Team Out of the Box

THIRD PLACE AT THE SANTA MARIA CUP 🥉🥉🥉

What a week in Annapolis! 🇺🇸

After four days of intense racing, we’re proud to finish 3rd at the Santa Maria Cup and come away with a podium finish at our first appearance at this iconic event.

We sailed consistently throughout the round robins, securing 13 wins and earning our place in the semi-finals. The challenging Annapolis conditions kept everyone on their toes, with light and shifting winds making every race a battle right to the finish line.

The semi-final against Wings Racing was incredibly close and could have gone either way. While we just missed out on a place in the final, we bounced back in the Petit Final, defeating Beyond Racing 2-0 and finishing on the podium.

We’re super happy with this result and of how the team performed, adapted, and kept fighting all week long. Grateful for the great organisation for this event and congrats to for taking first places and successfully defending the title! We’re leaving Annapolis with great memories, and we’re looking forward to the events ahead.

Cheers, See you in a bit 💪⛵️

NEXT UP ON TOUR! 2026 Santa Maria Cup 3-6 June, Eastport YC, Annapolis USA 🇺🇸🏆

Skippers/Teams:
1. 🇸🇪 Anna Östling, SWE, WINGS - SWE
Crew: Annie Wennergren, Linnea Wennergren, Annika Carlunger

2. 🇳🇱 Julia Aartsen, NED, Team Out of the Box
Crew: Nerine Usman, Iris van Gerrevink, Floortje Hoogstede

3. 🇳🇿 Megan Thomson, NZL, 2.0 Racing Team
Crew: Tinka Visser, Maddie Rist, Josi Andres

4. 🇸🇪 Martina Carlsson, SWE, Beyond Racing
Crew: Ida Elfving, Amanda Ljunggren, Felicia Fernström

5. 🇺🇸 Allie Blecher, USA, Team BAAM!
Crew: Beka Schiff, Katja Sertl, Ali Blumenthal Stokes

6. 🇺🇸 Caroline Bayless, USA, Team Something Chill
Crew: Katherine Doble, Nora Ong, Piper Holthus

7. 🇺🇸 Gwynie Dunlevy, USA, Team Dial Up
Crew: Lilli Salvesen, Meredith McKeown

8. 🇨🇳 Lijia Xu, CHN, The Magenta Project
Crew: Ashley Love, Abby Brown, Kim Couranz, Michael Anne Ashford

9. 🇺🇸 Katie Cornetta, USA, Cherry Bomb Racing
Crew: Stephanie Wondolleck, Marina Fennell, Carling Freeborn

10. 🇨🇦 Tara Golonka, CAN, Salish Sea Racing
Crew: Anna Parolin, Zoe Folsetter, Fiona McInnes

First event of the at KDY in Copenhagen ✅🇩🇰

A challenging first round robin on the big boats, but we found our rhythm in the second round 💪
Just missed out on the semi-finals, but finished the event with a solid 5th place in the Queen of the Castle 👸

Big boats and light winds created the perfect chance to sharpen our on-board communication and teamwork 🗣️🤝

Lots of lessons learned, lots of positives to take away 📈

Now eyes on Annapolis 🇺🇸✨ Time to lock in

We’re excited that Teresa Romairone is joining the team! 🇦🇷🇳🇱

Teresa is an Argentinian sailor now based in the Netherlands. She has an impressive background across classes like the 420, 29er and Nacra 15 — where she won Youth Worlds and took home gold at the Youth Olympic Games 🥇🚀 After that, she competed in the 69F with Team Argentina and other classes like J70 and the Classics.

In her free time she is always on the water with her wingfoil or exploring the Netherlands.

Welcome to the match race scene, and great to have you onboard!! Next stop Denmark! 🇩🇰

READY TO SMASH 2026 💥

The countdown is on… the new season is just a few weeks away and we’re ready to go all in 🔥 What’s on the calendar?

📍 May — Copenhagen 🇩🇰 | World Tour Stop 1
📍 June — Annapolis 🇺🇸 | World Tour Stop 2
📍 July — Marstrand 🇸🇪 | World Tour Stop 3
📍 September — San Francisco 🇺🇸 | World Championships
📍 November — Amaala 🇸🇦 | World Tour Stop 5 (TBC)

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Season 2026 is getting closer. We are ready!! 🚀🤩

🌺 Bermuda Gold Cup 2025 has come to an end! ⛵️

What an incredible week of racing here in beautiful Bermuda. We wrapped up the regatta in 5th place, the result doesn’t quite show how well we were sailing! The conditions were super tricky with light winds and plenty of “magic puffs” across the course, sometimes just one boat length could make all the difference.

After two round robins, we missed the semifinals by just one point. We finished strong with a win in our last race, but it wasn’t quite enough this time.

Feeling good of our performance, and the result will come. Now it’s time for a winter break, but stayed tuned because 2026 is gonna be epicccc!!! More news about that later 👋

YOUR 2025 ASPEN BERMUDA WOMEN'S MATCH RACE REGATTA SKIPPERS 👇🏆🇧🇲
21-26 October, Hamilton, Bermuda

1. 🇸🇪 Anna Östling, SWE - WINGS - SWE
2. 🇫🇷 Pauline Courtois, FRA - Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team
3. 🇺🇸 Nicole Breault, USA - Vela Racing
4. 🇳🇱 Julia Aartsen, NED - Team Out of the Box
5. 🇩🇰 Kristine Mauritzen, DEN - Those Seagulls
6. 🇩🇰 Lea Vogelius, DEN - WOW Racing
7. 🇸🇪 Martina Carlsson, SWE - Beyond Racing Team
8. 🇺🇸 Lindsey Baab, USA - Baab Racing



BDA Gold Cup World Sailing Bermuda Tourism Royal Bermuda Yacht Club

World Championships has come to an end 🧡

The windy city was not so windy!! A week of light breeze and big chop made racing tricky. Day one we had some bad luck with a sheet around the rudder and some brutal shifts.
We had to dig deep, reset mentally, and fight our way back. We finished the round robin with 5 wins and earned our spot in the quarters, where we faced 4x world champion and now 5x, . Unfortunately it ended here for us with a 0-2 score. Congrats to Pauline and her team for the overall win!!👏

Proud of the resilience and progress we showed this week, even if it feels a bit bittersweet. Time for rest and we are already eager to take on this fleet again next month in Bermuda!!💥🌊

Thanks to for organising such a good event! And a very special thank you to our incredible host family for putting up with us all week 😅 We’re grateful for the warm welcome. Hope to see you again soon! 🧡