Santa Maria Cup News

Olympic effort carries Barkow to Santa Maria title

Posted on June 1, 2008

Sally Barkow is fully focused on capturing the gold medal in Yngling class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The Wisconsin skipper is leaving no stone unturned in her quest to achieve that goal. [Read More]

Barkow sails into semifinals

Posted on May 31, 2008

Yesterday, Wisconsin skipper Sally Barkow showed the form that has made her a two-time champion of the BoatU.S. Santa Maria Cup Women’s Match Racing Championship. [Read More]

ProAm Fun Event Added Day Before Competition

Posted on May 28, 2008

A new fun event was added this year before the actual competition gets underway. A ProAm competition with local sailors joining the Boat U.S. Santa Maria Cup racers for some friendly bragging rights. This was the Inaugural event in which local Annapolis teams representing Boatyard Bar and Grill, National Sailing... [Read More]

Boat U.S. Santa Maria Cup 2008

Posted on May 26, 2008

For a taste of America’s Cup-type competition without the lawsuits, the best spectator opportunity around will be the annual BoatU.S. Santa Maria Cup Regatta, which pits 10 of the world’s top match-racing teams in a four-day battle through a heated double round-robin series before the top four emerge to sail... [Read More]

Barkow Captures Second Boat U.S. Santa Maria Cup

The U.S. team of Sally Barkow came out on top in the finals of the Boat U.S. Santa Maria Cup in spite of a late wakeup call by the strong french team of Claire Leroy

Posted on June 1, 2007

Today’s third and final round robbin series leading up to the final four race-off again had near perfect weather for the teams with a course set even further out in the Bay today, and again with light early morning breezes building out of the South combined with a strong ebbing... [Read More]