31 March 2025

Kenwood Cup 1988 - Part 2

This post follows an earlier article about the 1988 edition of the Kenwood Cup that featured photographs by Sharon Green. The following gallery focuses mainly on the Maxi fleet (who were holding their World Championship for that year) and includes photographs by Kaoru Soehata, Guy Gurney and Phil Uhl.

Ondine VII leads Windward Passage 2 (the winner of Class A) and Congere in tight reaching conditions during the 1988 Kenwood Cup (photo Guy Gurney)
Il Moro di Venezia leads Ondine VII and Matador (photo Kaoru Soehata)

An aerial shot of Congere in hard reaching conditions (photo Guy Gurney)

Sorcery leading Il Moro di Venezia, Ondine VII and Matador (photo Guy Gurney)

Ondine VII just after hoisting the spinnaker on a reaching leg - likely a sea-level shot taken at about the same time as the first photograph above (photo Guy Gurney)
A start of Class E, with General Hospital leading off the windward end with The Esanda Way (aka-Beyond Thunderdome) to leeward - Ultimate Challenge, Sagacious V and Bravura are visible further down the line (photo Phil Uhl)
The One Ton fleet nears a gybe mark, with Bravura leading from Sagacious V, with Brazil's Black Jack coming up from behind (photo Phil Uhl)

Ondine VII powers to windward (photo Guy Gurney)

An aerial view of French 'mini-Maxi' Emeraude (photo Kaoru Soehata)

Matador (right) and Il Moro di Venezia nearing a downwind mark (photo Guy Gurney)

Foredeck action aboard the 54-footer Jubilation at a leeward mark (photo Guy Gurney)

Ondine VII to weather of Sorcery (photo Guy Gurney)
The crew of Il Moro di Venezia prepare for a windward mark rounding (photo Guy Gurney)



Article dated March 2025