59th Congressional Cup at Long Beach Yacht Club

59th Congressional Cup at Lengthy Seaside Yacht Membership – General

by WMRT & LBYC 28 Apr 22:17 PDT
24-28 April 2024

The depth of the 59th Congressional Cup, the opening occasion for the 2024 World Match Racing Tour, reached its peak at present as USA’s Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing workforce gained his second consecutive Congressional Cup and Crimson Blazer.

Poole and his Riptide Racing workforce of Joachim Aschenbrenner, Bernardo Freitas, Mal Parker, Luke Payne, and Harry West defeated five-time Congressional Cup winner Ian Williams 3-1 in a tense remaining.

Exhibiting dominance early, Poole claimed the primary level of the occasion. With a lot expertise and expertise in these boats, Williams and Poole pushed the match racing guidelines and boats to their most.

Reflecting on the victory, Chris Poole mentioned “It is an unbelievable feeling. It might be inconceivable with out my workforce. We did not begin the week the way in which we needed to, however as soon as we began crusing like we did final 12 months, we have been fairly assured it was going to be ours to win.”

Preventing five-time Congressional Cup champion Ian Williams, Poole added, “It was a extremely shut battle. Ian is an exceptional competitor, so we knew it was going to be a giant combat. We have been as much as the problem and my guys have been able to go.”

After Williams gained the second match in opposition to Poole to tie the rating, Poole’s workforce rallied to return again sturdy with two wins and a remaining rating of 3-1 to have the ability to put on his second Crimson Blazer.

Riptide Racing’s tactician Joachim Aschenbrenner talked in regards to the remaining matches. “We managed to get out even on each begin and that is what we like. We choose to determine it on the race course, and we have been in a position to try this in most races. It was a difficult course at present. We noticed the left working and the precise working at instances. It was difficult to choose the precise facet. Fortunately, we bought it proper a few instances.”

Switzerland’s Eric Monnin / Capvis Swiss Match Racing workforce began their day within the Quarter-finals in opposition to Chris Poole earlier than shifting into the Petit-finals in opposition to New Zealand’s Nick Egnot-Johnson/ KNOTS Racing. Monnin proved his workforce deserved the spot on the rostrum by convincingly profitable 2-0 in opposition to the Kiwi workforce and securing third place.

“We began with an in depth match in opposition to Poole,” commented Monnin. We thought we may get that race, however ultimately he was simply higher than us, we have been a bit disenchanted. However, within the petit remaining we actually stepped up and had two good races with Nick Egnot-Johnson. We performed our boat-speed and crew work.”

Monnin completed third on the Congressional Cup in 2021, nonetheless their greatest end result but. Wanting ahead, they don’t seem to be finished preventing for the win. Monnin feedback, “Now we have to return again right here and go into the finals and hopefully win the Crimson Blazer.”

The Congressional Cup as soon as once more proved to be a spotlight of the worldwide crusing calendar, attracting high skills from across the globe and delivering thrilling competitors from begin to end. Because the day concluded, it not solely topped a champion, however showcased a spirit of camaraderie and sportsmanship that defines this prestigious occasion.

Lengthy Seaside Yacht Membership is already planning for subsequent 12 months’s sixtieth anniversary Congressional Cup, which shall be held as a part of the 2025 World Match Racing Tour. Rewatch the stay streamed motion on The Congressional Cup and World Match Racing Tour’s YouTube channels.

2024 Congressional Cup Groups:

1. Ian Williams (46, Lymington, England)/ Gladstone’s Lengthy Seaside

World No. 11 Open Match Race Rankings

Crew: Richard Sydenham, Gerry Mitchell, Ricky McGarvie, Ted Hackney, Oisin Mcclelland

2. Jeppe Borch (26, Copenhagen, Denmark)/ Borch Racing

World No. 4 Open Match Race Rankings

Crew: Thor Malthe Andersen, Mathias Rossing, Gustav Wantzin, August de la Cour, Sebastien Pieters

3. Dave Hood (Lengthy Seaside, USA)/ DH3 Racing

World No. 37 Open Match Race Rankings

Crew: Nick Blackman, Chris Most important, Chris Steele, Steve Natvig, Will Tiller

4. Gavin Brady (50, USA)/ True Blue Racing USA

World No. 13 Open Match Race Rankings

Crew: Chris Cowan, Harry Corridor, Ryan Houston, Chris Larson, Joshua Wijohn

5.Chris Poole (35, Chilly Spring Harbor, NY, USA) / Riptide Racing

World No. 1 Open Match Race Rankings

Crew: Joachim Aschenbrenner, Bernardo Freitas, Mal Parker, Luke Payne, Harry Wes

6. Nick Egnot-Johnson (25, Auckland, New Zealand)/ KNOTS Racing

World No. 8 Open Match Race Rankings

Crew: Sam Barnett, Zak Merton, Alastair Gifford, Taylor Balogh, Jorden Van Rooijen

7. Eric Monnin (48, Immensee, Switzerland)/ Capvis Swiss Match Racing

World No. 2 Open Match Race Rankings

Crew: Simon Brügger, Maxime Mesnil, Julien Falxa, Ute Monnin-Wagner, Mathieü Renault, Jean-Claude Monnin

8. Cole Tapper (21, AUS)/ CYCA Youth Crusing Academy

Crew: Jordan Reece, George Richardson, Hamish Vass, Charlotte Carmichael, Max Brennan, Nathan Gulliksen

9. Johnie Berntsson (51, Stenungsund, Sweden)/ Berntsson Crusing Group

World No. 3 Open Match Race Rankings

Crew: Filip Karlsson, Herman Andersson, Fredrik Laangström, Erik Malmberg, Jespre Stålheim

8. Rocco Attili (27, Rome, Italy)/ RBYS

World No. 7 Open Match Race Rankings

Crew: Alberto Corneli, Andres Guerra, Edoardo Mancinelli Scotti, Luca Camilli, Gianluca Perasole, Ludovico Mori

9. Scotty Dickson (53, Lengthy Seaside, USA) Dickson Racing Group

Crew: Erik Berzins, Garrett Brown, Steve Flam, Zack Hanna, Greg Dair

10 Megan Thomson (25, NZL)/ 2.0 Racing

Crew: Charlotte Porter, Josi Andres, Bastian Sorensen, Sebastian Olsen, Cormac Murphy