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FROM BLACK FLAG TO CRIMSON BLAZER: WILLIAMS WINS CONGRESSIONAL CUP 2017

Photo Credit: Ian Roman/WMRT

LONG BEACH, CALIF 2 April 2017 – In a series of matches that were as mercurial as the weather, Ian Williams (GBR) and his team GAC Pindar triumphed in the 53rd Congressional Cup, beating Johnie Berntsson (SWE) in a fifth and final winner-take-all match. But Williams had been denied, after two consecutive Congressional Cup wins in 2011 and 2012; even as he reigned as…

BERNTSSON AND WILLIAMS ON THE BRINK: CONGRESSIONAL CUP TO BE DECIDED APRIL 2

LONG BEACH, CALIF 1 April 2017 – – “Choices are the hinges of destiny,” goes the famous quote by Edwin Markham, and today’s Congressional Cup racing proved that making good choices can make, or break, you.

As the frontrunner after two days of Qualifying, Johnie Berntsson (SWE) elected to race eighth place Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN). As swiftly as one-two-three Berntsson dispatched the young…

WILLIAMS DOMINATES REPECHAGE, QUALIFIES FOR CONGRESSIONAL CUP QUARTER FINALS

LONG BEACH, CALIF 31 March 2017 – – In France they call it a “Repêchage.” In America it’s known as a “do-over.” And today, in the world of top-level match racing, it was called “redemption.” Ian Williams (GBR) – who finished at the bottom of the pack in last year’s Congressional Cup – was off with a vengeance today, winning all of his matches in the Repêchage on day three of this 53-year…

BERNTSSON BLASTS THROUGH QUALIFYING AT CONGRESSIONAL CUP

.LONG BEACH, USA,  30 March 2017 – – “Mr Canfield, I like your jacket!” announced reigning Match Racing World Champion Phil Robertson (NZL), at the 53rd Congressional Cup’s opening ‘Meet the Skippers’ dinner.

Robertson, hot off a win in Match Cup Australia, alluded to some unfinished business from last year, when he finished at the top in Qualifying, but was eliminated in the Quarter Finals –…

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CONGRESSIONAL CUP 2017 GOES ‘OLD STYLE’ ON BELMONT PIER

LONG BEACH, CALIF  29 March 2017 – – Grab your lawn chair and cooler and come on down to the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier today through Sunday April 2, for the 53rd running of the Congressional Cup regatta!

Courtesy LBYC 1- Fans line the Pier for a close view of the races

Storms that dumped record rains on California damaged the pier, initially threatening to deter the hundreds of spectators…

EVERYONE GETS A PIECE OF THE PIE ON DAY ONE OF CONGRESSIONAL CUP

LONG BEACH, USA 29 March 2017 – – Brilliant sunshine greeted the all-star line-up of Congressional Cup 2017, racing along the shores of Long Beach, California. Conditions were nothing like last year’s dismal, drizzly weather.

But the wind played havoc with racers none-the-less. Light breezes from the southwest built auspiciously, then plunged. The drop was so sudden, it threw Qualifying flight…