sail-world.com -- ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championships NOR released
ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championships NOR released
Thu, 24 Jan 2013
The Notice of Race (NOR) for the 2013 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship - set to take place in Busan, Korea from 4-9 June - has been released.
Organized by the Busan Sailing Federation in conjunction with the Korean Sailing Federation and ISAF, the regatta will welcome the world's top female match racers as they battle it out to claim the title and a share of the $100,000 prize fund.
Using 9metre Match Racing Yachts with a crew of five, invitations to skippers will be sent based on the 6 February ISAF Match Race Rankings release.
The ISAF Women's Match Racing Worlds is an annual event which was first held in Genoa, Italy in 1999 after a successful event was held as part of the 1998 ISAF Sailing World Championship in Dubai, UAE.
Skippers are invited to attend the Championship based on their ISAF World Match Racing Ranking position.
Denmark's Dorte Jensen is the most successful sailor having amassed four World Championship titles.
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