2026 Annapolis YC 3-2-1 Invitational®
Annapolis Yacht ClubAnnapolis Yacht ClubSep 18 - 20, 2026- MR
- 3v3
- 2v2
Event Highlights
AI-GeneratedRoyal Thames Yacht Club left Annapolis with the 3-2-1 Invitational® title in hand, closing the two-phase program at 19 wins and 2 losses — 90 percent — across a single eight-boat field. The match racing phase belonged to San Diego Yacht Club, which topped all 28 matches at 5-2 and edged Royal Thames on the C11.1(a) tie-break within that discipline. Royal Thames answered emphatically in team racing, sweeping both the 2v2 and 3v3 round robins undefeated at 7-0 apiece across 56 heats, and that perfect run decided the combined table. San Diego took second overall at 13-8, with Annapolis Yacht Club – AYC Black third on the same 13-8 record. Ida Lewis Yacht Club finished fourth at 11-10. Conditions held steady throughout both phases: a 5-knot westerly gusting to 11, seas of 0.5 ft and 72°F. All results are official.
2026 Annapolis YC 3-2-1 Invitational®
Royal Thames Yacht Club
AYCAnnapolis Yacht Club
AYC Black
head-to-headDecided by head-to-head
SDYCSan Diego Yacht Club
head-to-headDecided by head-to-head
ILYCIda Lewis Yacht Club
AYCAnnapolis Yacht Club
AYC Red
EYCEastport Yacht Club
head-to-headDecided by head-to-head
NYYCNew York Yacht Club
head-to-headDecided by head-to-head
CYCChicago 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.
Venue
DirectionsAnnapolis Yacht Club
Hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club
Competing Clubs
AYCCYCEYCILYCNYYCRTYCSDYCOn-water conditions
RecordedThe 2026 Annapolis YC 3-2-1 Invitational opened on September 18 with light 5-knot northerly breezes gusting to 7, flat 0.3 ft seas, and a gentle 0.6 ft swell under warm 77°F air. Day two brought a shift as easterly winds firmed to 10 knots, gusting 17, building choppier 0.8 ft waves while the swell eased to 0.1 ft. Air temperatures cooled slightly to 74°F, with water staying near 79-80°F throughout.
Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026 · Generated Sep 20, 2026
