{"id":82865,"date":"2026-01-06T15:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=82865"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:03:53","slug":"admirals-cup-radical-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/racing\/admirals-cup-radical-return\/","title":{"rendered":"The Radical Return of the Admiral&#8217;s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/smalo25-752-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image disable-lazyload\" alt=\"Botin 40\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/smalo25-752-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/smalo25-752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/smalo25-752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/smalo25-752-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/smalo25-752.jpg 2000w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Karl Kwok\u2019s new Botin 40 <i>Beau Ideal<\/i> is a pure 40-foot raceboat built for the role of Admiral\u2019s Cup small-boat division.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy Paul Wyeth\/RORC<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<iframe id=\"x8aa2rgac1\" src=\"https:\/\/Sailingworld.dragonforms.com\/x8aa2rgac1\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:165px;border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>The Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, hadn\u2019t experienced a summer invasion of this scale or caliber in more than two decades. The arrival of 30 grand-prix race yachts, and the onslaught of owners, shore crew, grand-prix veterans and eager sailing teams, was indeed a moment to behold. Everyone was hyped for the revival of the Royal Ocean Racing Club\u2019s iconic regatta, and here in the busy seaport of Cowes, the Admiral\u2019s Cup\u2014once old, was new again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we turn our attention to the current affairs in the UK\u2019s cradle of sailing, however, a brief history of the Admiral\u2019s Cup is necessary. The RORC founded the regatta in 1957 with a simple but compelling concept: a nation-against-nation series raced by teams of offshore yachts. At the time, the offshore racing scene was booming. The Fastnet Race was increasingly drawing international entries and Cowes Week itself was the jewel in the crown of the big-boat racing landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Admiral\u2019s Cup stitched these elements together into a cohesive narrative: three-boat national teams, typically composed of the most competitive yachts from a country, would race a series of inshore events before culminating in the legendary Fastnet Race\u2014the 650-nautical mile epic from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock and back to Plymouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The format was designed to reward versatility: a winning team had to perform in the tight confines of Solent courses and not just survive, but thrive, in the offshore waters of the Irish Sea and beyond. This highly compelling formula attracted the world\u2019s very best boats, skippers, and crews, and many countries ran trials to identify and deploy their very best assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1970s and 1980s were the Admiral\u2019s Cup\u2019s golden years. In those decades, the Cup was the regatta to win for any serious offshore racing nation. Big-name sailors of the era\u2014Lawrie Smith, Harold Cudmore, Ted Turner, and Iain Macdonald-Smith, to name a few\u2014became household names in the sport. Simultaneously, some of the most famous racing yachts of the era\u2014<em>Impetuous<\/em>, <em>Morning Cloud<\/em>, <em>Ragamuffin<\/em>, and <em>Container<\/em>\u2014all became part of sailing lore through their Admiral\u2019s Cup exploits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National rivalries ran deep and fierce. The Americans brought cutting-edge design and deep pockets. The Australians were dogged and fiercely competitive. The Germans were ruthlessly well-organized. And the British fought tooth and nail to defend the Cup on their home waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At its peak, as many as 20 nations fielded teams, and the Admiral\u2019s Cup became a spectacle, drawing international media coverage and hordes of spectators to Cowes and the Fastnet finishing port of Plymouth. By the 1990s, however, changes in rating rules (the transition from IOR to IMS), rising campaign costs, and the proliferation of competing grand-prix circuits, such as the Audi MedCup for TP52s and the burgeoning Farr 40 one-design class, as well as a growing calendar of superyacht regattas, all conspired to dilute the Admiral\u2019s Cup\u2019s once-unassailable status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2003, only seven teams competed. The RORC cancelled the 2005 edition citing a lack of entries, and with no clear path forward, The Cup quietly faded, becoming a relic of its heyday, its trophies collecting dust behind glass in the RORC\u2019s clubhouse in Cowes. It was a disappointing loss for the offshore racing community. For many, the Admiral\u2019s Cup wasn\u2019t just a regatta; it was an institution, a cultural cornerstone of post-war international yacht racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past several years, however, the regatta\u2019s revival was carefully planned by key members of RORC. Renowned French offshore racer Eric de Turckheim\u2014owner and skipper of a string of serial trophy-winning yachts called Teasing Machine\u2014was the RORC Vice Commodore in 2022 and headed the club\u2019s program and race committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_RT_2980-1024x512.