Ten yacht club teams across the USA and Sweden competed for the Palmer Trophy at the Grandmasters Team Race event, hosted by Newport Harbor Yacht Club on April 14-16 in Newport Beach, CA. The home team topped the double round robin qualifying stage, then moved past Southern Yacht Club 3-1 in the Semifinals to face San Diego Yacht Club which beat them in the Finals a year ago. The rematch went the distance with NHYC – represented by Philip Thompson, Jamie Hardenbergh, Bill Menninger, Bob McDonald, Chris Raab, and Buddy Richley – winning the fifth and final match to claim the title."