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Sail-World.com : ISAF World Match Racing Tour - YANMAR Racing set for Danish Open 2010
ISAF World Match Racing Tour - YANMAR Racing set for Danish Open 2010
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The 2010 Danish Open, the seventh event on the 2010 ISAF World Match Racing Tour, is being staged in Bornholm, Denmark from September 8th-12th.
For this event Peter Gilmour, the Australian skipper of the YANMAR Racing team, a veteran of five America’s Cups and four times winner of the World Match Racing title, has assembled a multinational team all of whom have sailed with him many times before.
The YANMAR Racing team will be Cameron Dunn, mainsheet – tactician (New Zealand), Trimmer Thierry Douillard (France), Pitman Yasuhiro Yaji (Japan) and bowman Martin Berntsson (Sweden).
Before heading out on water for the first practice session of the Bornholm series Peter Gilmour said ‘YANMAR Racing is looking forward to a great event. This is going to be a hard event to win with history strongly on the side of the Danish Match Racers, and with Mathieu Richard in very strong form this year heading up an impressive field.
‘You only have to look at the leader board. Six of the top seven teams in the 2010 ISAF World Match Racing Tour Championship are on the entry list.
‘Previously the Danish Open has been sailed in the city of Aarhus. This new venue removes the previous knowledge that YANMAR Racing and the other international teams had gained in prior events in Aarhus.
‘On the positive side, YANMAR Racing was third in last year’s event in Denmark.
‘We had a very tight battle in the semi finals with the three times event winner Denmark’s Jes Gram Hansen.
‘YANMAR Racing is ready for the Danish Match Cup and is focused on improving on our last outing when we sailed these boats in Sweden and did not reach the quarter final stage.
‘Congratulations to Mathieu Richard and team for their recent win in St. Moritz, boy they have streaked ahead in the World Match Racing Tour standings! ‘
YANMAR Racing Pitman Yasuhiro Yaji commented ‘We are looking forward to today’s practice session. Yesterday we all flew in from different places around the world. It feels very cold to me. In Tokyo on Monday it was 37 degrees. In contrast here now it is only 15 degrees. Last night it was very windy and now there is still a lot of wind probably 18-20 knots. We will enjoy these conditions and would love them to hold into the weekend.’
Danish Open Field
Tour Card Holders
Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team
Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing Team
Ben Ainslie (GBR) TeamOrigin
Peter Gilmour (AUS) YANMAR Racing
Bertrand Pacé (FRA) Aleph Sailing Team
Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team
Francesco Bruni (ITA) Azzurra
Björn Hansen (SWE) Hansen Global Team
The Wildcard entries
Mads Ebler (DEN) Ebler Match Racing Team
William Tiller (NZL) Full Metal Jacket Racing Team
Susanne Ward (DEN) Team Ward
Michael Buckley (USA) MB Sailing.
YANMAR Racings 2010 Tour Record
10th — Stena Match Cup Sweden '10
(Crew: Kazuhiko Sofuku, Cameron Dunn, Yasuhiro Yaji, Thierry Douillard)
1st — Portimão Portugal Match Cup '10
(Crew: Kazuhiko Sofuku, Cameron Dunn, Yasuhiro Yaji, Thierry Douillard)
5th — Korea Match Cup '10
(Crew: Martin Berntsson, Cameron Dunn, Yasuhiro Yaji, Thierry Douillard)
6th — Match Race Germany '10
(Crew: Martin Berntsson, Nils Bjerkäs, Yasuhiro Yaji, Cristian Pontin)
11th — Match Race France '10
(Crew: Thierry Douillard, Yashuhiro Yaji, David Gilmour)
World Match Racing Tour Results
2009 — fourth Overall
2008 — eighth Overall
2006-’07 — fifth Overall
2005-’06 — first Tour Champion
2004-’05 — first Tour Champion
2003-’04 — first Tour Champion
2000-’01— sixth Overall
2000 — fourth Overall
For more news and information on YANMAR Racing, please visit: http://www.yanmar.co.jp/en/racing/
To discover more about the World Match Racing Tour see: http://www.wmrt.com
And to discover more about YANMAR Marine go to: http://www.yanmarmarine.com/
by YANMAR Racing Media
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