Santa Maria Cup News

Eastport Yacht Club announced today that the 2011 Notice of Race (NOR) has been posted and they are now accepting requests for invitations to compete in the 2011 Santa Maria Cup, a premier Women’s Match Racing event.  This International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Grade 1 championship will be held in Annapolis, Maryland... [Read More]

Close racing in hot, shifty conditions through today’s final contests of the semi-final and five-match final rounds in the 20th annual BoatU.S. Santa Maria Cup international women’s match-racing regatta produced a similar result to last year, with the French team skippered by Claire Leroy topping San Franciscan Genny Tulloch and... [Read More]

City of Annapolis, Maryland, Ward Eight Alderman Ross H. Arnett, III, read a proclamation from Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen proclaiming this week, “Celebrate Women in Sailing Week,” to coincide with the BoatUS Santa Maria Cup Women’s Match Racing Championship. The competition is now being hosted by Eastport Yacht Club and... [Read More]

With the completion of the full double round-robin portion of the 20th annual BoatU.S. Santa Maria Cup international women’s match-racing regatta this afternoon, six of the 10 highly-ranked teams of female sailors went home early while the top four teams advanced to the semi-finals. [Read More]

Hot and sticky conditions with the threat of thunderstorms were not enough to stifle racing today, and the 20th annual BoatU.S. Santa Maria Cup international women’s match-racing regatta continued with an additional six flights, completing the first half of the double round-robin phase and two of the remaining nine in the... [Read More]