Race Results for Race 1 - IRC (Provisional)
08 Mar 2018
| Sail No | Boat | Name | Cty/Rgn | Elapsed | TCF | Corrected | Place | Points |
| UAE 1618 | Switchblade | Simon Reeves | UAE | 77:11:20 | 1.007 | 77:43:45 | 1 | 1 |
| UAE 5 | Shahrazad | David Worrall | UAE | 77:59:17 | 1.010 | 78:46:05 | 2 | 2 |
| UAE 2000 | Sandpiper | John Ashcroft | UAE | 86:56:29 | 1.006 | 87:27:47 | 3 | 3 |
| XC45 | Exodus | Phil Ellerby | UAE | 82:09:45 | 1.071 | 87:59:46 | 4 | 4 |
| KT 110 | El Seraya | Naser Sultan | KUW | 83:29:50 | 1.093 | 91:15:45 | 5 | 5 |
| ITA 270 | Twister | Matt Britton | UAE | 92:10:44 | 1.000 | 92:10:44 | 6 | 6 |
| UAE 42/B42 | Seabiscuit | Robert Bennet | UAE | 95:05:25 | 1.001 | 95:11:07 | 7 | 7 |
| UAE 7362 | Etihad Towers | Emily Caruso | UAE | | 1.389 | | RET | 13 |
| B42/UAE 6 | Searenity | Andrew Shaw | UAE | | 1.019 | | RET | 13 |
| UAE 2 | Shebeen | Mick Horgan | UAE | | 0.998 | | RET | 13 |
| UAE 320 | Rushknot | Chris Record | UAE | | 0.980 | | RET | 13 |
| UAE 7375 | Eiger Letulle | Stuart Jackson | UAE | | 1.387 | | RET | 13 |