Top Women's Match Racing Events Return to US Yacht Clubs in 2024

21st January 2024

The Women’s World Match Racing Tour was launched in 2022 to continue the hugely successful legacy of the WIM Series (Women’s International Match Racing Series) providing a global match racing series for female sailors

St. Francis Yacht Club and Eastport Yacht Club are collaborating once again to host the top women’s match racing teams at back-to-back events. The events are part of the 2024 Women’s World Match Racing Tour. Following the success of the inaugural Casa Vela Cup at St. Francis Yacht Club, and the return of the popular Santa Maria Cup after ten years at Eastport Yacht Club last year, both clubs have coordinated their Grade 2 international women’s match racing events to run back-to-back for 2024.

The Santa Maria Cup at Eastport Yacht Club will open the 2024 women’s world tour season from 23-26 April, with the Casa Vela Cup at St. Francis Yacht Club to follow from 2-4 May. Both events will be held in the respective clubs provided fleets of J/22s. The travel window for teams to travel from East to West coast will be four days.

Celia Willison (NZL) and Edge Women’s Match Team winning the 2023 Casa Vela Cup (crew left to right: Celia Willison, Serena Woodall, Charlotte Porter, Alison Kent)

The 2024 Casa Vela Cup and Santa Maria Cup will be a part of Season 3 of the Women’s World Match Racing Tour. The Women’s World Match Racing Tour is currently the world’s only global professional sailing series for women. Since it was re-launched in 2022, thirty-two teams and over 140 female athletes have competed on the first two seasons of the Women’s World Match Racing Tour. The events were held in the USA, France, New Zealand, Greece, and Denmark.

The full schedule for the 2024 Women’s World Match Racing Tour will be announced in late January. The events are planned in the USA, France, Sweden, and Denmark. Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting event for women’s sailing!

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