Philadelphia Cup Regatta

10/05/2026

📸⛵ Check out these amazing shots and videos from Rian Bareuther from the committee boat at the 2026 Philadelphia Cup Regatta!

Want to see these photos and more? Visit our shared Google Drive, where photos are available to view and download:
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We’ll continue adding photos and videos from our contributors, so keep checking back! ⛵📸

10/05/2026

⛵🏆 EIGHT CLASS WINNERS NAMED AT THE 2026 PHILADELPHIA CUP REGATTA!
More than 60 boats raced on the Delaware River off Center City Philadelphia, competing across eight classes. Congratulations to our 2026 class champions!

🏆 PHRF: Skipper Zach York and the J/70 Mini Max team — Matthew York, Merlin Suggs and Skye Miller — captured the regatta’s largest fleet with 17 boats. After hitting something near the Ben Franklin Bridge in the third race and watching seven or eight boats pass them, the team stuck to their strategy, worked the puffs and battled back to third in the race on their way to the class victory.

🏆 Non-Spinnaker: Bryon Odhner aboard the Colgate 26 Colorado took the win after a tiebreak with Don Hoefle aboard Hot Canary. Odhner, an 80-year-old sailing instructor and captain, called the Delaware a challenging place to sail with its strong currents, shifty winds, shoals and traffic. (image not featured)

🏆 Flying Scot: Joseph Pelosi aboard F.S. 5990 won two of three races to capture the Flying Scot class.

🏆 Mariner: Dan Walsh, racing with Riverton Yacht Club Commodore Lynn Mills aboard Mariner, won two of three races. Their strategy: look for wind while staying out of the strongest current.

🏆 J/22: Ryan Lippincott, racing aboard Jawn with Tod Wentz and Billy Martin, won an incredibly tight 11-boat fleet. Only two points separated the top three boats, and Jawn recovered from losing three boats on the final downwind leg to get two of them back in the last quarter-mile.

🏆 Laser: Philadelphia’s Lucas Koenig swept the class with an impressive four straight wins!

🏆 ICSA: At just 16 years old, Brendan Mack took the class by one point after four races. He also experienced a uniquely Philadelphia racing moment when the Battleship New Jersey’s guns fired while he was sailing nearby!

🏆 Corinthian Sloop: Charles McCammon and Delaware won both races, with Katherine Meinhardt as skipper, bringing Philadelphia sailing history onto the river alongside sister sloop Tinicum.

Congratulations to all of our winners and every sailor who competed in the 2026 Philadelphia Cup Regatta! The class champions will have their names engraved on The Philadelphia Cup, the regatta’s perpetual trophy. ⛵🏆

10/04/2026

The people of the regatta! We all love sailing, and the Philadelphia Cup Regatta was an absolutely amazing day for the best of the Philadelphia region's sailing clubs and enthusiasts to come together for an incredible day.

Throughout the regatta build-up, we've loved featuring the people who helped make this fantastic day happen, and last night at the Philadelphia Cup Reception, you turned up! We can't thank everyone enough for making the 2026 Philadelphia Cup Regatta an incredible success.

10/02/2026

📸 TAG US! ⛵

The boats are pulling in tonight for tomorrow’s Philadelphia Cup Regatta! Thanks to Rian Bareuther for this photo as the fleet starts to arrive.

Tomorrow, capture your favorite moments — on the water, at the reception and everything in between!

Tag and use . Our favorite photos and videos will be featured in our 2026 post-Regatta coverage and help us promote the 2027 Philadelphia Cup Regatta!

10/02/2026

🇻🇮⛵ PHILLY × USVI STRONG! 🇺🇸

The Philadelphia Cup Regatta is incredibly fortunate to have the experience and friendship of some outstanding members of the U.S. Virgin Islands sailing community.

We’re excited to welcome Sam Martin back to Philadelphia! Sam is a St. Thomas Yacht Club sailor, IC24 skipper and sailing coach — as well as a rigger and farmer in the USVI. We’re thrilled to have him racing on the Delaware with us again this year.

📋 A huge shout-out to Rian Bareuther, a lifelong Caribbean racer, IC24 skipper and sailing coach. Rian wrote the 2026 Philadelphia Cup Regatta Sailing Instructions and will be aboard the Committee Boat, working closely with our PRO throughout the day.

🚩 We’re equally delighted to welcome back Greer Scholes, our Principal Race Officer (PRO). Greer brings extensive Caribbean race-management experience, including longtime involvement with the St. Thomas Yacht Club and leadership of the renowned St. Thomas International Regatta. We’re honored to have that experience leading racing on the Delaware.

See you on the water tomorrow! ⛵

10/01/2026

10/01/2026

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09/30/2026

09/29/2026

⛵️ A Fellow Sailor Supporting Fellow Sailors!

We’re thrilled to recognize Chad A. Durkin, CFT, CEPC, owner of CAD Culinary Concepts, and the incredible team behind Porco’s Porchetteria & Small Oven Pastry Shop for their continued support of the Philadelphia Cup Regatta!

Chad isn’t just a supporter of the Regatta — he’s a fellow sailor who steps up for us year after year. And this year, Chad and his team will be serving up delicious food for all of our sailors! 🥪🥐⛵️

We can’t wait for our sailors to get a taste of what Porco’s and Small Oven do best.

Thank you, Chad, for once again supporting the Philadelphia sailing community and helping make the 2026 Philadelphia Cup Regatta such a special event.

📅 October 3, 2026
⛵ Philadelphia Cup Regatta

09/28/2026

Sailor Spotlight: Sebastien/George on the helm of Knight Errant (J24) representing Riverton Yacht Club!

Do you have what it takes to overtake a determined Knight Errant on the march, or will your efforts be a mere fool's errand? Show us on the water - bring it on! ⚔️

Thank you for the overwhelming response to the "Skipper Trading Cards" and apologies if we did not get to you this year - we wanted to have good epresentation across all participating clubs and boat classes! ❤️⛵️

Last chance to register for the Philadelphia Cup Regatta (Oct 03, 2026) before prices surge on Oct 02! 😱