Hansen Sets Pace In Marstrand

Bjorn Hansen, defending champion and four-time winner of Stena Match Cup Sweden, has set the pace on day one of Qualifying at the third World Championship Event of the 2015 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT). 

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Bjorn Hansen, defending champion and four-time winner of Stena Match Cup Sweden, has set the pace on day one of Qualifying at the third World Championship Event of the 2015 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT). Hansen and his Nautiska Racing posted 5 wins and 1 loss to finish on top of the leader-board. Eric Monnin Team SailBox from Switzerland and former World Champion Taylor Canfield (ISV) US One both posted 4-2, with defending World Champion Ian Williams (GBR) winning his first 3 matches.

"There is an old expression that says that if you win Qualifying you don’t win the event. Things have gone our way today and that’s not how we usually start this event. But we are really excited about our results today." commented Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Nautiska Racing.

Up and coming Swedish match racer, Nicklas Dackhammar (SWE) Essiq Racing also sailed impressively on his first day posting 3-1, with wins against Tour Card skipper Reuben Corbett (NZL) Corbett Racing, and Phil Robertson (NZL) skippering for Team TREFOR. 25-year-old Dackhammar, a former Youth Gold medallist in the 470 class, is sailing in his first Stena Match Cup after securing one of two Wild Cards to the event. To gain some local experience, he has cleverly enlisted 2008 Stena Match Cup Sweden winner Mattias Rahm as tactician.

"I am contributing with age, and some experience and calm onboard" said Rahm. "It’s the first time for Nicklas competing here and I know the feeling from when I started 15 years ago."

Current ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Champion Anna Ostling Team Anna from Sweden is also competing in this week’s Stena Match Cup with the only all-female team. Despite some close races between Bjorn Hansen and Nicklas Dackhammer, Ostling was defeated in her first five races but is revelling in the opportunity to sail against the world-class teams this week.

"We knew that it was going to be tough" added Ostling. "I admire Bjorn Hansen and his team. They have fun but they really perform out there, and that is what we are trying to do as well."

Stena Match Cup Sweden is set to deliver a fantastic week of racing, and whether for sailors and spectators, with clear skies and warmer weather forecast for the remainder of the week and with eight of the twenty three flights of Qualifying completed today it’s been a great start.

Racing starts tomorrow at 0930 CET.

2015/16 World Match Racing Tour

World Championship Event - Stena Match Cup Sweden

QUALIFYING RESULTS After Flight 8

1. Björn Hansen (SWE) Nautiska Racing 5-1

2. Eric Monnin (SUI) Team SailBox 4-2

3. Taylor Canfield (ISV) US One 4-2

4. Ian Williams (GBR) GAC Pindar 3-0

5. Nicklas Dackhammar (SWE) Essiq Racing 3-1

6. Keith Swinton (AUS) Black Swan Racing 3-1

7. Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN) Aschenbrenner Racing 3-3

8. Reuben Corbett (NZL) Corbett Racing 2-2

9. Phil Robertson (NZL) Team TREFOR 2-3

10. Simone Ferrarese (ITA) Ferrarese Racing 1-2

11. Sam Gilmour (AUS) Neptune Racing 1-3

12. Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Stena Sailing Team 1-3

13. Rasmus Viltoft (DEN) Team Viltof 0-4

14. Anna Östling (SWE) Team Anna 0-5

FULL RESULTS HERE

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