Admiral's Cup

Admiral's Cup

The Admiral's Cup is an international yachting regatta. For many years the Admiral's Cup was known as the unofficial World Championship of Offshore Racing [ Independent Newspaper, England, 2003 [http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing-walker-flies-home-flag-in-relaunched-admirals-cup-586648.html] ] [BBC news on 2001 event [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/1256265.stm] ] .

The Admiral's Cup regatta was started in 1957 and was normally a biennial event (occurring in odd-numbered years) which was competed for between national teams. However, the event was not staged in 2001, was last held in 2003 and was cancelled at the last minute in 2005.

In addition the 2003 event did not follow the normal format and allowed entries from any Yacht Club affiliated to a National Authority, thus allowing the possibility of several teams per country.

The regatta was based at Cowes, on the Isle of Wight in England, and was organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club.

History, 1957 - 1999

From 1957 to 1999 the cup was competed for between national teams, each having three boats. Initially, only Great Britain and the United States took part, but in later years, many other teams also participated.

The Fastnet race was part of the Admiral's Cup during this time.

In 1971, British Prime Minister Edward Heath captained one of the winning boats.

Recent history

The 2003 event, the last event held, was planned to be based in Dún Laoghaire in Ireland, but this was changed at the last minute for reasons that are still unclear [Southern Daily Echo, November 2002. [http://archive.dailyecho.co.uk/2002/11/9/58579.html] ] [ Scuttlebutt News [http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/archived_Detail.asp?key=1230] ] . In addition, instead of being a competition between national teams, the event was competed between yacht clubs, each with two boats [ US Sailing 2003 Events page. [http://www.ussailing.org/offshoreteams/teams.asp] ] .

The 2005 event was cancelled in April 2005, only months before the event was to be held [ RORC Admiral's Cup page. Checked April 2008. [http://www.rorc.org/admiralscup/] ] .

As of April 2008 there was no planned date, nor format, for a next event and the Admiral's Cup's future is uncertain.

Winners

References

External links

* [http://www.rorc.org/admiralscup/ The Admiral's Cup] (on the [http://www.rorc.org/ RORC] site)


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