Charleston Fall Interconference, Charleston, South Carolina

PJ Rodrigues and Jordan Vieira helped Eckerd College to 2nd place in the 15-team fleet on October 3 and 4, level on 76 points with host College of Charleston, who took the title on the head-to-head tiebreak. PJ, sailing with Peyton Seidle, won B Division with 31 points, while Jordan sailed A Division, where Eckerd placed 4th. A week later the pair helped Eckerd to 11th of 17 teams at the Open Atlantic Coast Championships Round 1A, hosted by St. Mary’s College of Maryland and won by Stanford.

RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup, Great Sound, Bermuda

Fourteen young Bermudians raced the 28-boat under-16 Optimist fleet from 14 countries, with Rex Henagulph top Bermudian in 9th, just ahead of Heath Myers in 10th and Jesse Savage in 11th. Canada’s Will Kielty won with seven victories from 12 races, ahead of Britain’s Charlie Holland and Mexico’s Jorge Munoz-Uribe. Ishmael Dill (16th), Aaron Riker (17th), Alfie Jansma (19th), Hudson Pitcher (20th), Elaine Jones (21st), Mason Portelli (23rd), Ishaan Dutt (24th), Leo DeCouto (25th), Eamon Tiwari (26th), James DeCouto (27th) and Jacob Beale (28th) completed the Bermuda team.

Bermuda Gold Cup, Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda

Britain’s Christian Hamilton won the King Edward VII Trophy on his Gold Cup debut, recovering from 2-1 down to beat world No 1 Chris Poole (USA) 3-2 in the final on October 18. The World Match Racing Tour event was the first sailed in the new Fareast 28R fleet, with 12 skippers contesting more than 100 matches in shifty conditions. Three-time defending champion Johnie Berntsson of Sweden went out in the quarterfinals.

Comet Class Ace Installers Regatta, St George’s Harbour, Bermuda

Max Curtis and Wesley Tucker won the Ace Installers Regatta at East End Mini Yacht Club on October 4, with 4 points, scoring 1, 1, (3), 2 in light winds. Alan and Laila Frith were 2nd on 7 points, with Scott Fox and Sarah Frith 3rd on 8, level with Greg Wade and Geno Smith. The regatta opened a three-regatta series to close the Comet season.

Endeavour Maritime Career Springboard, Dockyard, Bermuda

Endeavour’s latest Springboard cohort graduated on September 24, World Maritime Day, with five participants earning RYA Dinghy Instructor qualifications. This year’s instructors were all Bermudian Springboard graduates. Applications for the tenth cohort, running January 11 to February 26, 2027, close on November 4, and no sailing experience is needed. Spirit of Bermuda also resumes student voyages this autumn after a two-year break, with an all-Bermudian crew.

WASZP EuroCup, Imperia, Italy

Rachael Betschart raced her Waszp to 2nd place overall and top female at the EuroCup regatta in Imperia, two points behind local champion Giuseppe Chiantera. Rachael won two of the six races. She is using the EuroCup series to build towards 2027, with the Waszp Games in Italy next July her main target.