Five-peat for San Diego at Lipton Cup

The 110th Challenge for the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup came down to the final race when San Diego Yacht Club topped 11 yacht club teams to take the title for the fifth consecutive time. Racing for the 2025 edition was October 24-26 in San Diego, CA.

The regatta is structured in a round robin format where each team sails one race on each of the twelve donated J/105s, switching between races from a temporary floating dock near the finish.

“While a large team of experienced sailors/volunteers work really hard to clean, strip, and tune all the borrowed boats to perform equally with a suit of club owned sails used just for this event, there are still some ‘differences’ between the boats,” noted Waterfront Director Jeff Johnson.

“There are also differences between tiller-steer and wheel-steer boats, and some mild rigging differences. Those factors are why we built and maintain a 210’ temp dock and fender system that can support a boat rotation format. I think the participating teams would agree that rotating boats is a key strategic element of this event.” – Full report