Savannah Taylor
24-year-old sailor from Nova Scotia, Canada, competing across offshore, one design and match racing disciplines.
Disciplines
Offshore
- Newport to Bermuda '26 — 5th in class as person in charge and navigator, Figaro 2
- RORC Caribbean 600 '25 & '26 — Dazcat 1495 and Beneteau First 36.7
- RORC Double-Handed Offshore Worlds '25 — 4th in the qualifier, 7th in the final
- Vineyard Race '25 — 1st overall, PIC on Figaro 2
- Marblehead to Halifax '23 & '25 — PIC, selected to represent Canada for the team trophy
- Vineyard Race '24 — 1st Corinthian, 3rd in class, person in charge
- Newport to Bermuda '24 — 5th in class on a Tripp 41; sole manager of the boat
- Canada Ocean Racing Pathways Program '25 — one of four sailors accepted
Match Racing
- Oakcliff International '26 — 1st, pit for Riptide Racing
- Oakcliff Fall Grade 3 — 1st, helming with youth team True North
- Congressional Cup '25 — qualified as the first Canadian team in three decades
- Ficker Cup '25 — 3rd
- Storm Match Racing — pit, top 10 in the World Match Racing Open rankings
Inshore / One Design
- IC37 North Americans '26 — 8th, jib trim for Team Balthasar
- NYYC Women's Invitational '26 — main trimmer and co-skipper, Team Kairos
- Chester Race Week '26 — 2nd, Melges 24 class, main trim/helm
- J/24 North Americans '26 — 1st Corinthian, 2nd overall
- IOD Worlds '25 — 2nd overall, tactician; 1st at the 2026 Worlds qualifier
- J/24 US Nationals '25 — 1st Corinthian, 2nd overall
- Nations League USA — main trimmer, Magenta Project ClubSwan Academy
- ORC Worlds '24 — 1st Corinthian in ORC B and 2nd overall in the offshore race, skipper
- EDHEC '24 — 2nd at the world's largest university regatta, tactician
- Chester Race Week '22 — 1st overall
Journey
From 420s to the open ocean
2017–20
Canadian Youth Sailing Team
Racing 420s nationally and internationally.
2018
Youth Worlds, Poland
Represented Canada at the Youth Sailing World Championships.
2022
Skipper of Hard Eight
Chester Race Week win.
2023
First Offshore
Marblehead to Halifax
2024
ORC Worlds, Newport to Bermuda, WMRT debut
2025
Vineyard Race overall win, RORC DH Worlds, IOD Worlds 2nd
2026
NYYC WIC, Oakcliff International win, Newport to Bermuda shorthanded
Distinctions
Recognized along the way
RNSYS Sailor of the Year '25
Hal Davies Offshore Sailor of the Year '24
Nova Scotia Female Sailor of the Year '22, '25
NS Youth Sailor of the Year '18
Shelburne Harbour YC Sailor of the Year '16, '22, '24
The Magenta Project Offshore Pathway mentee
Canada Ocean Racing Pathways Program (1 of 4)
Latest
Recent events
Get in touch
Always looking for the next race.
Available for crew, skipper, and navigator roles — offshore deliveries, distance races, match-racing events, and one-design campaigns. If you need a hand on board, reach out.