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Saturday, September 13, 2025
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Bermudian Duo Helps Eckerd College to Fourth-Place Finish
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Bermudian sailors Jordan Vieira and Paul Rodrigues Jr. contributed to Eckerd College's fourth-place finish at the SAISA South Top Six race, the first of two regattas for the team this weekend.
The Tritons' A team, comprised of Avery Guck and Rodrigues Jr., had an impressive performance, securing the second-best point total of their group with 58 points. The duo achieved five top-five finishes on the day, including a second-place standing in the third race.
Meanwhile, Vieira and his B team partner, Tia Soultanakakis, concluded the day with 93 points, placing them fourth in their group. The pair started strong with a fourth-place standing in the opening race and ended with their second-best result, finishing eighth in the final race of the day.
The Eckerd C team collected 133 points, with their best performance being a seventh-place finish in the regatta's opener.
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
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Bermuda's Christian Ebbin to Start Tulane Sailing Season
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Bermudian sailor Christian Ebbin and his Tulane University sailing teammates are poised to open their 2025 fall season this weekend with a trio of regattas in Texas. The Green Wave will be competing in the SEISA Singlehanded and Match Race Championships as well as the Lone Star Regatta, all hosted by Texas A&M – Corpus Christi from Friday, September 12, to Sunday, September 14.
The competitive weekend kicks off on Friday with the SEISA Match Race Championship. Teams will participate in a single round-robin format, with the top two progressing to a final round to crown the champion. Racing is scheduled to begin at 13:30 ADT at the Corpus Christi Yacht Club.
On Saturday, the focus shifts to the SEISA Open and Women's Singlehanded Championships. Each championship will feature seven races, with competition slated to get underway around 10:00 ADT.
In addition to the championship events, the Lone Star Regatta will also begin on Saturday from the Corpus Christi Yacht Club. The two-day regatta will see racing start at 09:00 ADT on both Saturday and Sunday, providing the Tulane team with an extensive weekend of competition to launch their season.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
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Encore Wins Wednesday Night Sailing Race Day 22
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A competitive night on the water saw Encore claim victory in Race Day 22 of the Wednesday Sailing Series. The win was a clear demonstration of the importance of a boat's handicap, as the winner of the race was not the first to cross the finish line.
The first boat to cross the line was Nasty Medicine, with an elapsed time of 40:46. However, its corrected time of 44:43 saw it finish fourth on the night. The second boat across the line was Crossfire, which clocked a time of 42:49, but its corrected time of 47:13 placed it in ninth.
Encore, which had an elapsed time of 50:55, was declared the winner with a corrected time of 43:05. Solna II finished second on the night with a corrected time of 43:43, and Vrengen rounded out the podium with a corrected time of 44:40. The results highlight how the handicap system can level the playing field, allowing boats of varying sizes and speeds to compete fairly against each other.
Wednesday Night Sailing Race Day 22 Results
0:43:05 Encore
0:43:43 Solna II
0:44:40 Vrengen
0:44:43 Nasty Medicine
0:44:58 Menace
0:45:51 Scatteraction
0:46:36 Fat Tuesday
0:46:59 Lix
0:47:13 Crossfire
0:47:14 Celerity
0:47:14 Lorato Makato
0:48:11 Ariel
0:48:35 Airforce
0:48:38 Jitterbug
0:48:53 Tiburon
0:49:26 RS 21 6
0:49:56 Back in Black
0:51:35 RS 21 5
0:52:02 Tiddlywink
0:52:51 RS 21 1
0:55:43 Severn
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Sunday, September 07, 2025
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Countdown to 73rd Bermuda Gold Cup
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The countdown is on until the world's best match racing sailors return to Bermuda to compete in the 73rd Bermuda Gold Cup, the penultimate event of the 2025 World Match Racing Tour championship season before the WMRT Final heads to Shenzhen, China.
The top-five ranked sailors in the world will be among the eight skippers competing for the prestigious King Edward VII Gold Cup, the oldest match racing trophy in the world, when the action takes place in Hamilton Harbour from October 21 to 26.
