Commodores' Cup
The Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup is a biennial amateur team sailing regatta first held in 1992. The competition is organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club consists of a number of events held in the oceans of the Solent, the English Channel and the Isle of Wight.[1] Each team consists of three boats, two of them rated between 1.020 and 1.230 using the IRC rating system and one boat rated above 1.150. As a Corinthian (amateur) event, the boats rated between 1.020 and 1.230 can only have one Category 3 sailor and the boat rated above 1.150 may only have two.[2] The most recent competition was held in 2014 from the 19th to the 26th of July and was won by Ireland.[3]
2008 teams
[edit]For the 2008 event, a total of six nations and 15 teams were competing, two up from the 2006 event.[4]
France - four teams
Hong Kong - one team
Ireland - two teams
Spain - one team
Netherlands - three teams
United Kingdom - four teams
2010 teams
[edit]In the 2010 Commodores Cup a total of ten teams from five nations competed, with Ireland claiming overall victory.[5]
- 1st overall - - Ireland - 73.5 points
- 2nd overall - - Hong Kong - 117.5 points
- 3rd overall - - France Blue - 136 points
- 4th overall - - France Yellow - 167 points
- 5th overall - - GBR Red - 175 points
- 6th overall - - GBR White - 187.5 points
- 7th overall -
- South Africa - 202 points - 8th overall - - France White - 210 points
- 9th overall - - France Red - 233.5 points
- 10th overall - - GBR Black - 322 points
The full list of results is available on the Royal Ocean Racing Club website.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup 2016 | Keelboats | Racing | RYA". www.rya.org.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "2014 Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup: Dates Announced and Notice of Race Published | 2013-race-news". www.rorc.org. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "Sailing Results". www.rorc.org. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "Fifteen Teams to Contest 2008 Rolex Commodores' Cup". Royal Ocean Racing Club. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ "Rolex Commodore's Cup Teams 2010". Royal Ocean Racing Club. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- ^ "Rolex Commodore's Results 2010". Royal Ocean Racing Club. Retrieved 22 September 2010.