Back to Tristan da Cunha

Challenge for Muscadet by APM

Back to Tristan da Cunha

Challenge for Muscadet by APM

for Individual sailors only

This great journey will consist of retracing the route taken by the inhabitants of Tristan Da Cunha when they finally returned home.
 
In 1961, the inhabitants of Tristan were forced to leave their island (the most isolated inhabited archipelago in the world), following the eruption of the Queen Mary volcano.
 
As subjects of the United Kingdom, they were first evacuated to South Africa, then to England. But as soon as they learned in 1963 that their island was once again habitable, almost all of the 264 evacuated islanders decided to return home.
 
You will make the same 5614 nm journey as they did, by sea from Southampton to their tiny capital: Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
 
If you are interested in this story, I highly recommend reading Les bienheureux de la désolation (The Blessed of Desolation) by Hervé Bazin, which tells Tristanians' story from the eruption to their return home.
 
Race rules: https://tinyurl.com/APMracesRules
   
Limitations Carry sufficient food and water
Sail mode All manual
Awarded badge
6 record attempts

Course

1 Start line N50° 53.56' W1° 24.22'
2 Race mark port CCW N50° 52.97' W1° 23.80'
3 Race mark starboard CW N50° 49.01' W1° 17.68'
4 Race mark starboard CW N50° 41.28' W1° 1.92'
5 Race mark port CCW N48° 25.33' W5° 8.11'
6 Race mark port CCW N28° 27.84' W16° 7.21'
7 Race mark port CCW N16° 9.31' W22° 59.87'
8 Finish line S37° 3.75' W12° 18.84'

Leaderboard

1

Toffee31 - L.S.C.

MuscaToff - LSC

 Finished 2025-11-04 20:48 UTC in 47d. 5h. 10m. 59s.

2

Passepartout

Vaillant

 Finished 2025-11-08 22:57 UTC in 50d. 5h. 12m. 58s.

3

lucille_

Fastnette

 Finished 2025-11-08 15:24 UTC in 50d. 23h. 35m. 54s.

4

David (Kroc)

P'tit Léo

 Finished 2025-11-09 00:12 UTC in 51d. 9h. 5m. 20s.

5

Séb59Fr

Ramsés II

 Finished 2025-11-12 10:45 UTC in 53d. 16h. 40m. 45s.

6

Arkin Raedwald

Vin blanc - Muscadet

 Finished 2025-12-12 02:02 UTC in 67d. 8h. 17m. 48s.
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