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World Match Racing Tour 2023: Britain’s Ian Williams has clinched his seventh title
Britain’s Ian Williams has clinched his seventh Match Racing World Championship title with his Chinaone.Ningbo team of Jon Gundersen, Richard Sydenham, and Gerrard Mitchell. His victory in the 2023 WMRT Final sets a new record Record #sailingrecord for the most championship wins in the Tour’s (...) -
AC40 Class
Preliminary Regatta of the 37th America’s Cup: NYYC American Magic winner in Vilanova i La Geltrú
Having come into the final day of the first Preliminary Regatta of the 37th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup here in Vilanova i La Geltrú sitting in fifth place, it was an outside bet at best that NYYC American Magic could climb the leaderboard and challenge for a spot in the Match Race Grand (...) -
One design racing
Womens Match Racing Tour 2023: Pauline Courtois won the Normandie Match Cup
French female match racer Pauline Courtois and her Match in Pink Normandy Elite team proved unstoppable yesterday as they defended their Normandie Match Cup title in Le Havre, France, Stage 3 of the 2023 Women’s World Match Racing Tour World Match Racing Tour #WMRT (...) -
44Cup
44Cup Oman: Ceeref has again won the opening event of the season
Usually racing on the 44Cup between the high performance owner-driver one designs is tight with ties or just single points separating the leaders. At the 44Cup Oman, opening event of the 2023 season and hosted out of Muscat’s Al Mouj Marina by Oman Sail, perhaps due to the strong conditions of the first three days, the leaderboard was (...) -
World Match Racing Tour
Nick Egnot-Johnson won the 2022 Open Match Racing World Champions
Nick Egnot-Johnson, Sam Barnett, Zak Merton & Bradley McLaughlin, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron have been crowned 2022 Open Match Racing World Champions after an epic five days of racing on Sydney Harbour in strong conditions. USA’s Chris Poole, Joachim Aschenbrenner, Malcolm Parker & Graeme Spence finished in (...) -
RC44
44Cup: After the World Championship title, Nico Poons’ Charisma dominated the 2022 season
On the concluding day of the 2022 44Cup’s final event, the 44Cup Oman, PRO Maria Torrijo defied the odds and was able to stage three races. As is usual with this fleet of high performance owner-driver one designs, the results were close going into the final day with Team Aqua, Team Nika and Aleph Racing separated by just one point for (...) -
2022 Women’s World Match Racing Tour
Pauline Courtois has won the World Women’s Match Racing Championships and Tour 2022
Pauline Courtois and her Match in Pink match racing team from France have successfully defended their world title winning the 2022 Barfoot & Thompson World Women’s Match Racing Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. The team were also crowned champions of the inaugural 2022 Women’s World Match Racing Tour World Match Racing (...) -
Racing | Foiling 69F
Youth Foiling Gold Cup : DutchSail Janssen de Jong are the 2022 champions
Champagne sailing conditions on the very last day of the 2022 season of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup, the Grand Final began last Thursday and in the four days of racing has had all kind of different wind and sea conditions, up until today, with the breeze blowing from south-east from 6 to 10 (...) -
Racing inshore | Persico 69F
Youth Foiling Gold Cup: Team Argentina wins first act of four
The 69F swapped the cool mountain water of Lake Garda for the sultry seas of Miami’s Biscayne Bay with the opening act of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup last week, and by all accounts it was a brilliant success. The first act of four in the 2022 season that splits events between the United States and Europe saw a mix of American, European (...) -
Racing | RC 44
44Cup : the 2021 title to Chris Bake’s Team Aqua
Over four of the most difficult days of racing in 44Cup history, an impressive seven races were still held at the 44Cup Calero Marinas Lanzarote frequently in 5-6 knots wind, conditions, frankly, in which most other yachts would have been unable to race. Nonetheless it produced two worthy winners with Team Aleph winning the event and Team Aqua (...)