Tag: WIM

Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 20, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom. Final and Petit Final. The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in two identical boats around a …

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Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 19, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom. Quarterfinal and semifinal races Saturday September 19, 2015.   The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in …

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Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 18, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom. Fog postponed the races on Friday September 18, 2015 The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in …

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Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 17, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom. The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in two identical boats around a short course, providing fast …

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Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 16, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom. The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in two identical boats around a short course, providing fast …

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Buddy Melges Challenge Photos September 15, 2015

Courtesy of photographer Christopher Rydblom. The Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) is the first and only professional sailing series for women, hosted by the Women’s International Match Racing Association and joined by the world’s leading women match racing sailors. Match racing is sailed in two identical boats around a short course, providing fast …

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Roble successful on Sheboygan waters

– wins the event and advances to the top of the WIM Series. Stephanie Roble excelled on her home waters of Lake Michigan on Sunday afternoon, as she defeated Anne-Claire Le Berre 3 – 1 in the final of the Buddy Melges Challenge, the penultimate event of the 2015 WIM Series. With this first American victory ever …

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Roble & Le Berre to meet in Sheboygan final

PRESS RELEASE SEPTEMBER 19 2015 View this email in your browser – quarters and semis decided in tricky Saturday conditions. A Saturday with shifty, puffy and in general quite tricky conditions in the Buddy Melges Challenge, saw local hope Stephanie Roble and Anne-Claire Le Berre of France getting through to Sunday’s final. In the semi …

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Fog and no wind delays Sheboygan quarters

– the penultimate event of the 2015 WIM Series resumes Saturday. The first two days of excellent sailing conditions in the Buddy Melges Challenge on Lake Michigan, USA, was on Friday followed by nothing but the opposite. Thick fog rolled in over the Sheboygan race course, effectively killing not only the wind, but every attempt to get any …

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Fog continues to postpone quarterfinal races

Fog continues to postpone the quarterfinal races of the 2015 Buddy Melges Challenge. Twitter feeds chronicle the day: @USSCSheboygan @WIMSeries #BMC2015 #WIMSeries   Fog has engulfed the harbour here in Sheboygan. Postponed ashore until the fog clears #BMC2015 #WIMSeries pic.twitter.com/Ijru0yEZ4b — Sail Sheboygan (@USSCSheboygan) September 18, 2015 The view from the leeward market boat. #BMC2015 …

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