Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club together with the Royal Akarana Yacht Club invite competitors to participate in the Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2025, 11 October.
A dramatic and compelling ocean (and we mean ‘ocean’) racecourse has been shoe-horned into the start of next year’s busy Spring / Summer sailing season.
The race will start in Sydney Harbour on 11 October 2025 and finish in Auckland Harbour. This challenging trans-Tasman 1,250nm Category 1 race is open to offshore cruising and racing yachts, Two-Handed Yachts, superyachts and ocean racing multihulls.
Entries for the Category 1 Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race, to be held by Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Association with the Royal Akarana Yacht Club in New Zealand, close on 11 September 2025.
We are expecting boats to finish from mid week onwards
RAYC is hosting welcomes and prizegiving




