WIMRA Match Racing Clinic - Attention all potential Match Racers and Umpires!

WIMRA and Royal Cape Yacht Club are hosting the first ever Umpiring and Match Racing Clinic in South Africa! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have three days of world-class match racing training by The Lead Instructor and Course Creator, Liz Baylis, US Women’s National and World Match Racing Champion.

Why Match Racing?
You’ll learn all about dial-ups, circling, lead/push, the hook, shift left, and a slew of other match racing tactics and techniques. When you try it you will find Match Racing to be a captivating form of sailboat racing - fully engaging, relentlessly exciting, and great fun. Not only that, but it will improve your fleet racing skills. Also, RCYC and SAS have won a bid to host the Nations Cup Regional Finals for Africa in April/May 2011! So time to learn how to Match Race!

For more information, visit the Royal Cape YC website: http://www.rcyc.co.za/wmr.html