M32

Ryan McKillen’s Surge tops the April event as Miami delivers a perfect send-off

The whole season came down to the very last race. Miles Julien’s Youngblood versus Charlie Julien’s Rated X: two brothers, two boats, two points separating them in the standings. After the final gun fired on Biscayne Bay, it was the older brother who walked away with the title and the infamous M32 Rooster Trophy.

The Season: Youngblood Takes It All

Miles Julien’s Youngblood claimed the 2026 M32 Miami Winter Series season championship with 55 points across four events — a two-point margin over his younger brother Charlie’s Rated X (53 points), with Cy Thomson’s Tuuci rounding out the podium in third with 50 points.

It’s been a long road. This was Miles’s fourth Miami Winter Series, and his first series title. Youngblood opened the season with a January victory, backed it up with second-place finishes in February and March, and then held on through a pressure-cooker finale to seal the win. Julien has sailed for years with the same team, tactician Carlos Robles, Bernardo Freitas, Moritz Spitzhauer, Leonard Takahashi, and Dan Morris.

“This is my first series win,” said Miles. “It’s been a long road — my fourth Miami Winter Series. Carlos, Mo, Bernie, Leo, and Dmo all did a fantastic job. Everyone has put in a ton of hard work. It’s great to finally get a result like this.”

The family angle is hard to miss. Last summer, it was Charlie who stood on top — Rated X claimed the 2025 Newport Summer Series title while Youngblood finished mid-fleet. This winter, the roles reversed. Miles built the most consistent program on the circuit and never let go. To make it even more layered: their father Bobby Julien’s Dingbat finished fourth in the season standings. Three brothers — Miles, Charlie, and Jake — and their father, all racing M32s, all racing each other. The brotherly rivalry that’s defined this season now heads north to Newport