The Sydney 40 was designed by Iain Murray and built by Sydney Yachts in the late 1990s.

History

The Sydney 40 was chosen from the design board by the

Royal Ocean Racing Club The Royal Ocean Racing Club is a club in London with a further clubhouse and office in Cowes, Isle of Wight. It was established in 1925 as the Ocean Racing Club, as a result of a race to the Fastnet Rock from Cowes, finishing in Plymouth. It rece ...

to become the new One Design class for the

Admiral's Cup The Admiral's Cup was an international yachting regatta. For many years it was known as the unofficial world championship of offshore racing. The Admiral's Cup regatta was started in 1957 and was normally a biennial event (occurring in odd-numbe ...

. The class never really took off for a variety of reasons this led to the failure of the management company Race 1. The boat had a highly tunable rig and was hard to sail well rewarding the most experience crews. The class was allowed to hold a World Championship by the International Sailing Federation for two years early on in its existence.

Events

World Champions

Admiral's Cup

{{Classes of the International Sailing Federation Sailing yachts Former classes of World Sailing 1990s sailboat type designs Sailboat types built by Sydney Yachts