Freshie Racing Team has had another successful weekend finishing second in the Irish International Match Race at the Royal St George Yacht Club. The event was a new concept with 6 international teams and the 6 local Irish teams racing in Scotsman Bay. The conditions where variable throughout the whole weekend which lead to the program being cut short only finishing at the end of the round robin stage. The team improved race by race on the J80 yachts and had some great racing, only losing to the eventual winner Baggio from France and local Irishman Andy Fowler in a shocking first race. An added bonus was beating the other Perth team in Kieth Swinton and his Black Swan Racing.
An interesting feature to this regatta is the GPS tracking which each race been uploaded on TackTracker and can be reviewed on:

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The event was a great lead-up to the team’s next event in Pornichet, France this week starting on Thursday . The event is the team’s first grade 1 event and will come up against the current leader of the world match racing tour Mathieu Richard and other top teams. The event is also raced on the same boats as the Ireland regatta which will help greatly next week. The grade 1 event will be a great opportunity for the team which is full of confidence after 3 podium finishes in consecutive events of the European tour.
Thanks to Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Zhik and the Ron Tough Yachting Foundation for their continued support.

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