Royal Thames Cumberland Cup

The Royal Thames Cumberland Cup is the international Yacht Club team racing contest hosted by the Royal Thames Yacht Club in London’s Docklands.  It was last held in May 2008 and it is planned that the next world-wide event will be in 2010. 

The racing for the Cumberland Cup has been very exciting with some of the best team racers in the world sailing in small keel-boats.  The event runs virtually non-stop with each two-boat team competing against every other team. With such high quality sailing the Cumberland Cup is very exciting and yet relatively easy for spectators to understand – the winner in each case is the team that avoids having the last boat across the line.

Two-boat team racing has all the competitive ingredients of match racing – like the America’s Cup – but is more intense, more tactical and better spectator value. It is particularly interesting when held in close-quarters with no tide and in Docklands there is the opportunity to make tactical use of the sides of the dock.

For access to the dedicated website for the Cumberland Cup 2008 click here.

For more information on two-boat team racing click here for an extract from an article on the subject.

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