2026 Annapolis YC 3-2-1 Invitational®
84 races sailed 8 teams Champion: Royal Thames Yacht Club
Annapolis Yacht ClubAnnapolis, MDSep 18 – 20, 2026
Event Summary
Final racing ended Sun, Sep 20
Event Highlights
AI-generatedRoyal Thames Yacht Club spent three days refusing to lose a team race. In light air to moderate breeze of 3 to 14 knots that gusted to 21, RTYC went unbeaten at 7–0 through the 3v3 round robin and never dropped a race in the 2v2 either. Annapolis Yacht Club – Black found that out the hard way, winning six straight in the 2v2 before running into RTYC.
The only cracks came in the match racing. RTYC was unbeaten through three matches there until San Diego Yacht Club beat them, and that meeting settled the order when SDYC and RTYC finished dead level at the top of that round robin. Further down the combined table, AYC Black and SDYC finished level on record, and AYC Black took second on head-to-head. That was the closest anyone came to slowing the visitors. RTYC piled up a 19W 2L record across the combined standings to claim the 2026 Annapolis YC 3-2-1 Invitational® title.
Royal Thames Yacht Club19 – 2MR 5–2 3v3 7–0 2v2 7–0Final StandingsCombined
Full standingsAYC BlackAnnapolis Yacht Club
San Diego Yacht Club
2nd–3rd tied on 13–8. Decided by head-to-head.
Ida Lewis Yacht Club
AYC RedAnnapolis Yacht Club
Eastport Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
6th–7th tied on 7–14. Decided by head-to-head.
Chicago Yacht Club
About This Event
The Annapolis YC 3-2-1 Invitational brings up to eight teams from invited US and international yacht clubs to the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay. Each club sends six sailors, and over three days they race every format the name refers to: three boats a side, two boats a side, and finally one on one match racing with the whole team aboard a single J/105. Everybody sails in everything, swapping roles and boats as the regatta moves through each discipline, and the club with the most wins at the end takes the title. It is one of the few invitationals anywhere that asks a team to be good at all of it.
Program3 formats
Results- Round Robins · sailed togetherMRTop: San Diego Yacht Club 5–23v33 boats a sideTop: Unknown 7–02v22 boats a sideTop: Unknown 7–0Official
Each flight starts one race of each format. 2v2 at 5–5: last boat loses.
Venue
Annapolis Yacht Club
On-Water Conditions
Recorded8 AM–6 PM at the venue.
Wind and waves measured at station 44063
Weather retrospectiveAI-generated
Fri, Sep 18 brought a gentle breeze of 7 to 10 kt from the WNW, turning N at 10:00 AM and NE at 1:00 PM. The top gust was 16 kt at 2:00 PM. The sky was partly cloudy, with a trace of rain near noon. Sat, Sep 19 was cloudy, with light air to a moderate breeze of 3 to 14 kt from the NNE, turning E at 6:00 PM, and a top gust of 19 kt. Sun, Sep 20 was cloudy with a gentle to moderate breeze of 7 to 14 kt from the SSW, gusting to 21 kt, and 0.08 in of rain.
Generated Oct 11, 2026
Competing Clubs
- AYC2
- CYC1
- EYC1
- ILYC1
- NYYC1
- RTYC1
- SDYC1
Regatta Editions
Latest Documents
Documents- SI — Amendment 1Sailing Instructions Sep 19
- Sailing Instructionsv1 Sep 15
- Notice of Racev1 Sep 8
