Leaderboard 2025

News from the fleet   Both CYU Solitaire and Serendipity arrived in Rio de Janeiro under pouring rain. Locals were delighted, as the city has been enjoying the welcome relief of rain over the past few days. The weather certainly did not dampen the spirits on board either yacht – nor their enthusiasm for a […]

News from the fleet   SV NUNA: Father-and-son duo Andrew Dayton Snr and Andrew Dayton Jnr have completed the Cape2Rio Race aboard their Open 40, NUNA. When asked about the highlight of their crossing, both gave the same heartfelt answer – the time shared together as father and son. True bonding time at sea, and

News from the fleet   After a massive duel spanning 3,300 nautical miles and 22 days at sea, African Skimmer and Fryd finished within just 45 minutes of each other. On corrected time, Fryd edged ahead by a mere five minutes in the final miles of the race.   The Race Committee watched as Fryd

News from the fleet   SV Serendipity – Day 21 at sea and the finish line is no longer just a rumour — it’s starting to feel real. Mile by mile, Rio is creeping closer. We’ve now logged just over 3,300 nautical miles, with roughly 460 nm left to run. As we’ve pushed further west,

News from the fleet   While we wait on the arrival of Metric 4T in the next couple of hours there is still plenty of news and banter coming from the middle of the fleet!   SV African Skimmer: Another day for the records. We were sailing comfortably yesterday afternoon and it to the evening

News from the fleet     It was with great anticipation and excitement that the two Brazilian entries, Esperança and Audaz 2, finished the Cape2Rio Race within just two hours of each other! Great friends and fierce rivals, they are sure to celebrate tonight in true Brazilian style – with a famous Brazilian BBQ.  

News from the fleet   SV Fryd: Squalls, squalls and more squalls. We had the ambition of catching the African Skimmer, but it looks as if the Skimmer has the weather gods on its side. Last night we had some serious squalls coming in some time after midnight and we took the spinnaker down. Hoisted

News from the fleet   SV Vineta – It was with great excitement that the committee of the Cape2Rio 2025 Yacht Race welcomed the Line Honours winner, SV Vineta as she crossed the finish line in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, late yesterday afternoon. Skipper Felix Scheder Bieschin completed the crossing in a provisional time

News from the fleet   SV Vineta – Since I last wrote things have changed a bit aboard Vineta. The logbook starts off with the usual gybe, gybe, gybe story, but early yesterday a ship called the KN Arcadia made a brief appearance on the horizon and an equally brief mention in the logbook! Our day’s run

News from the fleet   SV Esperança: Today started lively around here. Right at the 07:00 GMT watch change we heard a loud bang, and it took us about 10 seconds to realize that the spinnaker halyard cover had run, causing the kite to drop about 2 meters from the masthead. The maneuver then was

News from the fleet   SV Alexforbes Angel Wings-Angel Wings has met a challenge in the Cape2Rio 2025 Race after the boom broke during a gybe. All crew are safe, the situation managed, and the team has successfully stabilised the boat and continues sailing toward Rio with little loss of speed. While the focus has

News from the fleet   SV Alexforbes Angel Wings: We had to drop the kite in the middle of the night and pole out Jib ,the wind was perfect however the cross swells made it difficult to control the boat, so we end up experiencing full on few broaches so i called for kite drop

News from the fleet   Daily news from African Skimmer: We have crossed the halfway mark with the mid Atlantic ridge directly below us. The end is in sight 🍾🥂🥳. Last 24 h have been very kind to us. We have been trucking along at 8-10 knots mostly with an A2 up yesterday and A4

  News from the fleet   Fryd Halfway to Rio, and I think it is time for some reflections of the race so far. Apart from having to retrieve to Saldanha Bay and carry out some 18 hours of repair and the fact that our whole Raymarine system including the autopilot went dead and we

  News from the fleet   Day 11 Snippets of news for our followers Vineta Lots more gybing over the last 24 hours…once again. A friend of mine once told me that sailing downwind is all about the Angels. She told me that ‘sometimes you have good Angels and sometimes you have bad Angels. Always

  News from the fleet   Day 10 update from the Cape2Rio fleet: The breeze is finally filling in across the course, much to the delight of crews settling into life at sea. SV Alexforbes Angel Wings: Toughest, Most Tiring Tactical Race Hello team — we hope the ocean has been kind to everyone. It’s

News from the fleet   News is quiet as the Cape2Rio fleet settles into the steady rhythm of the ocean, each boat finding its stride across the vast blue.   SV African Skimmer: African Skimmer reporting in. 12h00 GMT on 4 Jan 2026. Current position 25 deg 15.337’S, 003 deg 3.430’ E. Awesome last 24

News from the fleet   Quite a few of the fleet have crossed the meridian, a stunning moonrise from Vinetta and an incredible whale visit for Audaz II.   SV Vineta: Going through the logbook of the last 24 hours aboard Vineta does not make for very exciting reading, which is not to say that

News from the fleet   The fleet appears to be settling comfortably into their daily rhythms, with relatively quiet reports coming through today. A number of boats have crossed the meridian, marking the milestone with onboard celebrations, while others welcomed the New Year at sea in true Cape2Rio spirit.   SV African Skimmer: Some good

News from the fleet   News from the fleet on the 1st day of 2026! Lovely to hear the responses about their New Year surprise buckets! SV FRYD: Dawn on New Year’s Eve. I can probably put these 2 pics up every day for the next 17 days or so as that’s the limit of

News from the fleet It seems like it was an uneventful day from most of the fleet for the last day of 2025. A time for reflection and gratitude. SV Alexforbes Angel Wings: Greetings from the middle of the ocean! 🌊 It’s Day 5 of the Cape 2 Rio race, and the mood onboard *Alexforbes

News from the fleet Report back from FRYD All well aboard , except for my electrical toilet not flushing very well. Something to do with the fact that we did change the sea water inlet and there now being air in the pipes…However, the water maker seems to work well, so now we are using

News from the fleet   Report back from SV FRYD Finally some news from Fryd. So, after a somewhat troubling start, we are finally on the open seas again…, and Andrew has lost his first fish (more on that in later briefings.).On day one, as we entered the wind belt of the strong south easterly,

News from the fleet Report back from SV NUNA We had a rough start. 30 knot winds at the line shredded or J2 into spaghetti. Then we got stuck in the wind shadow outside of Cape Town for a few hours. Our luck quickly changed and we caught the wind heading NW. From sunset to