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Peters & May are delighted to congratulate the Royal Cape Yacht Club , Cape Town South Africa and the Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro on agreeing to stage a 2023 edition of this illustrious ocean race from Africa to South America commencing 02 January 2023 . We have published a shipping schedule to get […]

Prior to our announcement this past weekend we made contact with the first ever line honours winner of the Cape to Rio Race held in 1971. We asked Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, first man ever to sail single handed non-stop around the world to recount for us his memories of the race. This is what he

Dawn Jorgensen Reporting from Rio de Janeiro. The Cape2Rio2020 Prize Giving took place next to the expansive palm tree lined pool at the Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro at 6pm on 2nd February 2020 with crews, family, friends and supporters invited to share the warmth and spirit of the culminating event of this edition

Dawn Jorgensen Reporting from Rio de Janeiro. Arrivals, 31st January 2020 Ballyhoo Too Tam Tam Northern Light With 16 of the participating boats arrived and in port, their crews regrouping after what was by all accounts a tough edition of the Cape2Rio race, the next three South African boats were nearing their end destination. Ballyhoo

Dawn Jorgensen Reporting from Rio de Janeiro.  Umoya Argonaut San Salvador Myrtle Of Bonnievale Ronin Adriana The 30th January proved to be the busiest on the Cape2Rio 2020 race finish line, with six boats coming in between the early hours and late evening UTC. The race committee eagerly awaiting them just beyond Guanabara Bay, while

Dawn Jorgensen Reporting from Rio de Janeiro. Sulanga Saravah Zulu Girl powered by Mazi Asset Management Sulanga There were numerous false starts on the morning of the 29th January, as the Race Committee heeded to word that Sulanga, the gorgeous Mumby 48 catamaran skippered by Dr Klaus Wiswedel, would be nearing the finish line before

And so…as the finished sailors regather and regroup in Rio…and by all accounts there is concurrence that this was a tough edition of the race out on the transcontinental waters…the recharge commences.

Reporting from Rio de Janeiro: Arrivals, 28th January 2020: Ciao Bella – JM BUSHA 54 SAILING TEAM, Haspa Hamburg, Mussulo 40 – Team Angola Cables and Almagores II

It’s an overwhelming sense of triumph. We did it. We crossed the ocean. We survived the dangers. We dealt with the problems. We’ve experienced something few people on the planet can even imagine.

What an amazing day full of finishers! A massive release of a spectrum of emotions from the sailors, families, friends and race supporters as the first five monohulls cross the finish line.

Isn’t it ironic that there was such instant calm after the storm, as boat after boat parked up after their various transitions through Kurumí’s barbed and violently wagging tail?

The storm has not yet passed for all of the fleet. There’s an interesting reality for all the enthusiastic followers of the highly addictive tracker for the race: it’s a one way ticket.

The Brazilian Navy, through the Navy Hydrography Center (CHM) and multiple collaborators, has issued a warning predicting the formation of a cyclone starting on the 23rd, when it may be classified as Subtropical Depression.

The all-consuming battle between Love Water and Maserati looks set to deliver its grand finale in the next 24 hours. It’s not over yet…