What international yachting regatta organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, competed for between 3 boats for each national team, based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight off southern England, was a biennial event from 1957 to 1999?
Admiral's Cup country. The regatta was based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight off southern England and was organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. 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. The Australians won for the first time in 1967, the winning boat—Mercedes III—designed by Ted Kaufman and Bob Miller (later Ben Lexcen), who went on to success in the
Commodores' Cup 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. Each team consists of 3 boats, 2 of them rated between 1.020 and 1.230 using the IRC rating system and 1 boat rated above 1.150. As a Corinthian (amateur) event, the boats rated between 1.020 and 1.230 can only have 1 Category 3 sailor and the boat rated above 1.150 may