World Match Racing Tour

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.

Congratulations to French skipper Ange Delerce and his crew Camille Pfaff, Aristide Girou, Jean Picard, Sylvestre De Giuli Morghen – winners of the 2026 NJK Open Spring Cup in Finland, official Grade 2 event of the World Match Racing Tour. ABOUT WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR Founded in 2000, the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) promotes the sport of match racing around the world and is the longest running global professional series in the sport of sailing.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (May 3, 2026) – Australia’s Cole Tapper and his Kairos Racing Team from Sydney delivered a sensational performance to win the 61st Congressional Cup today at the Long Beach Yacht Club, earning Tapper the legendary Crimson Blazer and etching his name into sailing history. Sailing with crewmates Max Brennan, Jack Frewin, Nathan Guliksen, George Richardson, and Hamish Vass, Tapper became the first Australian skipper to win the prestigious event since Peter Gilmour in 2004.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (May 2, 2026) – The stage is set for a thrilling finale at the 61st Congressional Cup as the final four teams were confirmed today on the penultimate day of racing in Long Beach, CA. After the completion of the double round robin qualifying series, Cole Tapper and his Kairos Racing team from Sydney, Australia secured the last remaining semi-final berth to join USA’s Chris Poole, Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson, and Switzerland’s Eric Monnin in the championship event’s knockout stage.