Second Place
Match RacingRegattaEvent Complete
2026 Santa Maria Cup
Eastport Yacht ClubAnnapolis, MD, United StatesJun 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 claimed the 2026 Santa Maria Cup with a commanding run through the ten-team fleet, capping her campaign with a 3-1 victory over Anna Östling in the Final. Blecher's BAAM squad dominated from the outset, posting a 15-3 record in the double round robin to secure top seeding, then swept Martina Carlsson's Beyond Racing 3-0 in the Semi Finals before dispatching Östling in convincing fashion. The Swedish skipper's WINGS team had earned the second seed at 14-4 and eliminated Julia Aartsen's Out of the Box 3-0 in the other semi, but could manage only a single win against Blecher when it mattered most. Aartsen claimed third place with a clean 2-0 petit-final series win over Carlsson. On the King of the Hill ladder, Caroline Bayless's Something Chill climbed to the top rung, finishing fifth overall ahead of Lijia Xu, Kathleen Cornetta, Tara Golonka, and Gwynie Dunlevy.
Podiumranks two & below
Third Place
Julia AartsenOut of the Box
Fourth Place
Martina CarlssonBeyond Racing
On-water conditions
Recorded8kt
S 175° · gusts 15
Clear sky
- Waves
- 0.2 m
- Water temp
- 22.1°C
- Trend
- Steady
Competing Nations
CAN
CHN
NED
NZL
SWE
USA
Scoring system
SystemRRS Appendix C · Win/Loss Scoring
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.