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Editorial Assistant: Stacey Hunt
Contributors: Magnus Holmberg Yvonne Gordon
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Photography: Gilles Martin-Raget Juerg Kaufmann Brian Carlin Chris Davies Ian Roman
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Loris Von Siebenthal
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CONTENTS 04 — Newsround
Bite-size nibbles of news from the global match racing circuit
07 — Match Racing Multis
Following the first event in the America’s Cup World Series, we look at what the future holds for this great event and ask whether it will remain true to its match racing roots
10 — Venue Profile Marvellous Marstrand
Is the Swedish resort of Marstrand the greatest match racing venue in the world?
12 — Technical Corner without prior
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MATCH RACING 360° | AUGUST 2011
All you need to know about that most crucial of pre-start moves, the dial-up
13 — Team Profile
Match Racing 360° chats with British match racer Vicki Sheen, the newly crowned Blind Match Racing World Champion
15 — Match Racer of the Moment
Meet 26-year-old Swiss national match racing champ Elodie Mettraux
16 — Polaroid Pinboard 17 — Flashback
All your photos from the water
The day the Cup came home After losing the America’s Cup to Australia
in 1983, Dennis Conner
and his Stars and Stripes crew come back in 1987 guns blazing
18 — Results
Who won what, and upcoming events
20 — Guest Columnist Magnus Holmberg
Match racing legend Magnus Holmberg talks to Match Racing 360° about inspiring champions of the future
FROM THE EDITOR
Hello and a very warm welcome to the very first edition of Match Racing 360°, the home of global match racing. Now, you might be thinking to yourself ‘does the world need another sailing magazine?’ but Match Racing 360° is different to any other. This is more than just a magazine, it’s the collective voice of the international match racing community.
Here at Match Racing 360° we thrive on the passion, excitement and drama of match racing. We love it, and we know you do too. Throughout the year we will bring you the biggest names from the match racing world, the best commentary and analysis and coverage of match racing events from all over the globe, no matter how big or small. We’ll arm you with the technical know-how to win on the racecourse and we’ll feature your photos too.
So sit back, relax, and lose yourself in Match Racing 360° for a while. Go on, you deserve it. If you’ve got any comments about things you’d like to see in future editions of Match Racing 360° drop us a line at
editor@matchrace.com.
Editor Match Racing 360°
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