Congressional Cup welcomes world's best match racers

11:57 PM Mon 21 Mar 2011 GMT

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47th Congressional Cup at Long Beach Yacht Club preview. Lovely morning buffet of lightning, thunder, rain and sunshine - the weather preview for the week of the most prestigious Grade One match racing event in the United States, Long Beach Yacht Club's 47th Congressional Cup. the event starts Tuesday with the first of two round robins leading to Saturday's championship sail-offs. Racing will start daily at 11:30 a.m. or later, as conditions permit. Francesco Bruni of Italy, ranked number eight in the world, is the defending champion, and he'll be going against three former winners---Dave Perry of the U.S. (1983, ...

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