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Yacht race returns to Falmouth after 40 years

Hugh Hastings Three sailboats with sleek designs and modern sails on the water. Two have black sails and the third, in the foreground, has grey. In the background, there is a stone beacon in the water, topped with a black and orange cone. A small motorboat is also on the water. The shoreline in the background is green with rolling hills and sparse trees.Hugh Hastings
Competitors set off on Sunday

A historic yacht race has returned to Cornwall after 40 years.

The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club said the Yachting Monthly Triangle Race, now known as the Yachting Monthly Celtic Triangle Race, which set off on Sunday, began in Falmouth in 1984 before it disappeared off the racing calendar.

The club said the competition was taken over by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club in Devon between 1986 and 2018 before a hiatus from 2020 to 2024. The competitors are due back around 20 June.

Chris Davis, deputy race officer, said: "This is a long-standing race but it's come back to the Royal Cornwall and we are delighted to have it back."

Hugh Hastings Four sailboats with sleek designs and modern sails on the water. All have white sails.Hugh Hastings

Mr Davis added: "We are thinking of running it again next year, provided competitors agree to the idea."

The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club said the 600-mile (965km) offshore racing event involved 33 yachts competing in two classes; solo and double handed.

There were more than 60 people competing, said Mr Davis.

"It's an important race because it's quite a long one and you can use it as a qualifier for other races," he added.

"It's a test of endurance, seamanship, navigation - all that stuff.

"It's a very very social event as well, which is important. It's for the very good Corinthian sailors."

He said the yachts would complete a route, similar to a triangle, between the Celtic ports of Falmouth, Kinsale in Ireland and Treguier in northern Brittany.

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