Second Place
Match RacingRegattaEvent Complete
2026 Santa Maria Cup
Eastport Yacht ClubEastport Yacht ClubJun 03 - 07, 20262026 Santa Maria Cup Leader
Allie BlecherBAAM
United States
Round RobinStage 1 - Double RR10 teams
King of the HillQueen of the Castle6 teams
Knock-OutSemi Finals4 teams
Knock-OutStage 4 - Petit-Final Knockout Series2 teams
Knock-OutStage 5 - Final Knockout Series2 teams
Championship Moment
Allie Blecher
BAAM
3 – 1
Won the Stage 5 - Final Knockout Series 3-1
in a best-of-5 series
def. Anna ÖstlingWINGS
Event Highlights
AI-GeneratedAllie Blecher – BAAM leads the 2026 Santa Maria Cup, having closed out the Final Knockout Series 3–1 against Anna Östling – WINGS. A light, steady 3-knot Serlies breeze gusting to 6 over near-flat seas at 27°C held consistent across the flights, offering no team a shift to exploit. Blecher set the tone in the double round robin with 15 wins and 3 losses, edging Östling's 14-4, then swept Martina Carlsson – Beyond Racing 3-0 in the semi-finals. Östling matched that margin against Julia Aartsen – Out of the Box, before Aartsen answered by taking the petit-final 2-0 from Carlsson to secure third. Megan Thomson – 2.0 Racing was the best of the rest at 11-7. The Queen of the Castle ladder ran its full five rungs, with Gwynie Dunlevy – Team EYC holding the top rung at its conclusion. Stage 3, the 5th through 10th Knockout Series, remains on the programme, and all standings are provisional.
Podiumranks two & below
Third Place
Julia AartsenOut of the Box
Fourth Place
Martina CarlssonBeyond Racing
About This Event
The Santa Maria Cup is a premier women's match racing regatta and a World Sailing Grade 2 event on the Women's World Match Racing Tour. Now in its 25th running, the regatta brings invited international teams to Annapolis to compete head-to-head in equalized J/22s on the Severn River.
Venue
DirectionsEastport Yacht Club
Hosted by Eastport Yacht Club
317 1st St
Annapolis, Maryland 21403-2604
United States
Competing Nations
CAN
CHN
NED
NZL
SWE
USA
On-water conditions
Recorded3kt
S 167° · gusts 6
Clear sky
- Waves
- 0.2 ft
- Water temp
- 85°F
- Trend
- Steady
Jun 02, 2026
7kt NW
0.7 ft64°F
Jun 03, 2026
7kt S
0.5 ft66°F
Jun 04, 2026
6kt W
0.5 ft70°F
Jun 05, 2026
7kt SW
0.8 ft73°F
Jun 06, 2026
3kt S
0.2 ft81°F
Weather retrospective
The 2026 Santa Maria Cup unfolded in light, shifting breezes. Day one brought 7-knot NW winds with modest gusts, followed by softer southerlies on day two. Midweek saw the lightest conditions, just 6 knots from the west, before a gentle SW flow of 7 knots returned to close the regatta. Seas stayed calm throughout, rarely exceeding 0.2 meters, while temperatures warmed steadily from 64°F to 73°F.
Jun 02, 2026 – Jun 05, 2026 · Generated Sep 01, 2026
Scoring system
SystemRRS Appendix C · Win/Loss Scoring
