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Second leg of 9th Thousand Islands Race from Porto Montenegro to finish line in Rijeka harbour would be for long retold among its participants. It was hard to imagine that all boats will finish within 2 minutes after 278 NM but that indeed happened.

For almost two-thirds of the course boats were in an even fight and results under corrected time during the race were showing that this could be one of the most even lego f the Thousand Islands Race ever. The three best boats on the first leg, the Slovenian „Elaya“ and „Karpo“ and the Croatian „Damaco“ constantly alternated lead under corrected time with none of them achieving a significant advantage.

However, upon reaching island Pag, real time leader „Damaco“ hit calm first and others some 20 NM behind were catching under south wind that was breaking through. That was for Berislav Vranić and his crew on „Damaco“ „history repeating“ from the last year. In the last part of the second leg from island Rab to the finish in Rijeka the start-stop racing continued in anticipation of Jugo to fill Kvarner bay. This ultimately resulted in the first three boats finishing only 1:45 minutes apart. „Damaco“ still won the title of the fastest boat in real time crossing the finish line after 50:02:35 hours.

However, it was clear that according to the corrected time the order was the same as in the first leg allowing Dušan Ušeničnik's Slovenian „Elaya“ to win the title of the Thousand Islands Race for the second time in a row. Second place went to his club mate Maks Vrečko with „Kapro“, while „Damaco“ had to settle for third place overall. After retirement of two multihulls in the first leg, the Austrian „Sayg I“ of Andreas Hofmeier raced the second leg as the only multihull in the regatta. Even significantly smaller than the other monohulls, „Sayg I“ came seriously close to the leaders in contest for fastest boat of the second leg, finishing just 3:47 minutes behind „Damaco“.

Monohulls
1. Elaya    SLO  Dušan Ušeničnik  JK Loka Timing
2. Karpo   SLO  Maks Vrečko       JK Loka Timing
3. Damaco CRO Berislav Vranić    JK Galeb, Kostrena

Multihulls
1. Sayg I   AUT  Andreas Hofmaier OSV

Next year will bring the jubilee 10th edition of the Thousand Islands Race and all this year's participants have already registered for it and with them larger number of boats are expected in the adventure and challenge that provides the best course for offshore races that nature can design. Final results ...
 








 		  


Slovenian „Elaya“ with her owner Dušan Ušeničnik at the helm is the winner of first leg of 9th Thousand Islands Race sailed on 278 nautical miles long course from Rijeka to Porto Montenegro marina in Tivat.

First leg has brought all that best describes Thousand Islands Race as one of the most demanding regattas in Adriatic setting up hard to resist challenges and at the same time hard to conquer. It started with already traditional calm at the start in Rijeka. However, on the course among over thousand islands of Croatian part of Adriatic winds were as strong as 30 knots at times. That has led to retirement of three boats luckily without harm to any crew. Firstly Austrian „Vento Cadela“ had to retire due to damage to its forestay and returned to Rijeka in the first night from Sunday 18 September to Monday 19 September. Secondly Austrian „Canopus“ with crew of two retired after passing Lošinj and thirdly Austrian trimaran „Namaste“ was after damaging one of its hulls sought help and found shelter in calm port of Gršćica on the island Korčula.    

The finish line in Tivat was firstly crossed by Croatian „Damaco“ owned by Berislav Vranić after 49:23:03 racing hours. It was swiftly apparent that his lead under corrected time will be hard to keep because „Elaya“ was close and have crossed the line just 43 minutes after „Damaco“ and took the lead under corrected time. It was also sufficient that no other boat can overtake her neither, because Slovenian „Kapro“ owned by Maks Vrečko finished more than two hours after „Elaya“, however, still enough to place him second under corrected time. Podium for the first leg will be occupied as follows:

1. Elaya     SLO        Dušan Ušeničnik  JK Loka Timing
2. Karpo    SLO        Maks Vrečko      JK Loka Timing
3. Damaco  CRO       Berislav Vranić   JK Galeb, Kostrena

Last boat to arrive to the finish line was Austrian trimaran „Sayg I“, only remaining multihull in the race deserving a recognition for its persistency and endurance in these hard conditions.

On Wednesday 21 September, after short rest, promotional race regatta Thousand Island + 2 will be organised by Porto Montenegro Yacht Club where participants of Thousand Islands Race will join local sailors that will be followed by award ceremony for both regattas. 

Second leg of Thousand Islands Race will start on Thursday 22 September from Tivat on the same course back to Rijeka where boats are expected to arrive from Saturday 24 September to Sunday 25 September. Complete results ...
 








 		  


Sailing Club of Rijeka and Porto Montenegro Yacht Club are privileged to announce dates and invite sailors to the ninth Thousand Islands Race from 16 - 25 September 2022. The race that is run among more than 1000 Adriatic islands is sailed on what we like to call as the best offshore course that nature may design.

There are two legs and participating yachts can choose to race leg 1 only, leg 2 only or both legs. First leg is starting on Sunday, September 18th at 12:00 in front of the historic Rijeka harbour in Croatia. Race course is set to leave islands Unije, Susak, Premuda, Dugi Otok, Kornat, Vis, Lastovo and Sv. Andrija on starboard and finish in front of Porto Montenegro marina in Tivat, Montenegro. Over distance of about 280 miles, challenge of navigating among the many islands and channels of the Croatian coast and fascinating Boka Kotorska bay await competitors. In return they are awarded by pleasure of sport and stunning region's natural beauty known around the world for its character.

After the prize giving party on Wednesday, September 21st, the fleet races back to Rijeka on the same course, starting on Thursday, September 22nd followed by the prize giving scheduled for Sunday, September 25th in Rijeka.

The 1000 islands + 2 race is planned on Wednesday, September 21st in Boka bay. Thousand Islands Race, already outstanding sailing experience in addition with its social events in Rijeka and Porto Montenegro marina would give good time together, seeing fellow sailors and meeting new friends.

Both legs records were set in 2015 by Hungarian Wild Joe. 27h 25m 5s with average speed of 10.14 kt for Leg 1 and 32h 45s with speed of 8.86 kt for Leg 2 are recognized by the World Speed Sailing Record Council. This is new challenge for Thousand Islands Race participants and opportunity to be listed in World Speed Sailing Records.

Entries in monohull division need an ORC Club or ORC International certificate and for multihull division, MOCRA certificate. Accepted are also double handed crews as separate category. Nautika Centar Nava is offering X4.3 yachts for charter for one or both legs of the Thousand Islands Race. Boats are equipped with racing sails, safety equipment and ORC certificate. Available charter options ...

Please consult Notice of Race for details, and also accommodation details in Rijeka and Tivat as well as logistic information about both venues. There are options for crew availability. In addition we would be very happy to answer your queries via scor@scor.hr. The easiest way to make your entry is on-line entry form. We are looking forward to see list of entered boats grow and host top sailors on this unique offshore race.
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