The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) today announced its 2023 world championship season with a fifteen-event schedule across ten countries, including the return of founding Tour events – the Congressional Cup/USA, Match Cup Sweden and Bermuda Gold Cup.
The WMRT Final will take place in Shenzhen, China from 12-17 December with a USD200,000 prize purse. 2023 will mark the 23rd consecutive season of the Tour, the longest running professional series in sailing.
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The 2023 WMRT season will comprise of âWorld Tourâ events and âWorld Championshipâ events, opening with the Ficker Cup and the 58th edition of the Congressional Cup Regatta in April hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club in California, USA. The Congressional Cup is the oldest continuously held sailing match race regatta in the world.
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All events are organised under World Sailing rules as Open match racing events, allowing both men and women skippers, as well as mixed teams to compete. âWorld Championshipâ level events award higher points to the annual WMRT leader-board.
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âWe are delighted to finally announce the 2023 WMRT seasonâ commented WMRT Executive Director James Pleasance. âWe are also thrilled for the return of the Tourâs founding events The Congressional Cup, Match Cup Sweden and Bermuda Gold Cup, and we are looking forward to seeing both familiar teams and many new faces on the Tour this year. We are also looking forward to hosting the WMRT Final in Shenzhen, China at the end of the year now the country has re-opened.â
2023 World Match Racing Tour Schedule (Dates include Practice Days)
- Ficker Cup, Long Beach, CA, USA, 13â16Â April
- *Congressional Cup, Long Beach, CA, 17â22 April
- Szczecin Match Race, Poland, 27-30 April
- Porto Montenegro Match Race, 11-14 May
- NJK Open Spring Cup, Finland, 18-21 May
- OM International Ledro Match Race, Italy, 22-25 June
- *GKSS Match Cup Sweden, 4â8 July
- Internationaux France Match Race, Pornichet, France, 27-30 July
- Chicago Grand Slam, USA, 17-20 August
- International Match Race for the Detroit Cup, USA, 23-27 August
- Thompson Cup, Oyster Bay NY, USA, 29 August – 2 September
- Oakcliff International, Oyster Bay NY, USA, 5-9 September
- Baltic Match Race, Estonia, 20-24 September
- *Bermuda Gold Cup, 2-7 October
- *WMRT FINAL/ Shenzhen Baoâan Match Cup, China, 12-17 December
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*World Championship (WC) Events