April 11th, 2013
Thursday’s weather: Wind 5-8k, S; cloudy-hazy, 71F. Friday’s forecast: Wind 5-10k SW; sunny 69F., dry Long Beach, CA (April 11, 2013) – When’s the last time you saw spinnakers raised to start a match race? Or a leader spin off a penalty at the finish line with his opponent tickling his transom? Great Britain’s Ian
April 10th, 2013
Wednesday’s weather: Wind 5-12 SW; high temp. 75F. Thursday’s forecast: Wind S 5-9k; high temp. 71F. Long Beach, CA (April 9, 2013) – It’s no surprise that Great Britain’s Ian Williams, the top-ranked match racer in the world and winner of the last two Congressional Cups, is clear of the field after two days, but
April 9th, 2013
Long Beach, CA (April 9, 2013) – Mathieu Richard of France hadn’t match-raced in seven months and Great Britain’s Ian Williams was coming out of five inactive months, but they dealt better with weird conditions than anyone else in a 10-boat international field to share first place with four wins and one loss after Day
April 9th, 2013
That the 2013 Congressional Cup attracts such a quality line-up is a tribute to the event. In its 49th edition, the event may be at the forefront of match racing, but it is not part of the World Match Racing Tour. Yet with 70% of the field traveling from Europe, New Zealand or Australia, including
April 8th, 2013
Long Beach, CA (April 8, 2013) – Some of the world’s best match racing sailors from six countries and the U.S. Virgin Islands are competing in Long Beach Yacht Club’s 49th Congressional Cup starting Tuesday. Two round-robin rotations will be followed by sailoffs through Saturday. Competition will be at Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier on the
April 5th, 2013
Long Beach, CA (April 5, 2013) – So go figure how it is that in an event billing “an international fleet of ambitious young sailors” hoping to qualify for next week’s 49th Congressional Cup, the team on top after Day 1 of the Long Beach Yacht Club’s Ficker Cup has an average age of 41.
April 1st, 2013
An international fleet of ambitious young sailors is lined up for Long Beach Yacht Club’s Ficker Cup on April 5-7, hoping to pluck the lucky ticket on the match racing merry-go-round into next week’s 49th Congressional Cup. The Ficker is rated a Grade 2 event by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) based on the records
February 14th, 2013
Long Beach, CA (Feb 14, 2013) – The first thing followers and fellow competitors want to know about the Long Beach Yacht Club’s 49th Congressional Cup: Is the Brit coming back? Indeed, Ian Williams of Great Britain, still ranked No. 1 in the world, will return April 9-13 with his GAC Pindar team in quest
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