Sponsorship program

Your name.
Our champions.

Two TCRSA teams. Two national championships. Wayzata YC won the 2024 Sears Cup (Youth). TCRSA won the 2025 Mallory Trophy (Adult). The same junior crew returned as runners-up in 2025. Three podiums in two years. We're proud of our sailors, our clubs, and our community — and we want sponsors who share that pride. Join us and we'll make sure everyone knows it.

TCRSA Sponsorship Program — banners, branded gear, event presence
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US Sailing National Champions — Mallory Trophy 2025 (Adult) · Sears Cup 2024 (Youth)
Mallory Trophy (Adult) · Kurt Taken-Holtze, Jeff Hames & Jon Lee  ·  Sears Cup (Youth) · Wayzata YC 2024

The TCRSA story

Minnesota sailing is having a moment

In 2024, the Wayzata Yacht Club junior team won the Sears Cup — US Sailing's oldest national championship trophy — right here at home on Lake Minnetonka. In 2025, our adult team won the Clifford D. Mallory Trophy in Utah, and the junior team returned to the national championship podium as runners-up.

These are two entirely separate teams — a Wayzata junior crew and an adult team — both reaching the top of the sport in the same two-year window. TCRSA was organized in 2016 to give Minnesota sailors a real path to national competition — connecting clubs, running qualifiers, and sending credentialed teams to US Sailing events. It's working.

The Wayzata Yacht Club junior crew — Dominik Moncur, Stonewall Anderson, Harper Lundeen-Hetland, and Ella Bowers — won the Sears Cup in 2024, then came back with the exact same four sailors and reached the national championship podium again in 2025 as runners-up. Meanwhile the adult team of Kurt Taken-Holtze, Jeff Hames, and Jon Lee won the Mallory Trophy outright in 2025. We're a lean, volunteer-run association with six member clubs across the Twin Cities. Our sailors race on Lake Minnetonka, White Bear Lake, Lake Harriet, and the St. Croix River. They're your neighbors, your colleagues, your kids' sailing instructors. And right now, they're the best in the country.

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Nat'l Podiums in 2 yrs
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Member Clubs
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"The Sears Cup has been a wonderful experience for our team. We learned throughout the event and got better every race."
Stonewall Anderson · Wayzata YC · 2024 Sears Cup Champion · San Diego YC
"It was really fun to jump into a new boat every race in challenging conditions — but in a beautiful setting."
Kurt Taken-Holtze · TCRSA · 2025 Clifford D. Mallory Trophy Champion

What's included

Everything a sponsor gets

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Named on the sponsors page

Your logo, name, and link on the TCRSA Sponsors page — seen by sailors, club officers, and US Sailing officials across the region.

Event presence

Your name on event signage at TCRSA-sanctioned regattas and qualifying events across the Twin Cities throughout the season.

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Championship connection

Wayzata YC won the 2024 Sears Cup. TCRSA won the 2025 Mallory Trophy. The same junior crew returned as runners-up in 2025. Three podiums, two classes, two years — your sponsorship connects you to all of it.

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Stitched burgee flag

A high-quality stitched TCRSA burgee flag — the same pennant our member clubs fly. Suitable for display at your office, marina, or clubhouse.

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Communications

Recognized in TCRSA member communications throughout the year. Our community is passionate, active, and connected — these are real people who notice.

Sponsor materials

We'll produce it. You bring it.

TCRSA sponsor materials — banners, polos, caps, travel mugs, signage
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Event banners

Full-size TCRSA banners with your name for display at regattas and sailing events across the Twin Cities.

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Branded apparel

Polos, caps, and gear with the TCRSA burgee and your sponsor mark — for your team or as gifts to our sailors.

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Event tent & signage

Branded tent and on-site signage at qualifying regattas — visible to competitors, families, and US Sailing officials.

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Custom artwork

TCRSA can provide print-ready files and artwork for any collateral — mugs, brochures, social graphics, whatever you need.

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Sponsorship kit

A formal sponsorship kit available on request — ideal for corporate approvals or board presentations.

Our community

Proud clubs. Proud sailors.

TCRSA is built on six of the finest sailing clubs in the upper Midwest. These are storied organizations with deep roots, active racing programs, and members who take their sport seriously. Your sponsorship connects you to all of them.

Wayzata Yacht Club · Est. 1965
Minnetonka Yacht Club · Est. 1882
White Bear Yacht Club · Est. 1889
Lake Harriet Yacht Club · Est. 1941
St. Croix Sailing Club · Est. 1974
Black Bear Yacht Racing Association · White Bear Lake

Plus area clubs across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

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Be our first sponsor

TCRSA won the US Sailing National Championship in 2024. Then we did it again in 2025. We're the best in the country — and the first sponsor to put their name on that gets the full story, from the start.

Get in touch →

Questions? Use our contact form — we'll send you a full sponsorship kit.

Ready to join us?

Minnesota sailing. National champions.
Your name on it.

$200 annually. Named on this page. Branded materials produced for you. Event presence at regattas across the Twin Cities. And a direct connection to the sailors who've won the Clifford D. Mallory Trophy two years running.