Taylor Canfield (born February 5, 1989) is a United States Virgin Islands sailor competing in match racing.
As of November 29, 2023, he is the driver of the United States
SailGP
The Rolex SailGP Championship is an international sailing (sport), sailing competition that features high-performance F50 (catamaran), F50 Sailing hydrofoil, foiling catamarans, where teams compete across a season of multiple grands prix (GP) a ...
Team following the sale of the team.
He won the
ICSA Match Racing National Championship with
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...
in 2010 and 2011, and the 2013
World Match Racing Tour
The World Match Racing Tour (or WMRT) is, since 2000, an annual series of professional sailing match race events held in multiple countries. Since 2006, the winner of the WMRT series has been named the Match Racing World Champion.
Throughou ...
and became 2013 World Champion in match racing.
Canfield was widely expected to skipper the Stars & Stripes Team USA
America's Cup
The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known ...
campaign as the designated sailing representative of California's
Long Beach Yacht Club; however, that team withdrew prior to the commencement of the
Prada Cup challengers’ selection process.
Taylor Canfield won the 2020 Bermuda Gold Cup and Open Match Racing World Championship.
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1989 births
Living people
United States Virgin Islands male sailors (sport)
Boston College Eagles sailors
World champions in sailing for the US Virgin Islands
Etchells class world champions
United States SailGP Team sailors
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