World Match Racing Tour

DETROIT, Mich. (August 23, 2026) – Bright sunshine and fresh conditions on the Detroit River produced some of the most exciting match-race sailing of the 100 races held across four days of competition, crowning a new champion in the 13th edition of Bayview Yacht Club’s International Match Race for the Detroit Cup.

HAMILTON, Bermuda (24 August 2026) — The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club has closed invitations for the 2026 Bermuda Gold Cup and confirmed the field striving to win the King Edward VII Gold Cup, the oldest match racing trophy for one-design keelboats in the world. The regatta runs October 13-18 and will be the penultimate stage of the 2026 World Match Racing Tour before the Tour final in Saudi Arabia in November.

– World Match Racing Tour and Women’s World Match Racing Tour Finals to be staged at AMAALA Yacht Club in Saudi Arabia for the first time – The world’s leading match racers will compete on the Red Sea, with pristine waters and reliable trade winds providing a new stage for world-class racing – For the first time both Finals will be staged back-to-back, with equal $200,000 prize purses and the women’s event offering a record prize.

MARSTRAND, Sweden (July 5, 2026) — American match racing star Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team reclaimed the GKSS Match Cup Sweden title on Saturday, while France’s Pauline Courtois/ Match in Pink successfully defended the Nordea Women’s Trophy, bringing a spectacular week of world-class match racing to a thrilling conclusion in Marstrand.

MARSTRAND, Sweden (3 July 2026) – The island of Marstrand is set for a thrilling Championship Saturday at the 2026 GKSS Match Cup Sweden and Nordea Women’s Trophy final, with hometown star Oscar Engström/ Team Liros and American match racing ace Chris Poole/ Riptide Racing advancing to the Open Match Cup final.

MARSTRAND, Sweden (July 2, 2026) — A strong weather front sweeping across Sweden’s west coast brought racing to an abrupt halt Thursday at the 2026 GKSS Match Cup Sweden and Nordea Women’s Trophy, leaving the quarterfinal battles poised as high winds forced officials to suspend competition.

Marstrand, Sweden (1 July, 2026) — Sweden’s home teams thrilled local fans today as Oscar Engström and Martina Carlsson surged to the top of the standings at the halfway point of the 2026 GKSS Match Cup Sweden and Nordea Women’s Trophy. Both skippers secured automatic places in the semifinals after dominating the round robin stage, while the remaining qualifying teams now head into the quarterfinals to battle for the three remaining semifinal berths.

Marstrand, Sweden (29 June 2026) – Sunshine, fresh winds and hundreds of spectators combined to deliver a spectacular opening day of the 2026 GKSS Match Cup Sweden, as eighteen of the world’s best match racing teams launched their campaigns on the iconic waters off Marstrand. Ten Open teams and eight all-female crews took to the famous Marstrand fjord in perfect Scandinavian summer conditions to begin the battle for the prestigious GKSS Match Cup Sweden and Nordea Women’s Trophy titles.

London (June 22, 2026) – Switzerland’s Eric Monnin and his Swiss Match Race Team of Ute Wagner Monnin and Marc Monnin claimed victory at the fifteenth edition of the Grade 2 event – OM International Ledro Match Race, Stage 7 of the 2026 World Match Racing Tour and the only Italian event on this years tour calendar, organized by the Associazione Vela Lago di Ledro using its fleet of J/22s. Monnin defeated Frenchman Ange Delerce 2-0 in the final.

HAMILTON, Bermuda (18 June, 2026) — The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC), alongside the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), has announced an update regarding the format for the upcoming Bermuda Gold Cup, scheduled to take place this October 13th-18th. Following recent changes in the event’s sponsorship landscape, organizers have adapted the format of this year’s regatta.