All Entries in the "Match Racing" Category
RC 44s take flight as Artemis takes control
Small jibs and loose boom vangs were the order of the day as the RC 44 Valencia Cup got underway here in a pumping sea breeze that topped out at 20 knots.
Despite the strong wind off Malvarrosa Beach, the professional crews threw the light-displacement boats around with seeming ease.
In a day that [...]
West Coast clubs create new match racing series
A new set of match racing events, the California Dreamin’ Series, has been created for the spring of 2011 offering sailors the opportunity to compete in three consecutive weekends of ISAF Grade 3 match racing.
The West Coast series begins with a stop at [...]
Williams wins Battle of the Brits
Ian Williams (Team GAC Pindar) got off to a strong start at the Stena Match Cup Sweden today, winning all four of his races, including victory over fellow British skipper and three-time gold medallist, Ben Ainslie (TEAMORIGIN).
Sweden’s biggest sailing event marks the halfway stage of this year’s World Match Racing Tour [...]
Team GAC Pindar heads to Stena Match Cup Sweden
The stage is set for the Stena Match Cup Sweden in Marstrand next week, where leading British skipper, Ian Williams and his Team GAC Pindar crew will join a total of 16 crews for the fifth round of the World Match Racing Tour.
Williams, who currently lies fifth in the Tour standings, will [...]
Team GAC Pindar heads to Portimão Portugal Match Cup
Team GAC Pindar’s World Match Racing sailor, Ian Williams, returns to European waters this week for the Portimão Portugal Match Cup – Stage 4 of the ISAF World Match Racing Tour.
This year’s Portuguese Tour event will take place at the Marina de Portimâo, on the Algarve, following a new three-year venue agreement. The racing begins [...]
GBR sailors set for Kiel World Cup regatta
The penultimate leg of the 2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup series is set to get underway in Kiel, Germany, on Saturday (19 June), with a mix of youth and experience making up the 27-strong British team competing at the event.
With a number of Olympic classes World and European [...]
TEAMORIGIN OPEN THE EVENT WITH A 4,7,7 RACE PLACINGS
It was a day of sharply contrasting fortunes for past and present Audi MedCup Champions on the Rade Sud today as the Marseille Trophy opened with three races which proved a very different test to last month’s breezy curtain raiser in Cascais, Portugal. Iberdrola won the GP42 Series Practice Race.
As 2008 champions Quantum Racing rekindled [...]
Korea Match Cup: Shock defeat for YANMAR Racing in Quarter Finals
Korea Match Cup is the third stage of the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT).- After finishing the Round Robin in second place, Peter Gilmour and his YANMAR Team of Martin Berntsson, Cameron Dunn, Yasuhiro Yaji and Thierry Douillard looked to be headed for a good overall regatta result as they headed [...]
Second for Team GAC Pindar at Korea Match Cup
Team GAC Pindar’s World Match Racing sailor, Ian Williams finished runner-up to Mathieu Richard (French Match Racing Team) at the Korea Match Cup final, held in South Korea today. The result sees Williams move up to third from eighth place in the tour standings, after the third event of the 2010 [...]
Team GAC Pindar leads Korea Match Cup
Britain’s World Match Racing sailor, Ian Williams (Team GAC Pindar) has got off to a strong start at the Korea Match Cup in South Korea. After three days racing, six wins and two defeats, sees Williams head the leader board in joint first place, alongside reigning World Match Racing Tour Champion, Adam [...]
