Red Sea Sails · El Gouna · 2026
El Gouna · 2026 – 2029
EL GOUNA CUP
Let's Revive It.
We've been here. We never really left. This is what the next chapter looks like.
Presented by
Red Sea Sails
Est. 2014 · El Gouna since 2016
Regattas to Date
22
2022 – 2026
Next Event
El Gouna Cup
December 2026
Programme
2026 → 2029
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Red Sea Sails · El Gouna · 2026
What's inside
The full picture.
01
The Community
The fleet, the numbers, where we are today
02
Who We Are
Red Sea Sails — what we do and what we've built
03
The Potential
What El Gouna could become — and why now
04
The Roadmap
Three years. A shared direction.
05
The Bigger Picture
Where this could go with the right backing
06
Let's Talk
What a partnership could look like
Red Sea Sails · El Gouna · 2026
01 · The Community
We built this.
It's still growing.
Since 2022 — self-funded, self-run. The fleet, the regattas, the school, the international participants. All of it built at El Gouna.
29
Egyptian-Owned Vessels · Red Sea
Abu Tig · Abydos · Hurghada · Sharm
10+
Catamarans — and Rising
From near-zero four years ago
15
Average Boats per Regatta
12–15 nationalities at December events
Regatta Programme — Overview
All regattas self-funded and self-executed by Red Sea Sails at El Gouna. Orascom collaborations marked separately.
Period Regattas Notes Milestone Scale
2022 – 2024
Programme launch & growth		 20 School relaunched · community and fleet expanding · 12–15 nationalities by December events El Gouna Sailing Festival Ed.1 (May 2024) · El Gouna Cup Ed.1 (Dec 2024) — first Orascom collabs
2025
Disrupted season		 2 Significant sea closures and authority restrictions through the first half of the year limited the programme Programme maintained — community held
2026
Roadmap year		 2+ 2 completed · El Gouna Sailing Festival Ed.2 (May = #23) · El Gouna Cup Ed.2 (Dec) ahead Opening chapter of the 3-year roadmap
22
Regattas · 2022–2026
Self-funded · self-run · El Gouna. #23 is next.
12–15
Nationalities · December Regatta
Europe · Gulf · North Africa. Already here.
2
Orascom Collaborations · 2024
Sailing Festival (May) · El Gouna Cup (Dec)
Red Sea Sails · El Gouna · 2026
02 · Who We Are
Red Sea Sails.
Still here.

We started in 2014. Came to El Gouna in 2016. Came back in 2022 and built something real — without waiting for anyone. Everything below is operational.

Red Sea Sailing Regatta
Annual December event · 12–15 nationalities · Egypt's flagship sailing race
El Gouna Sailing Festival
Spring event · Edition 1 May 2024 with Orascom · Edition 2 May 2026
El Gouna Cup
Edition 1 December 2024 · Edition 2 December 2026 — the roadmap anchor
Sailing School
Operating in El Gouna · residents, guests, youth · needs a permanent waterfront home
Charter & Mediterranean Network
FX Yachting (Greece) · European HNW charter pipeline · ready
FX Yachting
Red Sea Sails · El Gouna · 2026
What We Operate
Five Pillars.
All running. All here.
This is not a proposal for what we could build. This is what Red Sea Sails operates today — at El Gouna. It grows with or without a formal partnership. A partnership makes it exceptional.
01
Events &
Regattas
El Gouna Cup · Sailing Festival · ETA Cup · 22 events delivered
01
02
Yacht
Club
El Gouna Yacht Club · member community · waterfront home at Abu Tig
02
03
Sailing
School
Operational in El Gouna · residents, guests, youth · looking for a permanent home
03
04
Mediterranean
Project
FX Yachting · European HNW fleet · Oct–Apr winter programme · ready to dock
04
05
Charter
Operations
Red Sea charter fleet · day & multi-day · resort guests · visiting yacht owners
05
All five are active. All five are at El Gouna.
A partnership formalises what's already happening.
Red Sea Sails · Operating since 2022 at Abu Tig Marina
Red Sea Sails · El Gouna · 2022–2026
Ready to go further?
Red Sea Sails · El Gouna · 2026
03 · The Potential
What El Gouna could be
on the water.
The ingredients are here. So are we. The question is whether we build this together.
01
A Growing Local Fleet
29 vessels · catamarans multiplying · a racing community that's been growing quietly for four years
02
The Mediterranean Window
Oct–Apr · European fleets looking for a winter home · El Gouna is the natural answer — if it's ready
03
Abu Tig as a Sailing Address
The infrastructure exists · the destination is world-class · it just needs a sailing identity to match
04
An Unclaimed Space
No international sailing event on the Egyptian Red Sea. We intend to change that — with or without a partner. Better with one.
Abu Tig Marina · El Gouna
Gouna is ready.
The programme is ready.
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04 · The Roadmap
December 2026.
Then we scale.

El Gouna Cup, December 2026 — local fleet plus first Mediterranean invitees. Edition 2. The restart of a collaboration that should never have paused.

Year One
2026
El Gouna Cup — Edition 2
Local fleet + first international invitees. Multi-day racing, sailing village, press and brokers on site.
Fleet
20+ yachts — national + first Mediterranean entries
Format
Race + rally · national and international divisions
Goal
Show what's possible. Open the door.
Year Two
2027
Multiple Events — Growing
Scale the fleet. FX Yachting integrated. Gulf owners invited. European sailing press.
Fleet
30–40 vessels — national + Med / Gulf
New
FX fleet · Gulf programme · class racing
Goal
An event people plan their season around
Year Three
2028
El Gouna — On the Global Map
World Sailing recognition. 50+ vessels. International media. Brand sponsorship.
Fleet
50+ vessels — national, regional, international
Status
World Sailing recognition · international class racing
Goal
El Gouna on the global sailing calendar
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Beyond the Roadmap
Where this goes
with the right partner.
Three years of consistent delivery opens doors most Red Sea destinations never reach. These are the conversations we'd be having.
Global Ocean Race
Clipper Round the World Race
Stopover port · global broadcast · ocean racers at Abu Tig · destination marketing at scale
World Sailing
World Sailing Recognised Event
A historic first for the Red Sea · El Gouna alongside Sydney, Palma, Kiel · RSS leads the application
International Circuit
ORC · Swan Cup · Superyacht Series
Named circuit stop · returning fleet every year · same owners, same guests, compounding value
The roadmap is the application. By 2028, El Gouna holds a hand worth playing. That conversation needs strategy — and the right partner at the table.
Red Sea Sails · El Gouna · 2026
06 · The Collaboration
We're moving.
Will you Join Us?
We collaborated in 2024. It worked. We've continued building since. December 2026 is the natural moment to formalise this — on terms that work for both sides.
01
Events — RSS Plans and Delivers
El Gouna Cup · Sailing Festival · racing series · race management · international outreach
02
Destination — El Gouna Makes It Real
Accommodation · F&B · venues · permissions · marketing reach
03
A Home on the Waterfront
School · club · operations — a permanent waterfront base at Abu Tig Marina
04
A Shared Brand
El Gouna Yacht Club — both names · El Gouna's destination reach + RSS's sailing world reach
05
Charters & the Mediterranean
FX Yachting winter fleet · European charter guests · sailing school · Abu Tig as their home
06
Three Years, Not One
Minimum 3-year commitment · annual milestones · commercial framework fair to both sides
Red Sea Sails · El Gouna · 2026
Next Step
We're on
our trajectory.

El Gouna is a natural part of it. We'd rather build this together than in parallel.

Red Sea Sails
Let's sit down.
December 2026 plan · partnership framework · detail annex available on request
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