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 The ICSA Team Racing National Championship is one of the seven Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championships. Between 1972 and 2009, it was called the Sloop Championship; however, it changed its name in 2010 when the racing format wa ...

with

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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 The Prada Cup is the name of the Challenger Selection Series - a sailing competition to determine the Challenger that will earn the right to challenge the Defender for the conquest of the America's Cup. Prior to 2021, the series was named the L ...

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 {{USVirginIslands-yachtracing-bio-stub