Santa Maria Cup

06/06/2026

Day three of the Santa Maria Cup: Run it 🔙

Allie Blecher 🇺🇸, Anna Östling 🇸🇪, Julia Aartsen 🇳🇱, and Martina Carlsson 🇸🇪 have moved on to the semis – hear from Beka Schiff on #1 Team BAAM and Anna Östling of #2 WINGS - SWE about the day 🎙️

06/05/2026

Day two of the Santa Maria Cup: Maximum sailing, maximum fun 🤩

Get the lowdown from Julia Aartsen (Team Out of the Box) and Martina Carlsson (Beyond Racing) in today’s recap video 🎤

06/04/2026

Beautiful action filled day one - check out Ted Morgan’s photos - Women's World Match Racing Tour and the results.

06/04/2026

The first round robin was completed on day one of the 2026 Santa Maria Cup and Allie Blecher and her Team BAAM! look intent to defend their title.


Eastport Yacht Club
Women's World Match Racing Tour
Women's International Match Racing Association (WIMRA)

*LATEST NEWS*
BLECHER SETS THE PACE AS SANTA MARIA CUP GETS UNDERWAY 🇺🇸

ANNAPOLIS, USA (June 3, 2026) – The opening day of the Santa Maria Cup, Stage 2 of the 2026 Women’s World Match Racing Tour, delivered a thrilling start on the waters of Annapolis as ten of the world’s top women match racing teams battled for early supremacy.

Defending Santa Maria Cup champion Allie Blecher (USA) and her Team Baam wasted no time laying down a marker, emerging from the first day with 8 wins and just one loss. Close behind are Sweden’s Anna Östling and Team Wings together with Julia Aartsen (NED) and Team Out of the Box, both posting impressive 7-1 scores.

Click link in comments for full article 👇

Santa Maria Cup

06/04/2026

The teams are here and the racing is great!


06/04/2026

Big shifts, big puffs, and big wins: it’s day one of the 2026 Santa Maria Cup in Annapolis, MD 👊🏻

Hear from event leader Allie Blecher and Olympic medalist (and first time WWMRT competitor!) Lijia Xu in today’s recap video 🎙️

Full results: https://www.matchracingresults.com/2026/wwmrt-santa-maria-cup/

06/02/2026

Things are looking sweet at Eastport Yacht Club as the teams arrive for the 2026 Santa Maria Cup with the Women's World Match Racing Tour plashing color around the club!

05/29/2026

Ted Morgan, the 2025/2026 Santa Maria Cup photographer, shot the cover photo for SpinSheet Magazine June issue, which is great, but we are even more thrilled with the article inside previewing the 2026 SMC!

Pages 63-64 in this link: https://issuu.com/spinsheetpublishingcompany/docs/spinsheet_magazine_june_2026/63

Ted Morgan took the June cover shot at the windy, record-breaking EWE Spirit Cup May 16. It's going to be a beautiful weekend, so get out on the water and start snapping your own shots to enter in our Summer Cover Contest. Entries due by July 10.
Spirit Foundation

05/29/2026

The boats are getting ready and they'll be waiting for the sailors when they arrive on Monday! Can't wait!

02/17/2026

The Request For Invitation window is still open for the 2026 Santa Maria Cup at Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis, USA!

Visit https://www.santamariacup.org/news/2026-01-24-notice-of-race-posted-for-the-2026-santa-maria-cup/ for more information and https://www.santamariacup.org/invite/ to request an invitation.