Rain stops play: flooded river at the Han International Match Racing in Korea. Water flowing over the top of the footbridge! Supplied image.
by Travis Keay
After only completing 5 races the regatta has been cut short due to the river being to unsafe to sail in. The event is a new initiative in the re-development of Seoul’s water front on the banks of the famous Han River. It’s unfortunate that we couldn’t complete the program but the race committee was unable to let us on the water.
New Zealand’s Reuben Corbett and his Black Sheep Racing were the eventual winners with 5 straight wins. They have had a fantastic summer and are currently ranked 18th by ISAF in the open match race rankings. We sailed very strong in the big KM36’s and felt confident we would be sailing strong in the finals.
Freshie Racing in Korea. Supplied image.
This brings to the conclusion of our northern summer tour which we have had some very rewarding results and have had some great experiences throughout the world. We would like to thanks all our supporters and followers for the time we have been away.
The latest rankings come out this Wednesday where we are hoping we climb further. We are now looking forward to the summer match racing programme in Australia and Asia.
Results – European Tour
Hahn River International Match Race – Korea -2nd
MIPC match cup – Slovenia - 2nd
International de France – France - Grade 1 - 12th
Danish Youth Nationals – 1st
Polish Match tour acts 5 and 6 – Poland – 5th and 8th
Ireland vs the world Match Race – Dublin Ireland 2nd
Trapani Open Match – Trapani Sicily – 1st
Estonian open match race – Parnu Estonia – 3rd
Freshie Racing (Peter Nicholas and the team) would like to thank Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, Zhik, Ron Tough Yachting Foundation and Peter Chappell for their great support.
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