The Women’s World Match Racing Tour today announced its 2024 season of five events in four countries featuring returning events in the USA, France and Denmark, and a new event in Marstrand, Sweden. Now in its third season after re-launching in 2022, the women’s world tour is the only all-female global professional series in sailing, designed to promote and grow participation of women in sailing and match racing.
The 2024 Women’s Tour will kick off from 23-26 April (race days) at the Santa Maria Cup, hosted by Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis, USA. A premier women’s match racing event for over 20 years, past winners of the Santa Maria Cup include notable international stars of women’s sailing such as Betsy Alison, Dawn Riley, Cory Sertl, Liz Baylis, Sally Barkow and Anna Tunicliffe. The event will be sailed in J/22s on the Severn River in Annapolis.
Women’s World Match Racing Tour 2024
Stage 1 – Santa Maria Cup, Annapolis USA, 23-26 April
Stage 2 – Casa Vela Cup, San Francisco USA, 2-5 May
Stage 3 – Normandy Match Cup, Le Havre, 17-20 May
Stage 4 – Nordea Women’s Trophy – Match Cup Sweden, Marstrand, 1-6 July
Stage 5 – KDY Women’s Match Race, Skovshoved, Denmark, 5-8 Sept
*Race days only published
A team’s Tour points total will be the sum of their best three (3) scores.
The team with the highest score at the end of the season will be 2024 Women’s World Match Racing Tour Champion.
View 2024 Notice of Tour.