Our Team
Our boat and shore teams for the Türkiye Tour Record have been finalized. Made up of experienced captains and expert sailors, our team continues its preparations for the record attempt with members from different maritime disciplines. Our team has come together to succeed on this demanding journey.
Onur Tok
Özgür İnam
Pelin Keskin
Atalay Şengül
Boran Burcu
Candan Erker Güven
Dr. Tuğra Gençpınar
Hakan Koç
Max Mehmet Aksakal
Mert Erkaraman
Süleyman Benli
Ekip Üyesi
Note: The names announced are the candidate squad; the final boat and shore squads will be determined after the Presidential Liberation Cup (14-19 May, İstanbul-Samsun).
Meet Onur Tok
Co-Skipper
Onur Tok began his sailing career in 1995 in the Optimist class and soon represented Türkiye as a national athlete at European and World Championships. In the coaching career he started at a young age, he contributed to the development of many athletes in the Optimist and 29er classes. In later years, he raced with prestigious teams such as Provezza, Orion, Arkas, and Team Linea Rossa, gaining over 35,000 nautical miles of offshore experience. He is a sailor who serves actively as a member of the Offshore Yachting Development Board and as a Master Sailing Yacht Instructor at the Turkish Sailing Federation, and who, with his background in Electrical-Electronics Engineering, specializes in racing equipment and data analysis. In recent years, running his own projects under the TOK Sailing brand, Tok has been competing with Team Linea Rossa for more than 5 years, giving training courses, and taking an active role in offshore projects with the MAT 1180.
With over 35,000 nautical miles of experience, Onur Tok is one of Türkiye's leading offshore sailors and professional yacht racers. He has raced with prestigious teams such as Provezza, Orion, Arkas, and Team Linea Rossa, claiming victories in the Turkish Yacht League, the Marmaris and İstanbul trophies, the Deniz Kuvvetleri Cup, and IRC1 trophies, while internationally achieving notable results in races such as the Middle Sea Race, Le Voile de St. Tropez, the Giraglia Rolex Cup, and the 2024 Double Handed Mix World Championship. With his technical background and data-driven approach, he is a figure who contributes to Türkiye's offshore racing culture and leads the way in developing young sailors.
•Turkish Sailing Federation Master Sailing Yacht Instructor
•Member of the Offshore Yachting Development Board
•Seaman's Book
•Sea Survival
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• Turkish Yacht League IRC 1 class championship (2023, 3rd overall as a team)
• Victories at the Marmaris and İstanbul trophies
• First places at the Deniz Kuvvetleri Cup
• Trophy championship in the IRC 1 class against Türkiye's strongest fleets
• First in class at the Middle Sea Race – Malta
• Giraglia Rolex Cup: 3rd in IRC class in 2016 (bay race), 2nd in the 2017 inshore series – Italy
• 9th place at the 2024 Double Handed Mix World Championship – France
• To contribute to Türkiye's offshore racing culture
• To build sustainable training systems for the development of young sailors
• To represent Türkiye continuously in international offshore races
• To produce technical development and digital solutions based on the analysis of race data
This record attempt aims both to test our sailing capacity and to make our country's offshore potential visible by running along Türkiye's coasts non-stop over 1,500 nautical miles. Requiring navigation, weather tracking, team harmony, and endurance, this project is carried out within a professional framework backed by planning, logistics, and media support. Our goal is not only to push our limits but also to contribute to the offshore sailing culture in Türkiye and to inspire a new generation of sailors.