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The Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge competitors spend days at sea alone and pit their skills,
mental capacity and physical agility against ferocious weather conditions,
huge seas and the worry of being hit by a ship, whale or frequent gear failure

Race Start: 13:00 5 April 2026

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Ray White New Plymouth
Solo Trans-Tasman Challenge 2026

The 2026 edition of the race, which will be the 15th race in its history, will finish at the Southport Yacht Club on Queensland’s Gold Coast. It will once again start from the New Plymouth Yacht Club, Taranaki. The Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge is contested every four years and is the second-oldest continuously-run single-handed ocean race in the world. It's also the only race of its kind in the southern hemisphere and the 2026 race will cover 1240 nautical miles. Three classes will be catered for: Adventure class - Monohull, Adventure class - Multihull and IRC. Line honours is awarded the Sir Francis Chichester Trophy

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Wow, That Was Some Finish!

How exciting!A huge congratulations to Malcolm Dickson and the beautiful Sarau taking Line Honours and First Place in the Adventure-Monohull division at 1453 Yesterday in a race time of 10 days, 1 hour, 53 minutes, 50 seconds. This sets the…
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The Finishing Line Approaches

The Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Race history continues as the 14th race nears a winner. The race started in 1970 and is the second-oldest continuously-run single-handed ocean race in the world. It is the only race of its kind in the…
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Two Great Sailing Days, Smokin’

Monday evening’s remarks of “Great Sailing, 15kts beam reach” and “Smokin” back up the last two days' race statistics. Spirits are high, distances made good smashed 160nm and speeds crept over 9kts. Tuesday, saw the biggest day of the race…
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The Race Over the Weekend….

Great Speeds as First Yacht reaches Half-Way Day 5 Friday saw a building breeze from 17-25 Kts, coming from the right direction to enable our skippers to make progress toward Southport. After five days the first boat crossed the halfway…
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Four Septuagenarians Mid-Tasman

Featuring in this 14th Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht race are four septuagenarians, six previous finishers and two brothers. Malcolm Dickson remains at the front of the fleet with Sarau and has enjoyed a couple of lovely evenings mid-tasman. This is Malcolm’s…
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From Port to Fourth

72 hours into the Ray White New Plymouth Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge, it is living up to its name. The six remaining entrants have tracked north over the last 24 hours, most now sailing above the rhumb line trying to…
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2023 Race Start

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Three Retire from Challenge

Skippers of the Ray White New Plymouth Solo Trans-Tasman Challenge 2023 The latest news from the skippers…." all is well onboard" They have been sailing through challenging conditions for the last 48 hours with winds up to 45kn. Out in…
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The first 24-hours!

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2023 Start Line Arrivals

Alister Dickson -"Frontier" is the first competitor to arrive in Port Taranaki, New Plymouth for the start of the Ray White New Plymouth Solo Trans- Tasman Yacht Challenge 2023. RACE START: 13:00 9 APRIL 2023 Alister Dickson - Frontier Arrival…
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Only female skipper entered into Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Race 2023

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New Major Sponsor Announced

Ray White New Plymouth Naming Rights Sponsor for 2023 The Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge has been an inspirational link between New Zealand and Australia for more than 50 years, so it’s fitting that our new major sponsor also has Trans-Tasman…
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2023 Start Arrivals

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