October 16, 2025 Being inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame — alongside legends Jimmy Spithill and Susan Henn — in the iconic Model Room of the New York Yacht Club, and in front of an all-star audience of family, friends, and peers, was one of the great highlights of my life. The honor […]
September 13, 2025 37 years later- back on top of the World! I won my first Star World Championship in 1988 at age 28. That victory launched my professional sailing career. I kept coming back to the Star while racing in the America’s Cup and Whitbread because it grounded me in the skills that are […]
It has always been my honor to give back to the sport that has given me so much. My purpose is to support the athletes of today and the next generations. In March of 2021, I accepted the position as head of the US Olympic Sailing Team, with the goal of getting Team USA back […]
Paul Cayard to Lead U.S. Olympic Sailing Program
Coconut Grove The 93rd Bacardi Cup got underway today with 65 Stars, from 15 countries, racing under classic Biscayne Bay conditions of 12-15 knots from the Southeast. The wind was very steady with only small oscillations. I am sailing with Pedro Trouche, a very good young Brazilian sailor. Pedro and I got off to a […]
Nassau Very light winds made for a tough day. We didn’t get much right and ended up dropping from 5th to 9th in the quarter finals. In the final race, Percy/Ekstrom won by an inch in over Rohart/Ponsot. Melleby/Revkin 3rd and the qualification leaders, Mateusz/Bruno, who were seeded straight to the finals, finished 4th. While […]
Nassau Day 4 of the 2019 SSL Finals saw the qualifying series come to a close. Due to light winds, 2 races were run today making it a 10 race qualifying series. Phil and I ran the gauntlet and made it! There was nothing easy about it. Today saw very light and still shifty winds. […]
Nassau, Bahamas’s The 7th edition of Star Sailors League (SSL) started here in Nassau on Tuesday. Here are my posts from my Facebook site, cayardsailing, for the first three days of racing. ______________________ For day 1 of the SSL finals, the fleet ran in two races in a shifty Northwest breeze. Phil and I did […]
Coconut Grove Three races were held today, in a 15 knot northeaster for the Star fleet on Biscayne Bay. 16 teams were happy to get out for the Winter Series opener after racing was cancelled yesterday with gusts up to 40 knots. In race one, the windiest of the day, Augie Diaz and Bruno Prada […]
The third annual 2019 Vintage Gold Cup is complete and we have a new winner; Eivind Melleby from Norway with Josh Revkin (USA) crewing. Melleby won the “who-beats-who” final 8th race to take the win over Lars Grael of Brazil with Arnie Baltins crewing. 26 teams from 7 nations established a new record For competitors in […]
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