Miami Montego Bay
Pineapple
Cup Race
The next edition of the Pineapple Cup will start April 10, 2027.
The Race
It all started in 1961 and has continually run every other year since...
One of the oldest offshore races on the calendar, The Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race started in 1961, making 2027 the 36th edition of the venerable 811 nautical mile race. Immediately after the start, racers cross the Gulf Stream for the Northwest Providence Channel. The middle of the race offers a fetch down the eastern side of the Bahamas Island Chain toward the tip of Cuba. The final stretch is typically a sailor’s dream: a 240-mile downwind sleigh ride from Cuba’s eastern tip, known as the Windward Passage, to the finish at Montego Bay.
Honoring Ted Turner, Rest in Paradise (Nov 19, 1938 - May 6, 2026)
The Pineapple Cup team would like to honor Ted Turner and offer our condolences to the family, friends and fellow sailors who all mourn the loss of this iconic man. May his memory be a blessing.
As a media mogul and renowned yachtsman Ted Turner has a legendary history with the Pineapple Cup, winning the 811-nautical-mile offshore race three times (1967, 1973, and 1979). He famously skippered his celebrated yacht Lightnin’ to victory and has long dubbed this Miami-to-Montego Bay event “the best ocean race in the world”.
In his final win, “Captain Outrageous” skippered his beautiful new yacht (built in 1972), Tenacious, to a splendid win competing with a tough fleet for his final win of the Pineapple Cup.
Photo of Ted Turner receiving the 1973 Pineapple Cup trophy at the Montego Bay Yacht Club.
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Race
Schedule
Skippers Meeting
April 9, 2027
Race Starts
April 10, 2027
Jamaica
Night
April 15, 2027
Awards Ceremony presented by MBYC
April 16, 2027
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Latest News
2027 Pineapple Cup
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