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Admiral\u2019s Cup racers\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_RT_2980-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_RT_2980-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_RT_2980-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_RT_2980-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_RT_2980.jpg 2000w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Familiar owners and crews rallied for the Admiral\u2019s Cup, including Niklas Zennstrom\u2019s <i>Ran<\/i> (left) and Eric de Turckheim (top), skipper of <i>Teasing Machine<\/i>, Giovanni Lombardi Stronati (middle) of <i>Django WR51<\/i>, and Dean Barker (bottom) on Jim Murray\u2019s <i>Callisto<\/i>.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy James Tomlinson\/RORC, Rick Tomlinson, Arthur Daniel\/RORC<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Not surprisingly, the Frenchman fondly recalls racing in Cowes in the 1970s, still in his early 20s and dreaming of one day being part of the glitz and glamour of the Admiral\u2019s Cup. Tasked with bringing it back after 22 years, he smartly opted to simplify the event\u2019s rules and regulations to make it easier for teams to be formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBringing back the Admiral\u2019s Cup was important,\u201d de Turckheim says. \u201cRORC offshore races have been very successful and continue to grow in participation. You just have to look at the number of entries for the Fastnet Race, which grows every year. But it was also important to bring back the international teams to Cowes and the return of the Admiral\u2019s Cup was one way of achieving that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSecondly, we wanted to give back some importance to inshore racing. RORC is very active on the offshore front but not so much with inshore. But we have so much inshore racing going on with the TP52s, the Maxis and the Maxi 70 classes and that makes it an important factor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choosing the size of boats was a simple decision. \u201cIn the 50- and 40-foot range, you have some top boats and crews all around the world,\u201d de Turckheim points out. \u201cSo that\u2019s why we limited it to those two categories, which are quite professional.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most intriguing change was the RORC\u2019s decision to make the Admiral\u2019s Cup a competition between yacht clubs rather than nations\u2014a move that simplified the formation of teams given that coordinating things with a yacht club is infinitely more straightforward than dealing with national governing bodies. As great as it was to have the Admiral\u2019s Cup be a nation-based competition, the appeal of the yacht club route is also compelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RORC keeps good company, so it should be no surprise that the entry list ultimately featured a swath of top-tier international clubs, such as the Yacht Club de Monaco, Royal Hong Kong YC, Italy\u2019s Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the Netherlands\u2019 Royal Maas Yacht Club, Royal Swedish Yacht Club, Yacht Club de France, New York YC, and Royal Irish YC. There were three German teams from Regatta Verein Greifswald, Bayerischer Yacht Club, Hamburger Segel Club, as well as two entries from the RORC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big-boat class featured six IRC-optimized TP52s, including four Botin designs. Peter Harrison\u2019s <em>Jolt 3<\/em> represented the Yacht Club de Monaco; Karl Kwok\u2019s <em>Beau Geste<\/em> flagged for the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club; Maximilian Klink\u2019s <em>Caro<\/em> sailed for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Club; and Gordon Ketelbey\u2019s <em>Zen<\/em> hailed from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slightly smaller, but designed as a TP52 slayer, was Giovanni Lombardi Stronati\u2019s WallyRocket51 <em>Django WR51<\/em>\u2014a boat with head-turning looks that was a weapon in both the inshore and offshore races. Equally striking to look at, but less sparkling in terms of results, was Niklas Zennstrom\u2019s Carkeek 52 <em>R\u00e1n<\/em>. Worthy of note amongst the bigger boats was the Ker 46 Rost Van Uden, a member of the Royal Maas YC team run by Dutch around-the-world racer Gerd-Jan Poortman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_JT_6461-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"AC2 division racing\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_JT_6461-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_JT_6461-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_JT_6461-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_JT_6461-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RORC_AC25_JT_6461.jpg 2000w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Tight racing in the AC2 division with Jim Murray\u2019s <i>Callisto<\/i> to leeward. Peter Harrison\u2019s <i>Jolt 6<\/i> topped <i>Callisto<\/i> by a single point after eight races.