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From light air to full send - Admiral’s Cup opens with a test of endurance
Cowes, 20 July 2025: The Admiral’s Cup got underway with a light start for the 160nm Channel Race but by the next morning the fleet returned with all of the crews soaking wet and bleary eyed, having gone through the... The post From light air to full send – Admiral’s Cup opens with a test of endurance appeared first on Mysailing | Australian Sailing News, World Sailing, Yacht Racing.
From light air to full send: Admiral's Cup opens with a test of endurance
The Admiral's Cup got under way with a light start for the 160nm Channel Race but by the next morning the fleet returned with all of the crews soaking wet and bleary eyed, having gone through the wringer in the English Channel.
Admiral's Cup opens with a test of endurance
The Admiral’s Cup got under way with a light start for the 160nm Channel Race but by the next morning the fleet returned with all of the crews soaking wet and bleary eyed, having gone through the wringer in the English Channel. The building breeze topped out at 25 knots with a big and confused sea state for a full-throttle downwind leg back across the Channel, topped off with a screeching reach to the finish. In AC1, Niklas Zennström’s Carkeek 5…
Cowes/Great Britain (dpa/lno) – 22 years after the last edition, another Admiral's Cup in the historic district in front of the South English Isle of Wight. 15 teams with two boats each fight for the international crown for sea sailing teams. At the beginning of the Channel Race the favourites from Italy and Hong Kong (both 10 points) and Monaco (12). The best German yacht was at the start of the Red Bandit by Carl-Peter Forster (Munich) with fi…
The RORC Channel Race began in a light tail breeze in the center of the Solent, with a flood tide. The spinnaker start of the 30 Admiral's Cup boats, sailing in close formation with the tide, must have been nerve-racking. A race of over 160 nautical miles awaited the impressive fleet. Designed to test the crews and their boats from different sailing angles and in a wide variety of conditions, this race would not only offer double points, but als…
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