The azure waters of Portimão played host to the fourth stage of the World Match Racing Tour as the competition really started to heat up. With three different winners from the first three Tour events the scoreboard was really opening up. Could Torvar Mirsky (AUS) The Wave Muscat convert his trademark dominance in Qualifying into success in the knockout rounds? Would Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar get to avenge his defeat at the hands of Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Mekonomen Sailing Team? Could the Gallic duo of Mathieu Richard and Damien Iehl (FRA) French Match Racing Team find their form and rise up the rankings? Could Peter Gilmour (AUS) replicate his 2010 Portimão Portugal Match Cup victory and score his first win of the 2011 season?
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The azure waters of Portimão played host to the fourth stage of the World Match Racing Tour as the competition really started to heat up. With three different winners from the first three Tour events the scoreboard was really opening up. Could Torvar Mirsky (AUS) The Wave Muscat convert his trademark dominance in Qualifying into success in the knockout rounds? Would Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar get to avenge his defeat at the hands of Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Mekonomen Sailing Team? Could the Gallic duo of Mathieu Richard and Damien Iehl (FRA) French Match Racing Team find their form and rise up the rankings? Could Peter Gilmour (AUS) replicate his 2010 Portimão Portugal Match Cup victory and score his first win of the 2011 season?
Watch all the highlights from an electrifying Portimão Portugal Match Cup, bringing you exclusive interviews, unrivalled racing and behind the scenes action.
With the World Match Racing Tour reaching its halfway point with four events complete and four remaining it was the stunning setting of Marstrand nestled in Sweden’s western archipelago which provided the arena for the fifth stage of the Tour. Was victory in Portimão a sign of a return to form for Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar? Would hometown hero Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team cause a splash on home waters in his debut year as a Tour Card Holder? Could Francesco Bruni (ITA) Bruni Racing extend his lead at the top of the Tour standings? All the action – including one of the most thrilling finals so far this season – was played out in front of a crowd of more than 100,000 spectators.
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With two different winners from two events so far, the World Match Racing Tour skippers and their crews headed to Jeongkok Harbour in South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province each looking to stamp their mark on the event. After victory at Match Race Germany, all eyes were on Francesco Bruni (ITA) Bruni Racing – could the Italian dominate for a second time? After a slow start to the season could 2010 Korea Match Cup winner Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team give his 2011 campaign a much-needed boost? Could returning two-time World Champion Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar shake up the standings? Thrills, spills, big wins and major upsets, and one of the most epic quarter finals in match racing – it was all there at the Korea Match Cup.
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Fresh from a stunning victory on his home waters at Match Race France, Damien Iehl (FRA) French Match Racing Team Match Race travelled to Langenargen for Match Race Germany with a warning shot to his competitors. They included team mate and close friend Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team who will have to overcome Iehl this season if he is to claim the World Championship title that has so far eluded him. Tricky conditions on Lake Constance and a new fleet of Bavaria 40S boats would give the teams and their strategists plenty to think. Could Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR make it onto the podium? Could Phil Robertson (NZL) WAKA Racing avenge his 9th place finish in France? Could Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team justify his debut Tour Card? Plenty of teams had a point to prove in Germany. Expect thrills, spills and excitement as we give you the very best highlights from Match Race Germany 2011.
The pre-season training had finished, the talking was done and the wait was over. Stage 1 of the 2011 ISAF World Match Racing Tour headed to Marseille on the Côte d’Azur for Match Race France where debut Tour Card Holders Damien Iehl (FRA) French Match Racing Team and Phil Robertson (NZL) WAKA Racing were on show. Would it be ‘a baptism of fire’ for the duo? Could a four-strong contingent of French teams seize the home advantage? The field of competitors included four-time World Champion Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing, last season’s most consistent performer and new Tour Card Holder Jesper Radich (DEN) Adrian Lee & Partners, and Torvar Mirsky (AUS) The Wave Muscat whose focus was on claiming his first Tour event win since 2009.
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