Smile and Wave Sailing

03/10/2026

Dream regatta for when you dream about beautiful beaches and awesome parties!

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26/09/2026

It’s the last day of Worlds! With a 3:00 PM cutoff for racing, the goal is to get in another race or two before heading to tonight’s awards. Little Traverse Bay has delivered challenging conditions all week, and the Smile and Wave team has met them with hard work, focus, and great communication on board. Proud of this crew. 🏆🌎

📍Harbor Springs, MI

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25/09/2026

Checking in with Smile And Wave after Day 3 on the water in Harbor Springs, MI. Jaime gives us his take on the day’s racing and sailing conditions at the World Championship.

25/09/2026

Days 2 and 3 of the 2026 Melges 24 World Championship brought competitive racing and shifting conditions on Little Traverse Bay. Smile and Wave continues to put in strong work against an international fleet in Harbor Springs, Michigan. Two more days to go!

📍Harbor Springs, MI

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23/09/2026

Enjoy this sensational pictures from day 1 of the Melges 24 World Championships in Harbor Springs, MI.

23/09/2026

Day 1 of our first Melges 24 World Championship proved very challenging for us. The conditions could not have been better or more perfect for our team. Shifty winds in the 13 to 18 knots range and choppy water are phenomenal conditions for our class.

We spent a lot of time on some fairly high-level practice before the event began. The boat is ready and so is this amazing crew we have put together. The practice race on the day before actual racing began was an exceptionally good performance for us and gave us a lot of confidence that our investment in the team was paying off.

However, our first day of racing definitely did not go as planned. The reasons are many, but the original culprit was breaking a routine and process that has worked for us for a long time. There was no single major deviation, but many small details that added up to mediocre performance.

But Smile and Wave Sailling is a resilient and patient team. After a great home meal and team pow-wow, we are eager to recover our mojo and deliver on the promise we made to ourselves.

Harbor Springs, one of the most amazing racing venues we have ever sailed, is forecast to deliver another day of perfect racing conditions.

We are thrilled to be part of this magnificent event and feel strongly that the best is yet to come for us at these Worlds.

22/09/2026

Practice racing before the first day of the show!

Great fun. We sailed well!

Check out the images: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjD5tqR

15/08/2026

Stocked to be racing the 46-boat Melges 24 National in Traverse City, Michigan. We have an amazing crew. Neil Battrum on trim, young Andre Deseau on tactics and Misha and Laura Muma tag teaming the front end.

This is a beautiful place to sail!

Melges 24 Nationals Race 1 start.

12/06/2026

Go race at the second edition of this great event. !

New Dates, Dual Scoring, and Unmatched Racing Experience Set for March 17-21, 2027!

Mark your calendars! Antigua Racing Cup returns March 17–21, 2027, featuring dual scoring, intense coastal racing, and world-class competition in Antigua’s legendary trade winds. A must-attend event for serious racers and passionate sailors alike. ⛵🌴

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Photo by Paul Wyeth pwpictures.com

02/06/2026

We just wrapped up the first half of a fun freshwater racing season in Michigan. 17 Melges 24s showed up for the Sailing World Regatta Series Detroit, a spectacular event with great on and off the water action.

Most of our regular crew could not make the event due to various issues. While the driver did everything possible to destroy our chances of success with the worst possible starts, our pickup team delivered crisp boat handling and on-point course tactics on the shifty winds to move us to the top of the pack.

The competition was tough. Local Team Mavi, led by Bora Guliari, crushed the rest of the pro fleet with 4 bullets in his scoreline. Andy Picel brought in the heavy guns and used them wisely against the fleet, scored a bullet in the last race, and ended as first runner-up ahead of Sandra Askew on Flying Jenny.

The Corinthian teams mixed in with the pros a lot! Sin Duda sailed a phenomenal regatta, consistently finishing in the top 5 on every race, including a 2nd on the final, on their way to 4th overall, missing the overall podium by a skinny 2 points. Our gracious Crescent Sail Yacht Club host, Fred Rozelle, sailed with his family (so jealous!). He was very fast all weekend and earned a well-deserved 2nd place in his home turf. Smile and Wave got the final podium position. We sort of redeemed ourselves in the last race with our only decent start and 4th.

Our crew for this event was Misha Mayevsky on bow Tiberius Trifu #2, Tommy Sawchuk on trim, and Deseau calling tactics. I was driving (if you can call it that!)

So many thanks to the Bayview Yacht Club for the amazing shoreside activities and spot-on RC work. They ran a techies' dream event with MarkSetBots and Vakaros and delivered 5 superb light air races over 2 days.

The boat and van have now been put away until August, when we head to Traverse City for the Melges 24 Nationals and then to Harbor Springs for Pre-Worlds and Worlds.


Neil Battrum
Laura Muma