Sweden's Johnie Berntsson, the world no.3, may be behind American Chris Poole and Eric Monnin, from Switzerland, in the match racing rankings but he bows to nobody in the blue waters of Bermuda. The Swedish skipper won the event for the second year in a row, and for the fourth time overall, after beating Monnin 2-1 in a titanic final tussle in 2024. The destination of the Gold Cup was only decided 15 metres from the finish when Monnin was given a penalty for what he described after the race as "probably one of our most stupid moves of the season".
Berntsson is looking forward to chasing more trophies in Bermuda with his fantastic team.
"Bermuda is always one of our favourite events on the World Match Racing Tour and for us it's one of the greatest places on the planet to race in," he said. "We have made many friends over the years and love the hospitality culture that seems to reside in the genes of all Bermudians. I am fortunate to race with three great sailors in Björn Lundgren, Herman Andersson and Oscar Angervall who get the best out of the boat and me. We love the venue and that helps a lot but it's never an easy task to win or defend the King Edward VII Gold Cup."
World No 1 Chris Poole will be looking to add the Bermuda Gold Cup to his glittering match racing CV but with a stacked field comprising eight-time Open Match Racing World Champion Ian Williams (GBR), former world match racing champion Nick Egnot-Johnson (NZL), French skippers Ian Garreta and Timothée Rossi, and Canadian Peter Wickwire, a multiple winner of the Vrengen Gold Cup at Bermuda International Raceweek, Poole will have to be at his very best if he is to lift the trophy on the final day.
Alongside the Gold Cup, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club will also host the Aspen Bermuda Women's Match Racing Regatta. This will be the final event on the 2025 Women's World Match Racing Tour and comes after the Women's Match Racing World Championships, which will be held in Chicago from September 17 to 20. That should set the stage for an exciting conclusion to the 2025 Women's Tour with the top three skippers in the 2025 standings confirmed for the Bermuda event.
Anna Östling and her Wings Sailing team top the women's tour leaderboard with two regattas to go but with the 2024 Women's World Match Racing Tour champion Pauline Courtois, from France, hot on her stern and American Nicole Breault still in contention, the storied Swedish team will need all of their skills to secure overall tour victory.
Östling has yet to win in Bermuda but is relishing the opportunity to earn her first victory "This is one event we have not won yet, but we love the boats and the shifty conditions, so we are up for the task and aiming to perform to our highest level this year," she said.
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Wednesday, September 03, 2025
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Wednesday Night Sailing Round-Up Race Day 21
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Menace has been declared the winner of Race Day 21 of the Wednesday Night Sailing Series, with a corrected time of 52:12. The victory was a demonstration of tactical sailing, with the winning boat clocking an elapsed time of 57:15.
The race for top honours was a fascinating study in the difference between elapsed and corrected times. Crossfire was the first boat to cross the finish line with a quick elapsed time of 48:18. However, after handicaps were applied, their corrected time of 53:16 saw them finish in fourth place. Airforce was the second boat to cross the line, clocking a time of 56:00, but their corrected time of 53:00 was enough to secure a third-place finish.
The corrected times tell the real story of the night, with Vrengen finishing a close second with a time of 52:15, and Encore rounding out the top five with a corrected time of 53:17. The results highlight how the handicap system can level the playing field, allowing boats of varying sizes and speeds to compete for the win.
Wednesday Night Sailing Race Day 21 Results
0:52:12 Menace
0:52:15 Vrengen
0:53:00 Airforce
0:53:16 Crossfire
0:53:17 Encore
0:54:30 Scatteraction
0:56:37 Lorato Makato
0:57:32 Shadow
0:57:58 Back in Black
0:58:27 Fat Tuesday
0:58:32 Solna II
0:58:58 RS 21 6
0:59:49 Passion
1:00:03 Celerity
1:00:31 RS 21 3
1:02:14 Nasty Medicine
1:02:54 Cyclone
1:03:34 RS 21 1
1:04:21 RS 21 4
1:04:51 Lix
1:04:55 Jitterbug
1:06:07 Shogun
1:06:13 Tiburon
1:07:56 RS 21 2
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