Driehoek Noordzee Challenge1,100 miles across the northern North Sea: Harlingen, Orkney, Stavanger
Until the start from Harlingen
A decent sail on the Frisian Seanot a race, but an achievement
The Driehoek Noordzee Challenge is a passage-making event of around 1,100 miles across the northern North Sea. There is no start and no finish. You sail your own voyage, with your own boat and your own crew, and you decide when you leave and which route you take.
What you don't have to work out on your own is the preparation. Skippers, crew and the organisation help each other plan the legs. At sea you know other boats are heading the same way, and in port you share the pontoon with them in the evening.
In 2027 we sail from Harlingen to Kirkwall in Orkney, and from there to Stavanger in Norway. It is the first time we make that crossing.
If you can handle the Driehoek Noordzee, you can sail the whole world.
Harlingen, Kirkwall, Stavangerthree legs, around 1,100 miles
- Harlingen – Kirkwall447 nm
- Kirkwall – Stavanger269 nm
- Stavanger – the Netherlands± 354 nm
- Total± 1,100 nm
The triangle alternates between Orkney and Shetland, and from there heads for the southern coast of Norway. In 2027 Kirkwall is the first port and we continue to Stavanger for the first time.
How to prepare
5 – 20 June 2027
The 2027 edition
The full programme: departure from Harlingen, Kirkwall, Stavanger, the shore programmes and the key dates.
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Boat and crew
Preparation
Safety, passage planning, weather, watch systems, provisioning and the UK border formalities.
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Since 1977
History
From Reid de Jong's practice round without modern aids to the event as it is today.
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Will you join us in 2027?
Not sure yet? Register anyway and say so in your entry. It helps us and the harbours we visit enormously with planning.