Seattle Yacht Club Hopes Family and Familiarity Equals Success at 2024 Resolute Cup
It’s no secret that crew consistency plays a crucial role in the success of a sailing team. It’s an asset that the two-couple team representing the Seattle Yacht Club will be counting on as they prepare for this week’s Resolute Cup. Benjamin Glass, Dalton Bergan, Jennifer Morgan Glass and Lindsay Bergan (above, left to right) have sailed together in various configurations for over three decades, as far back as being on SYC’s junior sailing team in overlapping years.
While it’s unique to have a two-couple team compete in the Resolute Cup, the SYC team also brings an exceptionally high level of skill to the game; Dalton was the 2000 collegiate sailor of the year while at the University of Southern California. Lindsay, a collegiate standout as well, has top-level racing in her DNA—her father Carl Buchan and grandfather Bill Buchan both took gold in the 1984 Olympics. Ben Glass holds multiple national championship titles while his wife Jen Morgan Glass campaigned a 470 in advance of the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, winning a national title.
“Dalton, Lindsay, Ben and I have known each other for a long time and enjoy sailing together; that comfort sliding into a boat helps a lot,” says Morgan Glass. “Our shared experience includes time in Tasars, Vanguard 15s, 29ers, 505s, Nacra 17s, Ideal 18s, Harbor 20s, Elliott 6s, Santana 20s, J/22s, just to get the list started. We don’t have access to Sonars in Seattle, so we have been practicing in other small, symmetrical spinnaker keelboats to get back into the mode. We’ve found Seattle’s weeknight beer-can races are quite challenging and present a variety of situations that have helped us prepare.”
Since 2010, the Resolute Cup has served as a Corinthian Championship for U.S. Yacht Clubs and the only guaranteed pathway for an American club to earn a berth in the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, Corinthian sailing’s most prestigious international competition. The seventh edition of the biennial competition—the event was not sailed in 2020—is scheduled for September 9 to 14 at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in Newport, R.I. The 2024 Resolute Cup will utilize the Club’s fleet of Sonars, with provided sails, equalized rig tune and on-the-water umpiring ensuring sailing’s ultimate level playing field. The 2024 New York Yacht Club Regatta Association regatta calendar is supported by Helly Hansen, Hammetts Hotel, Safe Harbor Marinas and Peters & May.