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy James Tomlinson\/RORC<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>The small-boat class had Peter Harrison\u2019s Carkeek 40 Monaco, American James Murray\u2019s GP42 <em>Callisto<\/em> (sailing for RNZYS), Karl Kwok\u2019s Botin 41 <em>Beau Ideal<\/em> (for Hong Kong)\u2014a boat built specifically for the 2025 Admiral\u2019s Cup, and Giovanni Lombardi Stronati\u2019s JPK 11.80 <em>Django JPK<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The format was six inshore races over three consecutive days in the highly tidal and obstacle-ridden confines of the Solent, sandwiched between two offshore races\u2014the opening 165-nautical mile Channel Race and the final 695-nautical mile Rolex Fastnet Race, which took the fleet out to the southern tip of Ireland and back into the English Channel to the finish in Cherbourg, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a double-points coefficient for the Channel Race and triple for the Fastnet Race, the challenge facing the teams was how to optimize their bigger offshore-configured boats for the inshore series, and how to make the smaller inshore boats\u2014many of which had been set up to race in the regionally popular Fast 40 division\u2014into potent offshore machines. It was a challenge that appeared to be welcomed by the owners and sailors alike, as a welcome change from Mediterranean-style windward\/leeward racing. It also proved to be a boon for sail and systems developments across the fleets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rodney Ardern, a veteran of America\u2019s Cups, Volvo Ocean Races, and Admiral\u2019s Cups, and sailing aboard TP52 Jolt 3 for the Yacht Club de Monaco, says his team embraced the opportunity to break out from the norm of the 52 Super Series and usual offshore races. \u201cThis is a good combination of all that in a compact week,\u201d he says. \u201cWe spent a lot of time developing the boats, and the sails in particular, with reaching sails, staysails, jib tops, and all of the kind of stuff you don\u2019t spend a lot of time on unless you are on a pure ocean racing boat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ardern says the major difference in the big boat class was between the older and newer boats. \u201cOur 52 was an older design that dates back to when there were still reaching and coastal components to the Super Series. So, we don\u2019t have sheeting systems that go through the deck, and that makes us relatively waterproof when we go offshore. Then, there are newer 52s like Beau Geste, as well as the specialist offshore 50s like Caro and R\u00e1n; those two are so powerful and have water ballast, so are pretty hard to keep up with offshore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australian mainsheet trimmer Chris Hosking, racing on the all-new WallyRocket51 Django WR51, says the rejuvenation of the Admiral\u2019s Cup has brought back an element of regatta racing that had been missing for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the Admiral\u2019s Cup, there\u2019s a lot of reaching and sailing at different angles and different modes. There are some skills that we are having to revive, for sure, and some that people are having to learn for the first time. Picking the sails for a day of inshore racing isn\u2019t easy, either, when you have a windward\/leeward first and then a round-the-cans course afterwards. You don\u2019t know the course for the second race when you leave the dock, so we have to bring more sails than we would want to for weight, just in case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, there\u2019s a great deal to think about, Hosking says, when it comes to switching a boat from offshore to inshore mode. \u201cThere\u2019s obviously all the safety equipment that changes. The sail inventory changes. You do whatever you can to make the boat lighter: the reefing lines come out; all your bits and pieces like offshore gear bags and spares come off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Switching Django WR51 the other way\u2014from inshore to offshore efficiency\u2014means adding in an extra quota of reaching sails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fn25d7-4011-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Admiral\u2019s Cup victory\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fn25d7-4011-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fn25d7-4011-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fn25d7-4011-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fn25d7-4011-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fn25d7-4011.jpg 2000w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Yacht Club de Monaco\u2019s <i>Jolt 3<\/i> and <i>Jolt 6<\/i> topped their respective divisions to earn the club its first Admiral\u2019s Cup victory.