planned is the AZAB

The AZAB was first held in 1975 as an alternative to the OSTAR. The OSTAR required a big amount of time because the boat ended up on the other side of the Atlantic and needed to be sailed back again. A shorter race track that brings the boat back to the start harbour was desired, but still with a decent off-shore touch. So the two leg race to the Azores and back to Falmouth was conceived.

The AZAB (single- or double-handed) is together with the OSTAR (single-handed) and the RB&I (double-handed) held every 4 years and is a fix reference in the English short-handed community.