India's Premier Offshore Yacht Race
Ocean
Gold
Mumbai · Arabian Sea · Goa
Season I · 2025 Recap
The inaugural passage, in motion
From the Gateway of India to the Goan coast — relive the moments that made the first Ocean Gold Yacht Race a story worth telling.
The Race
Where the Arabian Sea
becomes your canvas
The Ocean Gold Yacht 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.
India & the Sea
A nation born to sail
Long before the word "race" entered a sailor's lexicon, India's mariners were charting the known world. The Ocean Gold Yacht Race is not merely a sporting event — it is a homecoming.
The First Seafarers
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.
IMasters of the Monsoon
Indian 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.
IIKanhoji Angre & the Sea Lords
The Konkan coast — the very waters of the Ocean Gold Yacht 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 · YAI Official Calendar
The Journey
From briefing rooms to open ocean — eight days charting the soul of the Indian coast. Per the Notice of Race, published with the Yachting Association of India.
Registration & Briefing
Skippers' briefing, press event & lunch — Royal Bombay Yacht Club
Seabird Flag-off
OGOR Seabird class start — Gateway of India, Mumbai
Keelboats Flag-off
OGOR Keelboats start — Gateway of India, Mumbai
Vijaydurg Halt
Fleet arrival & evening dinner — Vijaydurg Port
Leg 2 — To Goa
Seabirds 08:00 · Keelboats 14:00 — Vijaydurg restart
Dona Paula Arrival
Fleet finish & OGOR cocktails — Dona Paula, Goa
Goa Yachting Rendezvous
Grande Island race & Seabird series · OGOR Regatta Dinner & Prizegiving — Dona Paula
GYR Finale
Seabird fleet races & prize distribution — Dona Paula, Goa
The Course
A passage across
India's golden coast
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.
Ocean Gold
Season II
3 – 10 January 2027 · Mumbai to Goa
Officially sanctioned by the Yachting Association of India and listed on the YAI national calendar for 2027.
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 Yacht 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.
- Larger fleet with expanded class categories
- Pre-race gala in Mumbai — a night before the ocean claims you
- Luxury spectator vessels with privileged views of the flag-off and the Goa finish
- Spectacular after-parties in Goa — sail hard at sea, party hard on land
- International crew programme welcoming offshore sailors from abroad
- Prizegiving gala dinner at Cidade De Goa
From debut to
defining race
Portfolio
The Indian Ocean, in frames
Sail, silk and salt spray — a glimpse of Indian yachting as it is lived on the Arabian Sea.
Join the Race
Are you ready to
sail offshore?
Whether you own a yacht or are seeking a berth as crew — the Ocean Gold Yacht Race welcomes India's finest sailors to compete on the Arabian Sea in Season II, 3–10 January 2027. Now officially on the Yachting Association of India's 2027 calendar.