DAY 2 RECAP — SFC Cape Cod Invitational: South Florida Sails Hold Off a Saturday Charge to Win the Weather-Shortened Stop 4
EAST FALMOUTH, Mass. — South Florida Sails Angling Club finished the job on Saturday, holding off a furious final-day charge to win the weather-shortened 2026 SFC Cape Cod Invitational, the Sport Fishing Championship’s Atlantic Division Stop 4 at MacDougall’s Marina.
With Championship Sunday already scrubbed by a National Weather Service Small Craft Advisory, Saturday became a winner-take-all sprint — and the chase pack came out swinging. New Jersey Sea Birds, blanked on Day 1, exploded for a fleet-best 1,200 points, while South Carolina Outcast added 1,100 to surge up the board. But South Florida Sails’ commanding 850-point opening cushion proved decisive: another 600 points on Saturday carried them wire-to-wire to 1,450 and the title.
South Carolina Outcast’s big Saturday vaulted the club into second at 1,300, edging New Jersey Sea Birds (1,200) for the runner-up spot. North Carolina Flare (950) and East Coast Remix (700) rounded out the top five. Home club Lights Out Boston — which set an SFC-record 47 releases on these waters in 2025 — posted 400 points Saturday to finish sixth, while Rhode Island Breakers logged a SCRATCH.
Cape Cod Invitational — Final Results
- 1. South Florida Sails — 1,450 points
- 2. South Carolina Outcast — 1,300 points
- 3. New Jersey Sea Birds — 1,200 points
- 4. North Carolina Flare — 950 points
- 5. East Coast Remix — 700 points
- 6. Lights Out Boston — 400 points
- Rhode Island Breakers — SCRATCH
What it means for the Atlantic race. The Stop 4 win reshuffled the Atlantic Division season standings, lifting South Florida Sails to the top at 12,400 points — past New Jersey Sea Birds (11,900), with Lights Out Boston (10,900) third — with four of six division stops now complete. The top two clubs in each division advance to October’s Zane Grey Championship Playoffs. A fuller division breakdown follows in our final recap.
Standings are unofficial and sourced from the Sport Fishing Championship live leaderboard as of the evening of July 18, 2026 (sportfishingchampionship.com). Photos: Sport Fishing Championship / No Rivals Brand.
