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The Cumberland Cup

15^th - 18^th May 2008

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The Cumberland Cup is the international Yacht Club team racing contest hosted by the Royal Thames Yacht Club in London’s Docklands.

The racing for the Cumberland Cup will be virtually non-stop with each two-boat team competing against every other team. The sailing will be high-quality, very exciting, and yet relatively easy 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 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.