Sailors from some of the most prestigious yacht clubs across the United STates and the United Kingdom are converging on Marblehead later this month as the Boston Yacht Club opens its racing season with the 27th annual Jackson Cup team race regatta.
A total of eight teams will compete in the event which will take place in Marblehead Harbor on April 25 and 26, starting at 9:15 a.m. Last year’s winners, the New York Yacht Club, will face challenges from the local Boston, Corinthian and Eastern yacht club teams in Marblehead as well as from the Ida Lewis Yacht Club in Newport, Rhode Island, the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club of Long Island and the Larchmont Yacht Club. The UK challengers are from the historic Royal Thames Yacht Club of London, winners of the event in 2010 and 2023.
“The Jackson Cup attracts the top talent from some of the finest yacht clubs in the world,” said BYC Rear Commodore Robert Bova. “It also makes for a compelling spectator event”.
Team racing pits a team of three Sonar sailboats against another team of three Sonars and there will be 56 races in the first two round robin races over the weekend with the hope of getting in a final four round to see who will become the 2026 champion.
The sailors representing the BYC this year are Team Captain Brad Wayne, James Pinder, Cookie Greville, Ryan White, Sarah Brophy, Tyler Doyle, Andrew Reynolds, Eliza Genovese, Ned Breed, Ted Moore, Amy Drinker and Larry Rosenfeld.
