Tour de Corse à la Voile
Bonifacio · FranceAlso known as Bonifacio IRC Cup, Tour de Corse LV Overseas, L'Hivernale (1993)
2026 · Overall · IRC
- 2Telemaque IIEric Merlier
- 1Jacanda IIIMarc Rouanne
- 3MysticQuentin Duforest
- Type
- Offshore · 250 nm
- Scoring
- IRC
- Boats
- Rated yachts · Cruiser-friendly
- Usually
- October
- Next
- Oct 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
- Organiser
- Yacht Club de Bonifacio
- Waters
- Ligurian
- First held
- 1993 · 33 years ago
- Course record
- 1d 02:54SFS (VOR 70) (Lionel Péan), 2014
The course
Round course · 245 nm · as sailed in 2026
- SBonifacio, start line off the cliffsStart
- 1Iles Sanguinaires (and dangers)Mark · leave to starboard
- 2Cap CorseMark · leave to starboard
- 3Iles Lavezzi (and dangers)Mark · leave to starboard
- FBonifacio finish line (180 deg from Pointe du Timon)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.
Course #11 (clockwise). Skippers vote the direction the evening before; course #12 is the same marks anticlockwise (Lavezzi, Cap Corse, Sanguinaires, all to port). Giraglia is not a mark.
| Year | Winner (handicap, corrected) | Line honours (first home, elapsed) | Boats | Wind and sea | Toughness | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20266 Oct 2026 – 11 Oct 2026 | Jacanda IIIOverall · IRCMarc Rouanne | Team Guenifey26h08 | 40 | NW 10 kn, gusts 37.7waves up to 2.66 m | 67 | Official |
| 20259 Oct 2025 – 12 Oct 2025 | RAN 7Overall · IRCNiklas Zennstrom | Final Final30h51 | — | E 6.8 kn, gusts 30.3waves up to 0.88 m | 49 | Official |
| 202410 Oct 2024 – 13 Oct 2024 | Long CourrierOverall · IRCGery Trentesaux | Pè Bunifaziu1d 10:13 | 34 | W 9.8 kn, gusts 36.2waves up to 2.26 m | 61 | Official |
| 202319 Oct 2023 – 22 Oct 2023 | Not published | Arobas30h57'09 | 40 | W 11.1 kn, gusts 39.8waves up to 2.38 m | 65 | Official |
| 202213 Oct 2022 – 16 Oct 2022 | Hôtel A MadonettaIRCArnaud Vuillemin | Not published | 20 | NW 7.9 kn, gusts 27.8waves up to 1.1 m | 50 | Official |
| 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.
Won it most
- Eleven2024 · 20262yrs
Boats that won here (overall, line honours or a class) in two years or more.
Podiums and class winners
2026 · 10 results
FinalSource: corsenetinfos.corsicaAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- LHTeam Guenifey · Julien Llorcael. 26h08
2025 · 4 results
FinalSources: ircrating.org, corsenetinfos.corsicaAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- LHFinal Final · Russell Whitworth · USAel. 30h51
- 1.RAN 7 · Niklas Zennstrom · SWE
- 2.Lisa R · Giovanni Di Vincenzo
- 3.Team Guenifey · Kito de Pavant
2024 · 7 results
FinalSource: corsenetinfos.corsicaAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
2023 · 1 results
FinalSource: corsenetinfos.corsicaAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
- LHArobas · Gérard Logelel. 30h57'09
2022 · 6 results
FinalSource: corsenetinfos.corsicaAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.
Race metrics
Toughness
Compare all races- Wind 10.9/309.1 kn mean
- Gusts 11.5/1534.4 kn
- Sea 9.5/201.9 m waves
- Distance 21.1/25250 nm
- 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 Bonifacio (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: 2026 (67).
Weather calendar · Bonifacio
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 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 10.3 | 9.0 |
| Windy days% ≥ 20 kn | 27 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 17 |
| Wavesm, daily max | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| From | NW | NW | NW | NW | W | W | W | W | NW | N | NW | NW |
Typical wind at Bonifacio
Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.
Where the wind comes from
Share of days by direction in Oct.
What it takes to enter
Notice of race 2026 Entry page Checked 2026-10-29
Deadlines
- Online pre-registration by 30 Sep 2026; confirmation, checks and payment in Bonifacio on 6-7 Oct; registration closes 17:00 on 7 Oct. source
Rating certificate
Safety
- World Sailing OSR Category 3, changed: life raft required, AIS transponder not required, extinguishers to French division 240/245. source
- Double-handed boats must carry 2 personal AIS beacons; RSO 3 equipment checks at registration. source
- Organiser tracker issued at registration against a 500 EUR deposit cheque. source
Licences and IDs
- France residents need a 2026 FFVoile competition licence; foreigners show membership of a World Sailing national authority. source
Crew list
Insurance
- Foreign non-FFVoile sailors need racing liability cover of at least 1,500,000 EUR, or buy a licence on site. source
Entry fee
- 130 EUR per boat plus 60 EUR per crew member. source
Also needed
2026 NoR in English (31st edition, 8-11 Oct 2026, Bonifacio) with Amendment 1 of 6 Sep 2026, from the YC Bonifacio documents page. French avis de course takes precedence. 2027 NoR not yet published.
Summarised from the organiser's documents; the notice of race is what counts.
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
- Tour de Corse à la Voile
- Kind
- offshore sailing race from Bonifacio, France
- First held
- 1993
- Editions on record
- 5 since 2021
- Typical fleet
- 37 boats (40 in the latest edition)
- Nations in the results
- 2
- Course
- 250 nautical miles
- Course record
- 1d 02:54, SFS (VOR 70) (Lionel Péan), 2014
- Latest overall winner
- Jacanda III (2026)
- Organiser
- Yacht Club de Bonifacio
- Next edition
- usually Oct 2027
- Official site
- https://www.ycbonifacio.fr/tour-de-corse-a-la-voile/
Results as published by the organiser Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0 Dates as announced
Sources
- visit-corsica.com — listing: 5–11 Oct (year unclear), 250 nm non-stop round Corsica
- ycbonifacio.fr — Yacht Club de Bonifacio official page: 2026 programme 3–11 Oct, Tour start 8 Oct 12:00, closing 11 Oct; first held 1993 as 'l'Hivernale' from Porto-Vecchio
- corsenetinfos.corsica — Corse Net Infos Oct 2025: 30th Tour de Corse LV Overseas, 250 nm, ~50 boats, part of IRC European Championship
- ircrating.org — IRC European Championship 2025 (Bonifacio) schedule