka (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 (46).
Weather calendar · Rijeka
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 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| From | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE | NE |
Typical wind at Rijeka
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Sep.
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
- Thousand Islands Race
- Kind
- offshore sailing race from Rijeka, Croatia
- First held
- 2013
- Editions on record
- 3 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 7 boats (7 in the latest edition)
- Nations in the results
- 2
- Course
- 278 nautical miles
- Latest overall winner
- Karpo (2023)
- Organiser
- Riječki jedriličarski klub (SCOR) with Porto Montenegro Yacht Club
- Next edition
- usually Sep 2027
- Official site
- https://www.scor.hr/regate/2025e/tir.htm
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- hjs.hr — previously recorded
- yachtsandyachting.com — previously recorded
- marinebusinessworld.com — previously recorded
- scor.hr — SCOR (Sailing Club of Rijeka) official race page, 2025 edition 19–28 Sep 2025; scor.hr redirects here
- scor.hr — 2024 edition page: 14–23 Sep 2024, 7 boats (5 AT, 2 SI)