The Half Ton Classics Cup 2025 entries came from across Europe to be here this week at Torbay, hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club.  We have boats from Belgium, France, Ireland, Norway and Great Britain and to see the full list click here.

The Race Committee announced to the fleet first thing this morning that the racing will be delayed due to the high winds across the bay gusting up to mid to high 30s.  The Race Committee was hoping to start the Half Ton Classics Cup 2025 later in the day by giving everyone one race in the afternoon, but regrettably the gusts continued peaking up to 38 knots causing the racing to be cancelled on Day 1.

This didn’t stop the Half Tonners celebrating the start of the Classics Cup Series, the Pontoon Party hosted by Peter Rutter (Quokka) was brought forward to 1700 just when the rain stopped giving everyone the chance to come together and share stories about their journeys over to Torbay.