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy Paul Wyeth\/RORC<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>\u201cStuff like the Code 0, the jib top, and a big genoa staysail,\u201d Hosking says. \u201cThen there\u2019s the capability to reef. We reef much earlier when we are reaching, and we might pull a reef in as low as 16 to 17 knots of breeze when we have got the Code 0 up and we need to sail a hot angle. It would be much more effective to reef the main rather than switch from a masthead zero to a jib top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith a boat that is this new, we are still learning and understanding every day. Even when we are racing, we are working out what the boat likes and what it doesn\u2019t. It\u2019s a constant process of evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 30-boat Admiral\u2019s Cup fleet made for a striking sight out on the swirling waters of the Solent. Given the levels of professionalism and preparation for most teams, starts and mark roundings were plenty intense, and boathandling at the front of the fleet was top shelf. Four clubs dominated the top of the leaderboard across the eight-race series, where the team scores were tallied based on individual race points rather than their series scores. The Yacht Club de Monaco\u2019s immaculately prepared pairing Jolt 3 and Jolt 6 both won their classes to give the principality club the overall victory. Runner-up was Royal Hong Kong YC, where <em>Beau Geste<\/em> and <em>Beau Ideal<\/em> finished fifth and third. Third overall was Italy\u2019s Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, whose <em>Django WR51<\/em> and <em>Django JPK<\/em> 11.50 finished third and fourth in IRC1 and IRC2 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit is also due to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia\u2019s Zen\u2014owned and skippered by Ketelbey\u2014which backed up an excellent inshore series with a fourth place in the Fastnet Race to finish 1 point in arrears of Jolt 3 in the IRC1 standings. Poortman\u2019s young crew on the Ker 46 Rost-van Uden also performed well in the inshore racing, before pulling off a stunning victory in the Fastnet Race to finish fourth overall in IRC1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was, however, much more nip and tuck to the racing than results might suggest. The battle in IRC2 between Jolt 6, James Murray\u2019s Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron entry <em>Callisto<\/em>, and <em>Beau Ideal<\/em> burned fiercely throughout the regatta. The Fastnet Race was the decider, with a 1-point overall advantage going to the Monaco boat only after coming out of a jibing duel with the Kiwi yacht on the final approach to Cherbourg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the Admiral\u2019s Cup is back, and, by any reasonable measure, its return was resoundingly successful. Chatter in the pubs and restaurants of Cowes during the regatta was all about the rosy future of international team competitions like this. Moreover, it seems the British flagship event\u2019s successful return may have triggered a wider revival of international team competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the eve of the start of racing at the 2025 Admiral\u2019s Cup, the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda announced an Italian version of the Admiral\u2019s Cup\u2014the Sardinia Cup\u2014last held in 2012, would return in 2026. There were even numerous unsubstantiated rumors of plans for Hawaii\u2019s Kenwood Cup (formerly the Clipper Cup) to also be revived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next edition of the Admiral\u2019s Cup has been provisionally scheduled for July 2027 in Cowes. No doubt there will be evolution of the format by then\u2014perhaps a return to three boat-teams\u2014and the inking of a title sponsor to provide the necessary funding required to fully return this gem to its glimmering state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Ocean Racing Club reignited offshore sailing&#8217;s legendary Admirals Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":82869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Justin Chisholm","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","sponsored_url":"","social_share":true,"ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true,"alternate_title_newsletter":"","alternate_content_newsletter":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[3014,3056,177],"class_list":["post-82865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-admirals-cup","tag-print-fall-2025","tag-racing"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}