Cardiff Bay Yacht Club, in partnership with Portishead Cruising Club, hosts the Shanghai Cup, as the Bristol Channel IRC Championships, uses IRC ratings and consists of racing over two weekends, and the Nimrod Cup uses NHC ratings and consists of a series of races on the second weekend only in Cardiff.
The 2025 dates for this event have now been confirmed, as 3/4 May 2025 in Portishead as normal (approx start time: 10:00), and 24/25 May in Cardiff, racing in Sully Bay (approx start time: 10:30).
Discussion and a large collection of photos from this and previous regattas can be found on our Facebook Group.
2024 Race Report
Over the weekends of 15/16 June 2024 and 29/30 June 2024, CBYC and PCC hosted the 2024 Shanghai Cup – Bristol Channel IRC Championships & Nimrod Cup.
After a number of hotly contested races over the two weekends, Ctrl-J from PCC have managed to retain the Shanghai Cup for another year, with Jaloha from PHYC/NYC coming 2nd, Hero from PCC coming 3rd with Silverback and Joyride from CBYC chasing their heels in 4th & 5th.
In the Nimrod Cup, 1st and 2nd place was only decided with a count-back, as they were on equal points, with Wave Train taking 1st place, and Mochyn Du taking 2nd place, followed by Glad Rags brining up 3rd place.
Both weekends saw some great social activities, with the BBQ, Steak Night and 80s vs 90s Live Music on the Saturday in Cardiff being a highlight of the event
You can read up on the two weekends of racing on Sail World where PCC have posted event reports:
Shanghai Cup Leg 1 (Portishead) Report from PCC
Shanghai Cup Leg 2 (Cardiff) Report from PCC
and you can see the full results from the event on our 2024 Results page.
