The relaunch of the Admiral’s Cup is expected to prompt beneficial if still to be identified consequences elsewhere in the sport. International offshore team racing reborn… that alone attracts the interest of a host of different designers and racing specialists. Grand prix racing at night… again. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Polymorphous Italian designer Maurizio Cossutti hopes it may also prompt renewed interest in some more of the many great yachts defined during the Cup’s first golden age…
This July after a quarter of a century the sailing world will see the rebirth of one, for many the most, iconic competition: the Admiral’s Cup. Differing from the original classic format, the competing teams will not represent a national team but a sailing club, and in 2025 teams will comprise two not three boats each. The first offshore, traditionally the 225nm Channel Race, has been replaced by a shorter 36-hour sprint, but otherwise there is plenty of the original event in this new reincarnation… most obviously the Fastnet Race as the concluding high-points-scoring finale.
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