Day 1 of Internationaux de France de match-racing

The Freshie Racing Team began their first grade 1 event in the summer town of Pornichet today. It was a tough day on the water for the team coming up against Mathieu Richard the current leader of the world match racing tour in the first flight. With the team completing 5 races there are many positives that can be taken away. The team sailed well throughout the day with many close races improving on all areas of the game.

The young New Zealand team of Black Sheep Racing and Reuben Corbett are on top with 6 wins followed by Richard and Presti. The day started off light before strengthening to above 20knts in the afternoon making for good runs on the J80’s.

Winning 3 out 5 pre-starts and leading around the top mark it was a different game for us as it is our first event using A-symmetrical in match racing. Tomorrow we have 6 more races left of the round robin with plenty of winnable races. The forecast is for more wind tomorrow and the team is hoping for some good results.

Freshie Racing would like to thank Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Ron Tough Foundation and Zhik for their continued support.