Match Race Germany

#MatchRaceGermany, DAY 4, Our four semi finalists are: Defending Champion Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss Match @MatchRaceGerman Team, Max Gurgel's VmaxYachting, Nick Egnot-Johnson's Knots Racing and Dejan Presen's Lumba Match Race Team. #lovematchracing #bestpicsFelixKästle

#MatchRaceGermany, Day 4, Quarter Finals! We have our first semi finalists!!! Max Gurgel's Team VmaxYachting beat Max Trippolt's Team Segelmanufacur by 3:1, Dejan Presen's Lumba Match Race Team beat Will Boulden's Alpha Racing Team by 3:1. #lovematchracing

Two matches finished in all four quarter-finals. Standings in the "three to win" round: Monnin vs. Wosinski (2:0), Presen vs. Boulden (2:0), Egnot-Johnson vs. Kjaer (1:1), Gurgel vs. Trippolt (1:1). More tomorrow! #lovematchracing #MatchRaceGermany2019 #MatchRaceSuperLeague

Match Race Germany, Day 3, all set for quarter-finals. See all 8 skippers on the race committee's boat for the draw. Plus a handshake between Max & Max as Max Gurgel's VmaxYachting & Max Trippolt's Team Segelmanufactur face each other… Only one Max can advance to the semi-final!

The qualification round of 2019 Match Race Germany is continued! Day 2 has started with flight 12. 3 more flights till the end of Round Robin. Results for flight 12: Egnot-Johnson beats Gurgel, Kjaer beats Wosinski, Trippolt beats Jablkowski. #Lovematchracing #MatchRaceGermany

This is it for the first day of Match Race Germany! Plenty of great sailing in good winds today. NINE hours! Will Boulden's Australian Alpha Sailing Team is leading the rankings after 11 of 15 flights just ahead of Max Gurgel's Vmaxyachting. Both with five wins. #Lovematchracing

#MatchRaceGermany is experiencing a great first day! Still racing in good winds around 10, 12 knots. And going strong! Lake Constance at its best. #capvisswissmatchraceteam #lovematchracing #Standings after 8 flights:

Germany's Max Gurgel Vmaxyachting in action during today's first matches. They are 1:2 behind after the first three matches BUT beat Eric Monnin in the opening race. Stay tuned for more results, news and images from Match Race Germany, the German stop of the @MatchRaceSuperLeague

Match Race Germany has already seen it's first spectacular duels on day 1. Have a closer look at the match between defending champ Eric Monnin (Capvis Swiss Match Race Team) and the youngest helmsman in the fleet, Demark's Emil Kjaer and his Downhill Sailing Team.

What do you think of the colours of the bracelets for #MatchRaceGermany this year? Which one would be your favorite? #MatchRaceGermany #MatchRaceSuperLeague #Lovesailing

Results of the first flight at Match Race Germany: Downhill Sailing Team(Kjaer) beats @LumbaMatchRace Team (Presen), HRM Racing Team (Wosinski) beats Alpha Racing Team (Boulden), Max Gurgel Vmaxyachting beats Eric Monnin (Capris Swiss Sailing Team). Stay tuned for more action!

#MatchRaceSuperLeague, Tour Stop No. 3: @MatchRaceGermany is on with the first matches under way in lovely winds around 10 to 14 knots. Stay tuned for results and have a look at our Skipper's Pairing list plus some curious early spectators and beautiful Castle Montfort

We are back! Match Race Germany's 22nd edition is starting on June 6. In today's free training the crews got a good feeling for the boats and Lake Constance. Follow us over the next five days – we are going to celebrate duel sailing and expect tens of thousands of spectators.

Match Race Germany 2018 decided. Congratulations to the defending champion Eric Monnin from Switzerland. He clearly wins the Match Race Germany 2018 ahead of Karol Jablonski from Poland.

Update for the Grand Final: Albert Riele Swiss Match Race Team (Monnin) is leading 2:0 against Jablonski Racing Team. The third race is on, with Monnin leading. Will Match Race Germany end with a Swiss triumph again or can Karol Jablonski turn this around? Stay tuned!

Match Race Germany's Grand Final is on! Albert Riele Swiss Match Race Team (Monnin) def. Jablonski Racing Team in the first flight. Haven't we learned in the quarters and semis that Jablonski always lost the first encounter to then go on winning the match?

Match Race Germany's Petit Final is decided!!! Vladimir Lipavski's Team Ost Legal Sailing prevailed against Dejan Presen's Lumba Match Race Team. The final result: 2:0. Thanks to both crews for putting up such an exciting duel! Less than a meter between the two in the 2nd match!

A first result from the Petit Final: Ost Legal Sailing (Lipavski) def. Lumba Match Race Team (Presen). First Flight of the Grand Final and Flight 2 of the Petit Final are under way!

Presen's protest has just been dismissed. Eric Monnin and Karol Jablonski will fight it out in tomorrow's GRAND FINAL. Vladimir Lipavski and Dejan Presen will sail for third. Skipper's Briefing is scheduled for nine in the morning.

Standings in the semis of Match Race Germany: Albert Riele Swiss Match Race Team (Monnin) vs. Ost Legal Sailing (Lipavski) 2:1; Jablonski Racing Team vs. Lumba Match Race Team (Presen) 2:1. Protest (Presen) pending.