XOD Captain's Cup at North Sails Cowes Week 2026 - Day 1
by Rory Paton 2 Aug 01:16 PDT
1-7 August 2026
After a delay to let the sea breeze fill in the 60 strong X boat fleet got away first time from the Royal Yacht Squadron line. On a beat to Saltmead early leaders were, Lone Star, Mayfly and Astralita from the middle of the start line. Also going well were Itchenor's youth bursary team in Beaver.
A group of five managed to work their way clear of the chasing pack on a run into Thorness bay and then a beat up to Baxter's with a classic run home to a grandstand finis at the RYS line.
After much rock and sea wall dodging Astralita managed to hold off Lone Star and Gleam with Gone Away in close attendance. A great start to the week. Not much further back Beaver were first youth bursary entry in 10th place.
Day 1 Results: (top five)
1 Astralita, John Tremlett, Fraser Graham, Tim Copsey
2 Lone Star, Nik Froud, Phil Lawrence, Spike King
3 Gleam, James Meaning, Martin Wannel,Tim Young
4 Gone Away, Steve Lawrence,Damian Ash, Finbarr McCormack
5 Mayfly, Rory Paton, Amanda Paton and Tim Hire
Full results can be found here.