World Match Racing Tour: Match Race Germany - Day 1
by Alpari World Match Racing Tour 21 May 2015 19:58 BST
21-24 May 2015
Match Race Germany day 1 - Eric Monnin leads the qualifying with straight wins © Andy Heinrich
Day 1 of Qualifying was met with a slow start today on the shores of Lake Constance for the opening day of Match Race Germany, the second World Championship stage of the 2015/16 World Match Racing Tour. After a patient wait during the morning, a light South Westerly filled in across the lake allowing the first four of twenty two Qualifying Flights to be completed.
Fresh off the plane from Long Beach, California after competing in the Congressional Cup last week, Eric Monnin (SUI), known for his skills in light air conditions, led the charge with a confident 3-0 scoreline.
"Overall we were happy with our performance as our boat-handling, tactics and boat-speed were good" commented Monnin. "However our starts were bad, losing all three. Thankfully in each match we were able to overtake around the course. The key to today was calling the pressure and making sure you were first to get into it."
Also finding themselves having to adapt quickly to the shifty lake conditions were fellow Tour Card skippers Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN) and Reuben Corbett (NZL). Both skippers won their opening matches before the wind abated.
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Qualifing results after day 1:
1. Eric Monnin (SUI) Team SailBox 3-0
2. Tomislav Basic (CRO) TB Race Team 2-1
3. Dejan Presen (SOL) Lumba Match Race Team 2-1
4. Przemyslaw 'Tara' Tarnacki (POL) Energa Yacht Racing Team 1-0
5. Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN) Aschenbrenner Racing Team 1-0
6. Reuben Corbett (NZL) Corbett Racing 1-0
7. Mark Lees (GBR) GBR Match Racing 1-2
8. Christian Binder (AUT) Flat Lake Sailing Team 1-2
9. Tino Ellegast (GER) Team Ellegast 0-1
10. Matthew Jerwood (AUS) Redline Racing 0-1
11. Max Trippolt (AUT) Trippolt Sailing Team 0-1
12. Tim Kröger (GER) New Wave by Adidas 0-3