The Admiral's Cup | Channel Race Highlights

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 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 52 Rán (KSSS) took race line honours for the Admiral’s Cup fleet but after IRC time correction, Giovanni Lombardi Stronati’s Wally Rocket 51 Django scored the best corrected time. Karl Kwok’s TP52 Beau Geste (RHKYC) corrected out in second by less than six minutes with Rán taking third.

In AC2, James Murray’s B&C 42 Callisto (RNZYS) took class line honours and the best corrected time for the class. Second after IRC time correction was Jolt 6 (YCM), co-skippered by Pierre Casiraghi & Tom Dawson. Karl Kwok’s Botin 41 Beau Ideal (RHKYC), skippered by Christopher Cowan, was third after IRC time correction.

2025 Admiral's Cup Channel Race Report: www.admiralscup.rorc.org

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