2026 Corsair Nationals | July 17–19 | San Francisco, California
What made this event remarkable was everything coming together at once. The Bay Area Multihull Association (BAMA) organizing committee had been planning it for about a year, and it showed. Huge thanks to Tanguy Leborgne, Greg Carter, Marc LaRhette, Stephen Clarke, and Richard Allen for the countless hours behind the scenes.
Another big thanks goes out to the Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda, CA for hosting us. Twenty-six entries. Solid sponsors. Wonderful volunteers all weekend. And the Bay, as always, did not disappoint.
Three Days, Classic July San Francisco Bay Conditions
Strong afternoon thermal winds — cool air from the ocean rushes in to replace hot air rising over the Central Valley, building through the day. By early-to-mid afternoon it's often blowing 20–25+ knots, sometimes gusting higher around the Central Bay (near the Cityfront and the Slot between Angel Island and the City).
Cold water and fog — the Bay stays cold year-round, and summer fog often rolls in through the Gate, sometimes burning off by midday, sometimes lingering.
Big current/tide effects — strong ebbs and floods, especially near the Golden Gate and Central Bay, create standing waves and tricky current lines that can make or break a race strategy.
Chop and short, steep waves — wind against tide kicks up confused, choppy conditions, especially in the Central Bay and around Alcatraz/Angel Island.
For multihulls like Corsairs, that combination — big breeze, strong current, and chop — makes for fast, physical racing where boat handling and tactical use of the current matter as much as boat speed.
The 2026 Corsair Nationals was a three-day championship regatta: a long-distance race on Saturday with “book-end” buoy races over the weekend, sailed in classic July San Francisco Bay conditions across the South and Central Bay.
Fleets were scored separately across:
Corsair Class — Corsair-built and legacy Farrier-designed trimarans
Open Class — other multihulls at least 19 feet LOA holding a valid 2026 BAMA PHRF certificate
Additional one-design classes, as entries allowed
The Spirit of the Fleet
Your passion, performance, and all-around fantastic spirit are what turned the 2026 Corsair Nationals into such a unique event — from tight mark handling to raft-up stories, you made this regatta.
Top Winners by Division
Corsair 880: 1) MOAI, 2) BREEZE
Mixed Fleet: 1) MA'S ROVER, 2) HUMILITY
Corsair F-27: 1) PANACEA, 2) WINGIT (after tie-breaker)
Open Class: 1) GREYHOUND, 2) SOARIN
Huge shout-out to GREYHOUND for taking the overall full-fleet win on corrected time across all 26 boats, and a big congratulations to HUMILITY, our 2026 Corsair Nationals Champion among the 21 Corsair-class boats. You all set a pretty high bar for future years.
A quick note on the F-27 results: after the dust settled and the race committee put the calculators (and beers) away and the coffee on, we realized that WINGIT and SEA BIRD were tied on points and that Race 4 was doing double duty in the scoring. Once we applied the proper tie-breaker (number of race wins, with R4 counting double), WINGIT came out ahead with two wins versus one for SEA BIRD.
880 Fleet Champions, Scott Klodowski, Ryan Keith and Sophie Renouf
KEY LINKS:• Event info and registration via BAMA: see the event page at sfbama.org.
• Official Corsair Nationals announcement on the BAMA website and jibeset.net.
Gear Up: The 2026 Corsair Nationals Store
Our event store is live! We just added a premium activewear series — tees, hoodies, polos, and pullovers — so you can rep this year's Nationals all season long.
Thank you to everyone who raced, volunteered, sponsored, and showed up to make this the best Corsair Nationals yet. See you on the water next year.
Please reach out to Richard Allen, founder of 180 Marine for information on all Corsair models.
Richard Allen / Corsair 880 Breeze / 2026 Corsair Nationals, San Francisco Bay