WMRT Match Race France - Good win for YANMAR Racing on tough first day

3:06 AM Thu 12 May 2011 GMT

'Peter Gilmour, Yanmar Racing, racing against Ian Williams Team GAC Pindar during the first day of qualifying for the French Match Race. World Match Racing Tour 2011/Match Race France Day One' &copy Chris Davies/WMRT Click Here to view large photo

Blues skies and light breezes greeted skippers today in Marseille at Match Race France, the start of the nine event 2011 World Match Racing Tour. Light winds are expected for the first four days of this event and with strong 40 knot Mistral winds forecast for Sunday, organisers were keen to get plenty of racing completed on day 1. The first match for the 2011 WMRT season pitted four times World Match Racing Champion Peter Gilmour (AUS) and his YANMAR Racing crew of Cameron Dunn, Thierry Douillard, Yasuhiro Yaji against twice Tour Winner Ian Williams' Team GAC Pindar. Williams is ...

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