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St. Barths Bucket

St. Barths Perseus 3 is the winner in the Grande Dames class of the 2026 St. Barths Bucket. The 60 meter Perini won 0n a tie breaker over Rosehearty, the winningest Perini of all time. In a wind shortened regatta, the two SuperYachts tied with a 1st and 2nd each but due to Perseus wining […]

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Bacardi Cup 2026

Coconut Grove The best things in life are worth waiting for! My teammate Frida and I just won the Bacardi Cup! — the most important Star Class regatta outside of the World Championship. I have been chasing that traditional sip of Bacardi rum for 46 years, ever since I first raced in the Bacardi Cup […]

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Rolex Yachtsman of the Year

Being voted Rolex Yachtsman of the Year is an honor of the highest order! I am flattered and humbled to be included amongst the great American sailors who grace this award. 2025 has been a year of success and recognition for me. Winning the Star World Championship put a spotlight on a lifetime of work, […]

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America’s Cup Hall of Fame

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 […]

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Star World Championship-2025

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 […]

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Time to Tack

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 […]

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US Olympic Sailing

Paul Cayard to Lead U.S. Olympic Sailing Program

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Bacardi Cup

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 […]

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SSL Finals

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 […]

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SSL Finals-Day 4

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. […]

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SSL Finals

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 […]

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Schoonmaker Cup

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 […]

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Vintage Gold Cup 2019

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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2019 TransPac

TransPac 2019-Pyewacket While the 2019 Trans Pacific Yacht Race was the 23rd consecutive for Pyewacket owner Roy P. Disney, this was a special race. It was the 50th anniversary of the iconic race, with 92 yachts competing. On July 13th , we left the dock in Long Beach with aspirations to win. As fate would […]

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Star World Championship

San Francisco Back home after a great week of Star sailing in one if the most idyllic venues in the world …Porto Cervo. Arthur and I ended up 6th in the World Championship with a solid second place finish in the 20 knot final race.  The Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL) and Bruno Prada (BRA) won the […]

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Star World Championship

Porto Cervo We are at the half way point of the Star World Championship. Light air has prevailed making for tedious sailing. Arthur (Tutu) Lopes and I are in fourth place, with 32 points, after scoring a 19th in the opener. Augie Diaz has sailed very fast and well in these conditions and is leading […]

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Star European Championship/SSL Breeze Grand Slam

Photos by Marc Rouiller Riva del Garda After five days of racing with 12 races, 4 of which were yesterday, Arthur “Tutu” Lopes(BRA) and I got the Bronze in the European Championship.  Robert Scheidt(BRA) showed once again why he is the athlete of our era. With his crew Henry Boening, Robert came from behind on […]

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European Championship-SSL Breeze Grand Slam

EIGHT GOLD STARS LEAD THE WAY Robert Scheidt (BRA) and Paul Cayard (USA) face off in Garda classic on the opening day of the 2019 Star European Championship / SSL Breeze Grand Slam The opening day of the first ever combined Star Sailors League Breeze Grand Slam and Star European Championships dawned with a change in […]

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SSL Gold Cup

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Bacardi Cup

The 92nd Bacardi Cup is history. Eric Doyle and Payson Infeliz sailed incredibly consistently to win. There were 8 Gold Stars (past world champions) in the fleet of 65 teams from over 15 countries.  Magnus and I had a rough start to our week, a great middle, and a rough ending, finishing 7th overall after […]

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Star Mid-Winter Championship

Coconut Grove Last weekend marked the end of the Star Winter Series with the Walker Cup on Thursday and Friday and the Mid Winter Championship being the cumulative score of all 8 races from Thursday through Sunday. The four days featured a variety of conditions from 7 knots to 20 knots sunshine to rain squalls. […]

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Antarctica Final

Our 15-day journey to Antarctica and Patagonia came to a close Monday morning as we departed Ushuaia, Argentina at 09:00. After our various Penguin, Whale and Iceberg experiences of 10 days ago, we set sail for the Antarctic Circle, 66 35 degrees South latitude. We crossed our “goal line” at approximately 18:00 on Sunday, January […]

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Antartica

Day 4 of our Antarctic adventure-Position 64S x 62W. Our general itinerary is to travel southwest to the Arctic Circle, 66.5S, through the Palmer Archipelago along the western coast line of the Antarctic Peninsula. Yesterday we cruised down the Gerlache Straight and overnighted at Melchoir Island. Since our departure from King George Island on Sunday, we have […]

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Star Sailors League Final

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Nassau SSL Finals The Day started off with the Quarter Finals. Arthur and I tuned up before the fist race with Jorge Zarif and found out then that he was very fast after his retune last night. I think I may have said too much when I told Augie Diaz what I did the night […]

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Star Sailors League Press Release

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SSL Finals 2018 View this email in your browser SSL Finals 2018 December 3rd- 8th Nassau, BahamasSCHEIDT/BOENING DEMOLISH OPPOSITION ON FINAL DAY OF STAR SAILORS LEAGUE FINALS QUALIFYING While the star performers today certainly were Robert Scheidt/Henry Boening and Paul Cayard, significant to more competitors was what was happening mid-fleet. For today, Friday, the final […]

