Registration for festive 60th edition open!

As of April 1, a month earlier than usual, registration for this anniversary edition is open. The organization hopes that many participants and also former participants will take up the challenge to cover as many miles as possible in 24 hours. To perhaps break the mileage record of 222.06 miles, which has been held by team Blacquiere with the Blacq Magic since 2021. On Friday evening, August 29, 2025, hundreds of boats will start from thirteen starting ports along the Marker and IJsselmeer and the Wadden Sea in three starting groups. Like last year, Den Helder is the starting place on the mud flats. A day later follows the festive welcome in Medemblik followed by an exuberant party on the quay. Online registration will open from April 1.

Klaas Jan Kroon, chairman of the 24 Hours committee, is enthusiastic about this anniversary edition: “The great thing is that this year you can win not only the sailing race. Each participating boat competes via a raffle for special prizes made available by companies. For example, a beautiful dinghy worth 1,600 euros can be won. In addition, all skippers will receive an anniversary shirt and a glossy magazine with interviews, results, photos and the history of the 24 hours. Crew members can also reorder the shirt and glossy.”

On the quay of the Oosterhaven in Medemblik there will be a Wall of Fame with portraits of people who have been decisive for sixty years of the Coast Sailors 24 Hours Sail Race. Kroon: “These are people of whom you think ‘when I think of the 24 Hours, I see that person in front of me’. Everyone knows them, with perhaps the Verkade family and Jacques Brakeboer as the most well-known. But also the person with the highest annual mark and the skipper with the most miles traveled in a monohull get a place of honor. These are icons that have made the sailing race what it is today.”

Klaas Jan Kroon is hoping for a record number of participants for this anniversary edition: “If you have ever sailed the Coast Sailors 24 Hour Sail Race once, this is the opportunity to sail it again. The combination of seamanship, navigation and endurance appeals to every sailor. Many (international) competitive sailors once started their careers in this race. It should appeal to them to take up the challenge again, especially if there are many former participants and competitors competing.”

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