2025 Triple Crown Update

2025: A BREAKOUT YEAR FOR WASZP SAILING IN NORTH AMERICA

There’s a new energy running through the WASZP fleet in North America. You can hear it in the boat parks, in the laughter around the trailers, and on the starting line when thirty plus boats rise onto their foils at once and slice toward the pin. It’s the sound of something clicking.

We’ve just wrapped up the Pacific Coast Championships at Harrison Lake, and now all eyes turn to the California State Champs in Coronado, the SSA Invitational in Annapolis, the Canadians and CanFoil Cup on the Halifax waterfront and the Orange Bowl in Miami. The Canadians will be our last Tier 3 event of the year in a fantastic location with support from WeCANFoil.   The calendar still has some of its biggest punches left, but the shape of this season is already clear: 2025 has been a turning point.

2026 Note - Harrison Lake was beautiful.  Put it on your 2026 bucket list early!

A Season With Structure

The year started way back in January, with sailors gathering in Jensen Beach, Florida for clinics that set the tone—tight groups of foilers learning together, from juniors to masters. By late February, the first big shots were fired at the North Americans in Pensacola, which had the buzz and scale of a true continental championship.

From there the fleet exploded across the map. They chased breeze at Spring Fling West in Long Beach, carved across the turquoise water at the Hawaii State Championships in Kaneohe, and stormed back to the East Coast for the Helly Hansen US Nationals in Annapolis. June brought the Atlantic Coast Championships at Toms River, US Sailing Single Handed Championships at Tabor Academy  and then July’s Americas Championship at CORK where a deep international field packed the starting line.

By late summer, the Class was rolling into Canada’s Maritimes, British Columbia, and New England, leaving behind something new at every stop: fleets that felt organized, consistent, and competitive.

Racing Like the Pros

What’s made this year different isn’t just numbers—it’s the way the racing feels. Many regattas have had more than thirty boats on the line, and for the first time in North America, it’s started to look and feel like a professional fleet.

Vakaros digital systems have become the norm at major events, laying GPS-accurate start lines, running clean sequences, and feeding data directly to RaceHub. That’s eliminated the usual chaos of long postponements and protest-room debates. Racing starts on time. Results are posted instantly.  And the data for debriefs is powerful and meaningful.

It has brought an unmistakable seriousness to the whole scene. This isn’t exhibition foiling anymore—this is full-fleet, shoulder-to-shoulder racing.

Building a Pathway

2025 was also the year the Class started building something beyond just events. The launch of the U21 North American Race Team created the first structured development pathway for younger sailors, giving them shared coaching, gear support, and a unified training plan at major regattas. It has already produced a wave of tight, competitive sailors pushing the front of the fleet.

Learn more about the Race Team HERE

Building on that success, plans are already underway for a U14 Team debuting in 2026, focused on developing junior foilers in a low-pressure, fun environment. Alongside them, a new Masters Team is also being created to support sailors returning to high-performance sailing later in life.

These new layers—U14, U21, and Masters—signal something the Class has never had before: a true pipeline.

Joining the World Stage

In July, twenty-four North American sailors crossed the Atlantic to compete at the International WASZP Games in Weymouth, England. It was the largest-ever North American contingent at the sport’s pinnacle event, and it sent a clear message: this fleet isn’t just growing locally, it’s ready to stand on the global stage.

They brought back more than just race experience—they brought back the mindset and habits of international competition, and it’s already showing at home.

The Final Push

And now, as the season barrels into its final stretch—California Champs, SSA Invitational, Canadians,  CanFoil Cup, Fall Brawl, and the Orange Bowl—every race counts. The new North American Triple Crown will award the continent’s top overall sailors on December 31st, crowning U21, Apprentice, Master, and Super Master champions, and handing out special “Above & Beyond” awards for Mentor, Coach, and Class Citizen of the Year.

“The Triple Crown has given our sailors something bigger to chase,” said Tyler Bjorn, North American Class Manager. “It’s not just about winning one regatta anymore—it’s about committing to the journey, showing up for your friends, and building this community together. Watching the fleet grow from Florida to Halifax, from juniors to masters, has been incredible.”

A Fleet Coming of Age

This year has been about more than results. It’s been about sailors coaching each other on the beach, mentorship, packing six boats onto one trailer, planning next season’s regattas while drying sails in the parking lot.

North America’s WASZP fleet finally feels like a movement. And as the foils hum toward Miami this December, it’s hard not to feel like this is just the beginning.

REVIEW THE 2026 CALENDAR HERE

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Triple Crown Structure

Qualification System (Minimum attendance to qualify for award consideration)

• Sailors must attend a minimum of one (1) Tier 2 Regatta
• Sailors must attend a minimum of two (2) Tier 3 Regattas
• Sailors must attend a minimum of two (2) Tier 4 Regattas with at least 5 qualified competitors each

Awards

• Ist, 2nd and 3rd Place Medals
• American Annual Triple Crown (Champion) Perpetual Trophy
• Canadian Annual Triple Crown (Champion) Perpetual Trophy
• North American U21, Apprentice, Master & Super Master (Champion) Medals
• Above & Beyond Awards (Mentor Of The Year, Coach of The Year, Class Citizen Of The Year)
  

SEE CURRENT STATUS ON RACEHUB UNDER "EVENTS" AND THE "SERIES EVENTS" - THEN CLICK ON "SERIES LEADERBOARD" FOR SUMMARY

NOTE THAT ALL RESULTS WILL BE PRELIMINARY UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR