Chicago -- The fluky conditions of Saturday persisted into the second and final day at the Chicago Match Race Center's Grade 3 Spring Invitational, forcing organizers to determine a winner from the results of only six complete flights in the field of ten teams. In four years of running dozens of match race events, this is only the second time CMRC has had the weather force an incomplete format of racing.
After a postponement ashore to wait for breeze, the teams were hurried out to the wa...
Chicago, IL -Light and fluky air prevailed in today's season opener at the Chicago Match Race Center's Spring Invitational, allowing only three flights of racing among the ten teams assembled here for this ISAF Grade 3 event.
Crews saw wind speeds that varied immensely: at times they were even hiked out on the CMRC's TOM 28 class boats used in the competition, but then the wind would shut off, leaving them with collapsed sails and sinking hearts as they struggling to get to the finish li...
Chicago, IL - The Chicago Match Race Center (CMRC) starts its fifth season of hosting one-on-one match race sailing with this weekend's Grade 3 CMRC Spring Invitational. On Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19th, ten teams from throughout the US will compete in equally-matched TOM 28 class keelboats in a Round-Robin, Quarter-Final, Semi-Final and Final format of racing.
Besides being the start of a long season of match race sailing in Chicago, the Spring Invitational serves as an important qua...