The Admirals Cup is back!!

The Admirals Cup’s long waited return kicked off on Saturday with the first race of the event being the Chanel Race. A course created by RORC saw boats leave the Solent to the east and around the back of the Isle de Wight before turning a mark and heading south towards the coast of France!

It was light winds off the start and then a sea breeze eventually filled in allowing us to sail south towards the middle of the English Channel before the wind eventually died. There was a small park up for a few hours before a new front came in from the south, and we had a close upwind battle with beau ideal all the way to our next turning mark.

Turning around the mark at around 1am we hoisted the spinnaker and started our run back to Cowes. The breeze building quickly behind us we were sailing fast down through the English channel and had a great battle with Callisto and Beau Ideal for hours. Gybing away at some point we copped a bad wind shift and lost some miles to the boats we were fighting, however pushing all the way to the end was key for staying in the hunt for a good result.

A pretty intense race! But we managed to come away with a solid result to start this Admirals Cup. Now we are into 3 days of inshore racing, followed by a 1 day gap and then.. the grand finale. Rolex Fastnet Race ⛵️