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Star Sailors League-Day 4

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photo by Marc Rouiller  Nassau Four races were held today in 12-15 knots from the northeast to close out the qualifying part of the SSL Finals. The adjustments we made last night were right on the money and we were quite fast upwind and downwind. When you are fast it is much easier to be smart […]

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Star Sailors League-Day 3

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Nassau Day 3 of the SSL Finals saw three races in 12-15 knots from the northeast….beautiful sailing conditions that the Bahamas are famous for. Unfortunately for Arthur and I, it wasn’t a great day. We struggle for speed upwind mostly, and downwind its just a battle.   Provisional Ranking after 7 total races: Mark Mendleblatt […]

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Star Sailors League Finals-Day 2

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Photo by Marc Rouiller Nassau, Bahamas The first 4 races of the 2018 SSL finals are in the books. It was just an ok day for my crew Arthur (Tutu) Lopes and I. The wind was from the west at 8-10 knots and very shifty most of the day. The fleet starts like the photo […]

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Star Sailors League Finals

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Nassau, Bahamas Racing starts tomorrow for 25 of the best sailing teams in the World! The Star Sailors League, which includes Olympic Champions and World Champions from various classes, is hosting its annual “Finals” Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.  The forecast for tomorrow during the racing period is for winds from the South Southwest 4 groping […]

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Star World Championship-Final

photos by Brian White Oxford MD Jorge Zarif and crew Guilherme de Almeida (BRA) are the 2018 Star World Champions. At 26 years of age, Jorge, the son of a Brazialian Srar sailor of the same name, is the youngest winning skipper since Alex Hagen (GER) won the prestigious trophy in 1981. The final day […]

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Star World Championship

October 12, 2018 In the aftermath of hurricane Michael, the Choptank was too churned up for racing today.  Both the wind and sea state were rough and the race committee deemed it best to wait for tomorrow to complete the series.  The forecast for tomorrow is for 7 knots increasing through the mid afternoon to […]

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Star World Championship-Day 2

photos by Mark Hergen Oxford, Maryland First of all, let me apologize about last nights’ post.  My technological skills are not up to par. Two races were held today on the Choptank ( yes, that’s the name of the part of the Chesapeake we are in) in a dying, but persistently left shifting wind. In […]

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Star Vintage Gold Cup

Gull Lake No wind for two days then 3 races yesterday made up the second annual Vintage Gold Cup. GEM IX belonged to a mentor of mine, Sir Durward Knowles, when he won gold in the ‘64 Olympics. GEM IX is now part of the Cayard family and It was extra special to share this year […]

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Star North American Championship

Photo by Bronny Daniels Marina del Rey The final two races of the Star North American Championship were held today in identical conditions to the other days, 7-8 knots from the southwest and choppy seas. While Arthur and I had great starts and were up front in both races, we could not match the speed […]

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Star North American Championship-Day 3

photo by Mary Stuyvesant Marina Del Rey Race 5 and 6 were held today in 7-8 knots of wind and very sloppy seas. On weekends, Marina Del Ray gets a lot of chop from all the recreational boats that come out of the harbor and head up to Santa Monica and Malibu. In Race 5, […]

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Star North American Championship

photos by Bronny Daniels   Marina Del Rey   Races 3 and 4 of the Star North American Championship were held today in 8-11 knots of wind from the southwest. The sea was quite a bit more choppy than yesterday which made for some challenging steering for the helmsmen.   Eric Doyle and Payson Infelise […]

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Star North American Championship

photos by Mary Stuyvesant Marina Del Rey Today was day 1 of the Star North American Championship in Marina del Rey, California. The conditions were beautiful for Star sailing; 7-9 knots with a moderate sea. In race 1, Eric Doyle, with Payson Infelise up front, held a narrow lead of Arthur Lopes and I. Eric […]

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Western Hemisphere Championship

Coming to the windward mark in USA8466-GEM Coxonut Grove The two final races of the 2018 Star Western Hemisphere Championship were held today in 15-18 knots of wind from the southeastz. Jorge Zarif of Brazil was on fire winning both races today. It was very physical and the conditions suited the 25 year old Finn […]

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Star Western Hemisphere Championship

Start of race one today-Ken Batzer photo Coconut Grove Another perfect day in Miami, if you like Sailing. 10-14 knots from the southeast with a moderate chop. In race one, the left side of the line was favored and Tutu and I grabbed the favored spot. That was the highlite of that race for us. […]

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Western Hemisphere Championship

Photo by Ken Batzer Coconut Grove Two more races were completed today enroute to crowning the 2018 Western Hemisphere Champion in the Star Class. More postcard conditions today…8-12 knots from the East Southeast. In race 1, after a tricky battle with various adversaries, Arthur (Tutu) and I won the final sprint  to the line to […]

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