Admiral's Cup

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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[1][2].

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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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[3][4]. In addition, instead of being a competition between national teams, the event was competed between yacht clubs, each with two boats[5].

The 2005 event was cancelled in April 2005, only months before the event was to be held[6].

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

[edit] Winners

Year Winner
1957 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
1959 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
1961 Flag of the United States United States
1963 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
1965 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
1967 Flag of Australia Australia
1969 Flag of the United States United States
1971 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
1973 Flag of Germany Germany
1975 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
1977 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
1979 Flag of Australia Australia
1981 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
1983 Flag of Germany Germany
1985 Flag of Germany Germany
1987 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
1989 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
1991 Flag of France France
1993 Flag of Germany Germany
1995 Flag of Italy Italy
1997 Flag of the United States United States
1999 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
2003 Flag of Australia Australia

[edit] References

  1. ^ Independent Newspaper, England, 2003[1]
  2. ^ BBC news on 2001 event[2]
  3. ^ Southern Daily Echo, November 2002. [3]
  4. ^ Scuttlebutt News[4]
  5. ^ US Sailing 2003 Events page. [5]
  6. ^ RORC Admiral's Cup page. Checked April 2008. [6]

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