History
It all started in 1961
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 2017 the 33rd 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.
Pineapple Cup
Course Record
Argo a Mod70 broke the course record in 2019 with an elapsed time of 2 days 7 minutes and 44 seconds.
Argo sailed a distance of 869nm at an average speed of 18.05 knots.
Monohull
Elapsed Time Records
Multihull
Elapsed Time Records
Past Champions
1961, Escapade, Baldwin M. Baldwin
1963, Guinevere, George M. Moffett
1965, Ticonderoga, Robert E. Johnson
1967, Vamoose, R.E. (Ted) Turner
1969, Flyway, Ogden R. Reid
1971, Improbable, David W. Allen
1973, Lightnin, R.E. (Ted) Turner
1975, Kialoa, John B. Kilroy
1977, Kialoa, John B. Kilroy
1979, Tenacious, R.E. (Ted) Turner
1983, Condor, Robert Bell
1984, Cachasa, Mike Gruener
1985, Stormy Petrel, Blaine Nashold
1986, Sassy, Russell Sahmrda
1987, Scaramouche of Warwick, Arthur Bugs Baer
1988, Saucy Sue, Lt. Cdr. Hardly Lewin, Jamaica Def. Force
1989, Commodore Rucanor, Bruno Dubois
1990, Saucy Sue, Lt. Cdr. Richard Russell, Jamaica Def. Force
1991, Merry Thought, Jack King
1992, Challenge America, Patrick O'Callaghan
1993, Pipe Dream, Dr. Scott Piper
1995, Dear Friend, Bill Kardash
1997, Dear Friend, Bill Kardash
1999, Critical Path, William (Bill) R. Dooley
2001, Bonkers, Bill Zartler
2003, Zephyrus V, Robert McNeil
2005, Thin Ice, Stuart Hebb
2007, Carinthia, Frank Kern
2009, Privateer,Ron O'Hanley
2011, Genuine Risk, Hugo Stenbeck
2013, Shockwave, George Sakellaris
2015, Shockwave, George Sakellaris
2017, Prospector, Paul McDowell, Larry Landry and David Siwicki
2019, Lady Mariposa, Nigel King
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*The Pineapple Cup Perpetual Trophy is awarded to the IRC boat with the best corrected time.