India's Premier Offshore Yacht Race
Mumbai · Arabian Sea · Goa
Season I · 2025 Recap
From the Gateway of India to the Goan coast — relive the moments that made the first Ocean Gold Offshore Race a story worth telling.
The Race
The Ocean Gold Offshore Race is India's most distinguished offshore sailing event — a passage race of extraordinary ambition, tracing the storied western coastline from the Gateway of Mumbai to the golden shores of Goa.
Governed by Yacht Racing India and organised by the MG & G Area Sailing Club, the race returns for Season II in January 2027 — building on the inaugural December 2025 edition. The sea does not distinguish between rank or reputation. Only seamanship endures.
"To race offshore is to submit entirely to the ocean — and to emerge, changed, on the other shore."
Ocean Gold, Season II — 2027India & the Sea
Long before the word "race" entered a sailor's lexicon, India's mariners were charting the known world. The Ocean Gold Offshore Race is not merely a sporting event — it is a homecoming.
Excavations at Lothal on the Gulf of Khambhat revealed the world's oldest known tidal dockyard — evidence that India's maritime ambition is as ancient as civilisation itself. Indus Valley merchants sailed as far as Mesopotamia, reading tides before maps existed.
IIndian navigators were the first to systematically harness the seasonal monsoon winds — a discovery that made the Arabian Sea a living highway. Chola dynasty sailors reached Southeast Asia; Kerala's Arab trade routes connected three continents. The very ocean that hosts this race was their dominion.
IIThe Konkan coast — the very waters of the Ocean Gold Offshore Race — was once ruled by the Maratha navy under Admiral Kanhoji Angre. His fleet commanded the same passages now contested under sail. To race this coast is to trace the wakes of empires.
IIIRace Programme · Season II
From briefing rooms to open ocean — seven days charting the soul of the Indian coast.
Race Start
Ceremonial start off
Mumbai harbour
Offshore Passage
Open sea leg along
the Konkan coast
Midway Mark
Rounding the
designated waypoint
Final Approach
Racing into
Goan waters
Prizegiving
Cidade De Goa,
Official Resort Partner
The Course
Mumbai — Race Start
Yachts depart from Mumbai, heading south along the Konkan coast. The Gateway to the ocean — expect boisterous conditions as the fleet spreads across the Arabian Sea.
Offshore Passage
The longest and most demanding stretch. Crews navigate open ocean under sail alone. Navigation, stamina and teamwork are everything out here.
Goa — Race Finish
The approach into Goa waters marks the crescendo. Crews arrive at Cidade De Goa for the prizegiving ceremony, celebrations, and the company of the sea.
January 2027 · Mumbai to Goa
Season I lit the flame. Season II will set the ocean ablaze.
Building on the success of December 2025, the second edition of the Ocean Gold Offshore Race will be a bolder, grander, and more celebrated event — with a larger fleet, an expanded shore programme, and the kind of evenings that become stories told for years at anchor.
The race structure remains true: Mumbai to Goa, offshore, under ORC rules. But everything around it — the spectacle, the parties, the atmosphere on land — will be amplified to match the scale of India's growing sailing ambition.
From debut to
defining race
Join the Race
Whether you own a yacht or are seeking a berth as crew — the Ocean Gold Offshore Race welcomes India's finest sailors to compete on the Arabian Sea in Season II, January 2027.