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New York Yacht Club to Host 2025 Team Race World Championship at Harbour Court

In a historic nod to its long-standing influence in keelboat team racing, the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) will host the 2025 World Sailing Team Race World Championship from May 28 to June 1 at its renowned Harbour Court location in Newport, R.I. This marks the first team racing world championship in a decade and solidifies the NYYC’s leadership in this highly competitive sailing discipline.

The event will be contested in the Club’s fleet of 23-foot Sonar keelboats, following a two-on-two format. While the more common three-on-three setup is widely used in scholastic and collegiate racing, this variation has gained popularity due to its straightforward scoring system—whichever team finishes last loses—and its fast-paced, tactical action. The smaller team sizes also make for more intense competition on the water.

“When the bid package came out, we knew we wanted to run this,” says Susan Daly, co-chair of the NYYC’s Team Racing subcommittee. “It’s a natural fit for us, given our history with keelboat team racing and having hosted a world championship in 2005. This event will also be a fantastic way to launch our 2025 regatta calendar at Harbour Court.”

The New York Yacht Club has long been a pioneer in team racing. In 2000, the Club initiated the keelboat team racing revolution with the Hinman Masters Team Race, which remains one of its cornerstone events. Along with the Hinman Masters, the NYYC hosts three other major team race competitions each summer: the Morgan Cup, the Grandmasters, and the Women’s 2v2. The Club also created the Global Team Race Regatta, hosted in 2018 and 2022. Each of these regattas features Sonar sailboats, meticulously maintained by the Club, and raced with spinnakers. However, the upcoming world championship will use a jib-and-main-only format, dialing up the tactical complexity.

A dozen teams are expected to compete, including a squad representing the host New York Yacht Club. The remaining teams will qualify through their respective national sailing authorities, promising a global showcase of top-tier keelboat team racing talent.

For the NYYC, the event is yet another chapter in its storied tradition, bringing international attention to Newport’s waters and reinforcing its commitment to advancing the sport of team racing.

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The New York Yacht Club, which sparked the keelboat team racing revolution with the creation of the Hinman Masters Team Race in 2000, will see this discipline attain the highest competitive level in the sport when it hosts the World Sailing 2025 Team Race World Championship, May 28 to June 1, at Harbour Court in Newport, R.I.

The first team racing world championship in a decade will be sailed in the Club’s fleet of 23-foot Sonar keelboats in a two-on-two format. While not as widespread as the three-on-three format that is used in scholastic and collegiate racing in the United States and elsewhere around the world, the two-on-two format has won a lot of support with its easy-to-understand scoring format—whichever team finishes in last position loses the race—non-stop action and smaller team size.

For more on previous editions of the Team Racing World Championship, click here .

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The first team racing world championship in a decade will be sailed in the Club’s fleet of 23-foot  Sonar keelboats  in a two-on-two format. While not as widespread as the three-on-three format that is used in scholastic and collegiate racing in the United States and elsewhere around the world, the two-on-two format has won a lot of support with its easy-to-understand scoring format—whichever team finishes in last position loses the race—non-stop action and smaller team size.

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Published on September 19th, 2024 | by Editor

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Published on September 19th, 2024 by Editor -->

The New York Yacht Club, which sparked the keelboat team racing revolution with the creation of the Hinman Masters Team Race in 2000, will see this discipline attain the highest competitive level in the sport when it hosts the World Sailing 2025 Team Race World Championship on May 28-June 1 in Newport, RI.

Last held in 2015, the event will be sailed in the Club’s fleet of 23-foot Sonar keelboats in a two-on-two format. While not as widespread as the three-on-three format that is used in scholastic racing in the United States and elsewhere around the world, the two-on-two format has won a lot of support with its easy-to-understand scoring format—whichever team finishes in last position loses the race—non-stop action, and smaller team size.

“When this came forward, when the bid package came out, we said of course we’d want to run this,” says Susan Daly, co-chair of the New York Yacht Club’s Team Racing subcommittee. “It’s a natural fit for us given our history both with keelboat team racing and having run the 2005 Team Race Worlds in Vanguard 15 dinghies. This World Championship is a great way to kick off a packed 2025 regatta calendar at Harbour Court.”

In addition to the Hinman Masters regatta—for which skippers must be 45 or older and crew must be 40 or older—the New York Yacht Club runs three other highly regarded team race events each summer: the Morgan Cup, the New York Yacht Club Grandmasters, and the Women’s 2v2.

The Club also created the Global Team Race Regatta and hosted it in 2018 and 2022. The Club maintains a fleet of 22 Sonar sailboats that are reserved for team racing and the occasional fleet race regatta. In the four team race regattas hosted by the New York Yacht Club, spinnakers are used. But the format for the world championship will mandate the jib-and-main-only configuration.

A dozen teams are anticipated, including one from the host New York Yacht Club. The remainder will be qualified through their member national authorities. For United States sailors hoping to compete, a qualifying regatta is anticipated in early 2025.

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