(Translated from German from http://ycro-news.blogspot.com/2010/08/frauen-duellieren-sich-segelnder-weise.html.)

Women performing duel on the water

(24.08.10) / On Saturday, 28.8. and Sunday, 29.8. takes place at the Yacht Club Romanshorn one of four acts of SUI Match Race Tour 2010. Racing on this occasion are just women’s teams so that they also have the opportunity to participate in the final for the title of Match Race Swiss master.

Match Race is an exciting and tactically sophisticated form of competition.Teams will race MOcean boats that even with little wind really get going with four crew members. At the start, two boats and are always struggling to gain control of each other, as is known from the Americas Cup.

The participants in Romanshorn is started with six women’s teams and start it for the German Swiss Motor Club Konstanz, Yacht Club Arbon, Yacht Club Horgen, Yacht-Club Kreuzlingen, Zürcher Yacht Club and the host Club, the Yacht-Club Romanshorn. At this regatta can also point to the world rankings will be collected.

On Saturday, after greeting the participants at 09.00 clock can be sailed at 10.00 after the clock expired. On Sunday is the first time from start even after the expiry of 10.00. The award ceremony will take place on Sunday 1 hour after the last race, held approximately at 16.00 clock.

The Yacht-Club Romanshorn is pleased to make this top-class sailing event and the experience of the four already facing match races can use. Race Officer is the member YCRo Thedy Schmid, himself an experienced racers. He is assisted by many volunteers from the club. The jury, who called the match race umpire international experience and make the decisions on the water.

Skippers:
Alexa Bezel (YC Horgen)
Madlen Frey (DSMC Konstanz)
Livia Greuter (YC Kreuzlingen)
Anja Hotz (Zürcher YC)
Melanie Lederer (YC Romanshorn)
Livia Naef (YC Arbon)

To view the crew lists: http://www.ycro.ch/rg/2010/wmr/meldungen.html