New York Yacht Club
Part of the allure of the New York Yacht Club Grandmasters Team Race – and all the events on the grandmasters circuit, for that matter – is the chance to reconnect with old friends and like-minded sailors for three days of racing and onshore socializing. In that respect, the teams from Texas Corinthian Yacht Club in Kemah, Texas, and the host New York Yacht Club got their money’s worth this weekend, racing head-to-head ten times over the course of the three-day regatta.
The win was a first, in seven tries, at the New York Yacht Club Grandmasters event for Texas Corinthian Yacht Club, though the team has been on a roll this year, winning the two other grandmasters events held in 2021, and as a result, also taking home the Peter Wilson Trophy, which rewards the outstanding team in grandmasters team racing in the United States during the course of the year.
Each August the New York Yacht Club hosts three team-race regattas on consecutive weekends: the New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race Regatta for the Morgan Cup (July 30 to August 1), the New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race Regatta for the Commodore George R. Hinman Masters Trophy (August 6 to 8) and the New York Yacht Club Grandmasters Team Race Regatta(August 13 to 15). Each event utilizes the Club’s fleet of 22 Sonars (designed by member Bruce Kirby, who recently passed away).
With the finish of the Grandmasters Regatta, the team racing for 2021 has concluded at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court. The Club is anticipating again hosting four great inter-club team races next year, adding the second annual Women’s 2v2 Team Race – which debuted this year in late May – to the historic trio of team races it runs each August.
Final Standings: scoring matrix / race results
1. Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (Kemah, Texas), 13-2 in Round Robins 1-3, 4-3 in Championship Match
2. New York (N.Y.) Yacht Club, 13-2, 3-4
3. St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco), 7-8, 5-1 in Silver Round Robin
4. Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans)
5-10, 3-3; Storm Trysail Club (Larchmont, N.Y.), 3-12, 4-2
6. Annapolis (Md.) Yacht Club, 4-11, 0-6
