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WORLD TOUR REGATTA ANNOUNCEMENT
St. Moritz Match Race
What — St. Moritz Match Race, Stage 3 of the 2006-’07 World Tour
Where — St. Moritz, Switzerland
When — Aug. 15-20, 2006
Organizing Authority — Sailing Club St. Moritz
Prize Purse — SFr150,000 (approximately $121,000)
Boat — Streamline 7.15
Racing Area — Lake St. Moritz
Who's entered — 14 teams including the reigning World match-race champion, event defending champion, three of the top eight in the World Championship standings, five of the top 10 in the World rankings, and eight teams representing syndicates for the America’s Cup.
ENTRY LIST
 Ian Ainslie (RSA) Team Shosholoza — Afterguard member and coach for South African America’s Cup syndicate
Ed Baird (USA) Alinghi — Reigning event champion (left)
Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Vianno Mercedes Benz – Placed 4th at ACI Cup in March
Sébastien Col (FRA) Areva Challenge — Placed 7th at St. Moritz Match Race ’05
Flavio Favini (ITA) Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia Team — Helmsman for Italian America’s Cup syndicate
Peter Gilmour (AUS) PST — Reigning World champion, placed 6th at St. Moritz Match Race ’05
Peter Holmberg (ISV) Alinghi — Placed 8th at St. Moritz Match Race ’05
Mark Mendelblatt (USA) — Two-time event champion, finished runner-up in ’05
Eric Monnin (SUI) Team Monnin — Placed 9th at St. Moritz Match Race ’05
Phillippe Presti (FRA) Luna Rossa Challenge — Afterguard member of Italian America’s Cup syndicate
Arnaud Psarophagis (SUI) Team Psarophagis — Winner 2005 UBS Alinghi Swiss Tour, Swiss national match-racing championship
Jochen Schuemann (GER) Alinghi — Member of Alinghi afterguard
Wearn Haw Tan (SIN) China Team — Navigator for Chinese America’s Cup challenge
Ian Williams (GBR) Williams Sail Racing — Placed 4th at 2005 St. Moritz Match Race
ABOUT STAGE 3
 The 4th annual St. Moritz Match Race features the battle for the title “King of the Mountain.” American Ed Baird, a helmsman for the Alinghi syndicate, is the reigning champion. Raced on Lake St. Moritz, the event is unique to the World Tour. Most of the boats used are 35- to 40-foot keelboats. St. Moritz features the Streamline 7.15 – a 24-foot, three-person, trapeze keelboat – which challenges skippers to stay on their feet. The lake is at an elevation of 5,624 feet (1,856 meters), making it possibly the highest-elevated match race regatta in the world.
AT STAGE 2
Jes Gram-Hansen took the lead for the World Championship when he placed third at the Danish Open, Stage 2 of the 2006-’07 World Tour. With 27 points Gram-Hansen leads two skippers by 2 points, including Danish Open champion Sébastian Col, who is entered in St. Moritz.
ABOUT THE WORLD TOUR
Skippers earn points towards the world championship at the nine events of the World Tour and the highest scoring skipper at the end of the season is the ISAF Match Racing World Champion. The World Champion wins a BMW partner and official car BMW and a cash bonus from the World Tour.
The World Tour is sanctioned by ISAF, sailing’s world governing body. World Tour sponsors include Sebago (Rockford, Mich.), the Official Footwear Supplier, Travel Places (West Sussex, England), the Official Travel Partner, and Wedgwood (Stoke-on-Trent, England), the Official Trophy Sponsor.
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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORLD TOUR
Sean McNeill
Director of Public Relations
Tel: +1 401 846 8812
E-mail: smcneill@f10marketing.com
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ST. MORITZ MATCH RACE
Susi Baillods
Press Officer
Tel: +41 739 365 51 52
E-mail: media@stmoritz-matchrace.ch
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