Welcome to the New Nassau Cup Race Website

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2010 Dates Skipper's Meeting - November 10 Race Starts - November 11 Awards Ceremony - November 13

Recent Race News:

June 18, 2010
Southern Ocean Winter Racing Kick Off – Nassau Cup
Paige Brooks SORC PR - The 77th Anniversary Nassau Cup Race, from Miami to Nassau, opens the South Florida ocean racing season this year on November 11th.  Running since 1934, this race is known for its share of great racers and dramatic weather.  Starting in the balmy Atlantic waters off of South Florida, sailors must navigate their way across the often tricky Gulf Stream on this 176 nm easterly course to the Bahamas.

Competitors over the history of this challenging race include race winner Ted Turner on Tenacious to the more recent four-time winner, Jim Bishop, on Gold Digger. Past contenders for the Cup include Dennis Conner, Dick Bertram, Ted Hood and Bobby Symonette.  This race has been covered by the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, numerous local papers, and is featured in the recently published Legend of Imp, which won her division several times in the 1970s. 

Fully crewed ocean racing category 2 monohull and multi-hull boats 30’ and over are invited to participate. SORC may also add a double-handed division (please contact the organizers for more information).

The Notice of Race is now posted HERE.

The Coral Reef Yacht Club, Lauderdale Yacht Club, Nassau Yacht Club and the Storm Trysail Club combine to sponsor this race, which is managed by SORC for the collective group. 

January 1, 2010
New SORC Event!
SORC PR - In 1934, sailors first embarked on this competitive sprint across the gulf stream, working hard to figure out how far south to head before the left hand turn into the northward push of the stream on their way toward Nassau.

The Southern Ocean Racing Conference - SORC - is now running this storied race to the Bahamas.  The organizers are in the process of developing the NOR and SIs for the race, which will start on November 11, 2010.  There has already been a lot of interest in this race and the SORC team foresee a tremendous turnout for this race across the gulf stream.

You may email mail@sorcsailing.org for more details

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Since 1934, some of the best offshore sailors in the world have battled for the prestigious Miami to Nassau Cup, including Ted Turner, Dennis Conner, Dick Bertram, and Ted Hood, aboard legendary boats like Running Tide, Windward Passage, Tenacious, and Boomerang.  Half a generation after World War II forced a short intermission, the race became part of the fabled Southern Ocean Racing Conference in the 1980s until the series’ dissolution in the 1980s.  Building on the race’s welcome rebirth in 2003, the new SORC, a group of race-veteran race managers, announces its management of the 2010 Nassau Cup Race on its new date, November 11, 2010. 

Starting in South Florida, racers leave Great Isaacs Light to starboard and proceed past Great Stirrup Light, finally finishing at Nassau harbor. The current course record is held by George S. Coumantaros on the yacht Boomerang with an elapsed time of 14 hours, 26 minutes and 39 seconds in 1986.  Today’s modern boats just need the right conditions to claim this legendary prize, and racers of all types will enjoy the navigational and crew challenge of the race across the Gulf Stream. 

For a list of past winners of the Miami-Nassau Cup Race, click here. 

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