19th Match Race Germany 2016
Germany’s most famous duel regatta will take place soon: Twelve Teams from representing 8 nations set sails on Lake Constance
Showtime for the next generation of the international Match Race elite: Match Race Germany will be their stage during Pentecost! New talents from around the world have heralded their summit and enrich the formidable fleet, which has formed for the 19th edition of the German Grand Prix.
Among the interesting newcomers are young helmsmen as Pierre Rhimbault from France or Vladimir Lipavsky from Russia, who catapulted himself in recent months with strong performances into the Top 20 in the world rankings. In Match Race Germany 2016 they challenge prominent grandmasters of duel sailing, such as the America’s Cup semi-finalists Karol Jablonski (POL / GER) or the Polish team around skipper Przemyslaw Tarnacki (POL). “You can imagine it as if America’s Cup teams would directly hit the best young sailors from the Youth America’s Cup,” states sporting director Eberhard Magg one month before the first starting gun will be fired for Match Race Germany on May 12th at 9:00.
Skipper Tarnacki, whose father was among the first participants in the Whitbread Round the World Race has big plans for his efforts, because he was not satisfied with ninth place in the 18th Match Race Germany. His promiss: “After last year we come very hungry!” Tarnacki looking forward to the race in Germany’s beautiful south: “Our venue there is a charming lake with mountain peaks as a backdrop.” In the debate about the right match race course in the future Tarnacki is clearly positioned: “I prefer monohull for match racing.”
This is also Vladimir Lipavsky view of things and recent development “match racing on monohulls is the only way to stage real duels because multihulls do not deliver real match racing because they simply are not maneuverable enough. In other words: multihulls make definitely fun to sail and they are spectacular, but do not serve the match racing discipline “Lipavskys Objective:”. We will do everything possible to reach the semifinals. For me it was always a dream to compete in this true match raceing classic here. ”
Among the hungry climbers there is the 23-year-old Tour de France-a la Voile helmsman. Nelson Mettraux, brother of well-known Mettraux sisters Justine and Elodie-Jane from the Volvo Ocean Race , who sailed around the world with the SCA-all female team. The Mettraux team brings much awakening spirit from Switzerland to the fleet of twelve teams from eight countries in Germany’s most famous duel sailing regatta. The medium term goal of Nelson Mettraux is the victory in the Match Race Youth World Cup 2016 New Caledonia later this year.
First, however, during the traditional sailing festival over pentecost , for the dynamic dozen of skippers it is all about racing in fron of tens of thousands of spectators and hundreds of invited guests from partners and sponsors, for prize money and very importantly for valueable ranking points. Starting under German flag, the team and local hero of Adrian Maier-ring from Konstanz will try to compete and leave a mark. Amongst the favorites is Karol Jablonski, 10 times Ice Sailing World Chmpion, Match Race World Champion and a regular competitor in Langenargen, looking forward to score his first win on Lake Constance.
Das in Langenargen beheimatete Match Center Germany ist Veranstalter und Ausrichter des sportlichen Großereignisses, das mit der 20. Auflage im kommenden Jahr einem großen Jubiläum entgegen segelt. Die spannenden Segel-Matches mit hoher Attraktivität für die Fans an Land und auf dem Wasser werden in Kooperation mit dem Yacht-Club Langenargen und dessen erfahrener Wettfahrtleitung um Rudi Magg ausgetragen und von ZDF-Reporter Nils Kaben live kommentiert. Im Regattadorf im Langenargener Gondelhafen laden die schwäbischen Gastgeber und ihre Partner tagsüber und abends zu einem actiongeladenen und musikalischen Infotainment- und Partyprogramm bei freiem Eintritt ein.
Headquartered in Langenargen, Match Center Germany, the promoter and organizer of the sporting event offering Sail-and Tainment, is setting course towards the 20th edition next years, working on a lot of surprises for the big anniversary. The exciting sailing matches are very attractive for the fans on shore as well as on the water They are conducted in cooperation with the Yacht Club Langenargen and its experienced race committee of Rudi Magg and commented live by ZDF reporter Nils Kaben. In the regatta village on the prommenade of Langenargen the organizers and their partners invite the 30000+ spectators day and night to enjoy their time also coupled with musical infotainment and party programme, all at free admission and entry.
Participants fleet for the 19th Match Race Germany 2016
Pierre Rhimbault / FRA)
Vladimir Lipavsky (RUS)
Przemyslaw Tarnacki (POL)
Dejan Presen (SLO)
Philip Bendon (IRL)
Lukasz Wosinski (POL)
Maxime Mednil (FRA)
Nelson Mettraux (SUI)
Ichikawa Kohei (JPN)
Bojan Rajar (SLO)
Adrian Maier-ring (GER)
Karol Jablonski (POL / GER)
19th Match Race Germany 2016
Status: Grade 1 Special Event (highest classification by International Sailing Federation World Sailing in Germany)
Format: Match Racing (duels boat against boat), Round Robin (round robin, quarter, half and finals in K.O. mode
Date: 12 until May 16, 2016
Location & Area: Langenargen (Baden-Württemberg); Lake Constance
Organizer: Match Race Germany GmbH
Organising Club: Yacht Club Langenargen e.V.
Attendance: Approximately 30,000 visitors attended the 2015 thrilling duels from Langenargener shore
