Second Place
Ben Quincy
Chicago Yacht ClubChicago, IL
Match RacingRegattaEvent Complete
2026 Chicago Yacht Club Fall Match Race
Chicago Yacht ClubChicago Yacht ClubSep 12 - 13, 20262026 Chicago Yacht Club Fall Match Race Champion
Peter Holz
Chicago Yacht ClubChicago, IL
Round RobinDouble Round Robin5 teams
Knock-OutSemi Finals4 teams
Knock-OutPetit Final2 teams
Knock-OutFinals2 teams
Championship Moment
Peter Holz
3 – 0
Won the Finals 3-0
in a best-of-5 series
def. Ben Quincy
Event Highlights
AI-GeneratedPeter Holz claimed the 2026 Chicago Yacht Club Fall Match Race, closing out the regatta with a 3–0 sweep of BYC (Ben Quincy) in the final. CYC's Holz never gave the fleet a foothold on the way there, sharing the top of the double round robin with Quincy at 7–1 before dispatching OYS (Jack Riley) 3–0 in the semifinals. Quincy matched that path with a 3–0 win over CYC's Richard Rychlik Jr, but found no answer in the title series. Rychlik took third, edging Riley 2–1 in a petit final that was the closest series of the weekend. Behind them, ColYC (Coleman Robbins) finished the round robin at 0–8. A 3-knot westerly gusting to 13 held steady across the flights over 0.6 ft seas at 79°F, denying either side of the course a lasting tactical edge and leaving the racing to be settled boat on boat.
Podiumranks two & below
Third Place
Richard Rychlik Jr
Oakville Yacht SquadronOakville
Fourth Place
Jack Riley
Bayview Yacht ClubDetroit, MI
About This Event
The Chicago Yacht Club Fall Match Race is sailed out of Belmont Harbor on Lake Michigan, where eight invited skippers race the club's Tom 28 MAX fleet for two titles at once. The overall winner is inscribed on the Sterling Morton Trophy, given in 1937 for interclub Star Class racing and revived in 2018 after three decades in storage. The top eligible skipper and crew take the Richardson Trophy and the title of YRUGL Great Lakes Match Racing Champions, a sterling silver Tiffany cup donated by Commodore S. O. Richardson, Jr. of the Toledo Yacht Club and first raced in Chicago in 1912. Tradition says the cup gets filled with Stingers and nobody leaves until it is empty.
Venue
DirectionsChicago Yacht Club
Hosted by Chicago Yacht Club
300 W Belmont Ave
Lake View
Chicago, Illinois 60657
United States
Competing Clubs
BYC
ColYCCYCOYSOn-water conditions
RecordedSep 11, 2026
4kt NW
0.6 ft79°F
Sep 12, 2026
3kt W
0.6 ft79°F
Weather retrospective
The 2026 Chicago Yacht Club Fall Match Race saw light, patchy winds throughout. On September 12th, breeze from the NW averaged just 4 knots with gusts to 13, while the 13th brought similarly light westerlies around 3 knots with the same gusty spikes. Seas stayed calm both days, with wave heights near 0.6 ft and minimal swell. Air temperatures held steady at 79°F under stable pressure near 989 hPa.
Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 12, 2026 · Generated Sep 13, 2026
Scoring system
SystemRRS Appendix C · Win/Loss Scoring