4th at CWMRS Act 1

Windy opening to Cleanport Winter Match Race Series 2013/14 in Izola, Slovenia with 15 to 25 kts...we started Day 1 with a win againts Binder (AUT) leading all the way around the course but they came very close at the finish....Match 2 againts Litkey (HUN) was a different story we made a small mistake just before the start and there was no coming back...3rd Race we dominated from start to finish giving our opponent no chance...then came interesting 4th Match with our opponents not wearing Personal Floating Devices as asked from Race Committe with the Y Flag....with big puffs hitting us in the prestart we made a bad judgment just before the start letting opponent start windward of us...but we learned one new useful information after the hearing....last all important match in Round Robin 1 was an easy win againts Sadowski (POL)...with a 3-2 score we finished second in Group A behind Litkey (5-0) and in front of Binder (3-2).

Results: 

Round Robin 1 - Group A

Round Robin 1 - Group B

We qualified to the top Round Robin 2 - Group A for places 1 to 6....in Match 1 we again dominated prestart with 2 pens to Kircher (AUT) and an easy win...next up was a match with our training partners Gorazd Rajar...with a small advantage to them just after prestart we managed to come back in 1st upwind and hold them off until the finish....last match againts Zbroja (POL) was deciding the finalists...in interesting prestart we missed the pin layline giving them a small advantage at the start as they managed to keep the 3 boat lengths lead all around the course....

Results:

Round Robin 2 - Group A (1 - 6 Place)

Round Robin 2 - Group B (7- 12 Place)

With finishing 3rd in RR2 Group A we qualified to Petit Final againts Binder (AUT)...we made 2 bad matches with small mistakes we will fix before the next event in just 3 weeks....

Final Results

Photo Gallery

Bohemia Apple - Title Sponsor for the Team

Here it is the big news we have been promising....we are proud to announce that our team is supported by Bohemia Apple as the Title Sponsor....this is a great boost for us as we are now attacking the top 30 on the ISAF World Match Race Rankings....during the winter months the team will do a series of Grade 3 Match Race events in preperation for the Grade 2's in 2014...don't miss our Upcoming Events schedule...

Bohemia Apple Racing:

Dejan Presen - Helm

Miha Truden - Trimmer

Robert Vysata - Main/Pit

Marko Pihlar - Main/Tactics

Aljoša Cilenšek - Bow

Gal Potrč Pajk - Pit/Bow

Žiga Tratenšek - Bow/Main

Nice video explaining positions on the boat

Match Race Training - Autumn 2013

We had a great 3 day Training in Izola on J-24 boats before the upcoming Winter Match Race Series....with Rajar Match Race Team on day 1 and Hrvoje Petrović joining us with his team for day 2 and 3....we feel ready to attack the Top 30 by the end of the year....Check out the Video :)