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Replay- Grand Final

Events (Provisional dates)

Replay

1/4 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 1

10:30

27 November 2023

Spain

Participants

GBR GBR
MAS MAS
FRA FRA
DEN DEN

Points

4
3
2
1
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1/4 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 2

11:45

28 November 2023

Spain

Participants

GBR GBR
FRA FRA
MAS MAS
DEN DEN

Points

4
3
2
0
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1/4 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 3

15:00

29 November 2023

Spain

Participants

GBR GBR
MAS MAS
FRA FRA
DEN DEN

Points

4
3
2
1
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1/4 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 4

14:15

30 November 2023

Spain

Participants

GBR GBR
FRA FRA
MAS MAS
DEN DEN

Points

8
6
4
2
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1/2 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 1

12:00

02 December 2023

Spain

Participants

ITA ITA
NED NED
GBR GBR
BRA BRA

Points

4
3
2
1
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THE SPITFIRES

DOG FIGHTING ON THE SEA AS THEY DO IN THE SKY

RUTHLESSLY SWOOPING DOWN TO TAKE OUT OPPOSITION

A seafaring island nation, Britain built its empire on the water thanks to naval heroes such as Nelson to explorers such as Francis Drake and Captain Cook, while modern day adventurers, such as round the world sailing pioneers Sir Francis Chichester and Sir Robin Knox-Johnson have continued this tradition.

Since then Britain has ruled the waves in competitive sailing. Here there are two principle disciplines – match racing and fleet racing. The British SSL Gold Cup team is master of both. Since 2000, British sailors have won the Match Racing World Championship more than any other nation, while one of their number is the world’s most capped champion. But an even stronger display of British sailing skill has been in the Olympic Games. As in match racing, the world’s most successful Olympic sailor of all time is British. Britain is also by far the most successful Olympic sailing nation of all time. While Britannia came out on top in the first Olympiads of the early 1900s, similarly, more than a century on, she has been top sailing nation in four of the last five Games.

With such depth of talent from which to choose, the British team enters the SSL Gold Cup as one of the competition’s favourites.

Statistics

THE COUNTRY

  • 3.900,000 particpants in watersports activities
  • 120’000 sailors
  • 800 sailing clubs
  • 1800 sailing schools
  • 31368 km of sea coast

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • 1 Olympic Gold Medal
  • 12 Match Racing World Championship golds
  • 9 fleet racing world championship wins

Ssl ranking

  • SSL best ranked woman:HANNAH MILLS
  • SSL best ranked man: JOHN GIMSON
  • SSL nations ranking: 1 (06/2023)

MAIN EVENTS

  • Round the Island Race> 1800 participants
  • Cowes Week> 1000 participants
  • Rolex Fastnet Race> 380 participants
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Since sailing made its debut at the inaugural Olympic Games in 1896, British sailors have won more Olympic medals – including 28 golds – than any other nation

The captain

IAN WILLIAMS

The 43-year-old captain of SSL Team GBR is the most successful skipper on the international match racing circuit. The former lawyer turned professional sailor was the first British skipper to win the Match Racing World Championship and has gone on to make history winning the prestigious title a further five times. Recently he has proved he has lost none of his competitive edge winning two of the world’s leading match racing events, the Congressional Cup and Argo Group Gold Cup in 2019.

The captain

THE LEADERS

MATT CORNWELL

Coming from the UK’s sailing hotspot of Lymington, Matt Cornwell is one of the UK’s most sought-after bowmen. Having cut his teeth with the GBR Challenge America’s Cup campaign in Auckland in 2003, Cornwell was with the French Areva Challenge in Valencia four years later before joining Team Origin and ultimately the INEOS Team UK America’s Cup challenge.

GILES SCOTT

Doing an admirable job taking over Ben Ainslie’s position in Team GBR aboard the Finn is Giles Scott. The towering Brit has dominated the heavyweight men’s single hander, winning four Finn Gold Cups and securing Olympic gold at Rio 2016 with a day to spare. He now splits his time campaigning for the Tokyo Olympics and as tactician for the INEOS Team UK America’s Cup challenge.

GERRY MITCHELL

Since cutting his teeth in the Whitbread Round the World Race on the Dolphin & Youth and then on Silk Cut and Tyco, Gerry Mitchell has earned himself a reputation as one of the world’s top mainsheet trimmers. A ‘safe pair of hands’ Mitchell has been part of many of Ian Williams’ match racing victories, as well as three Farr 40 World Championship titles.

 

THE LEADERSTHE LEADERS

THE YOUTH FACTOR

One of the keys to Team GBR’s Olympic success over the last two decades has been due to the Royal Yacht Association identifying and then nurturing young British sailing talent. This has created some of the world’s very best sailors including Sir Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy and Chris Draper and continues to do so with two recent successes being Emma Wilson and Islay Watson, following Olympic bronze medallist Bryony Shaw in becoming respectively the 2017 and 2018 RS:X Women’s Youth World Champions.

Confirmed Athletes

 

Ian Williams

CAPTAIN | 10

 

Matt Cornwell

BOW | 1

 

Pete Cumming

TRIMMER | 12

 

James Dodd

PIT | TBD

 

Luke Patience

FLOATER | 7

 

Aaron Cooper

TRIMMER | 3

 

Freya Black

FLOATER | 6

 

Phil Clapp

GRINDER | 32

 

Nic Asher

TACTICIAN | 9

 

Elliot Willis

MAIN TRIMMER | TBD

 

Kate Macgregor

FLOATER | 2

 

Ben Saxton

MAIN TRIMMER | 14

Potential Team Position

Boat
1
BOW
Matt Cornwell
2
MID BOW
3
PIT
James Dodd
4
GRINDER
Philip Clapp
5
TRIMMER
Peter Cumming
6
TRIMMER
Aaron Cooper
7
MAIN TRIMMER
Ben Saxton
8
HELM
Ian Williams
9
TACTICIAN
Nic Asher
10
CAPTAIN
Ian Williams
11
FLOATER
Kate Macgregor
1
BOW
Matt Cornwell
2
MID BOW
3
PIT
James Dodd
4
GRINDER
Philip Clapp
5
TRIMMER
Peter Cumming
6
TRIMMER
Aaron Cooper
7
MAIN TRIMMER
Ben Saxton
8
HELM
Ian Williams
9
TACTICIAN
Nic Asher
10
CAPTAIN
Ian Williams
11
FLOATER
Kate Macgregor

SQUAD

Ian WilliamsMatt Cornwell
Gerry MitchellGilles Scott
Elliot HansonIain Percy
Pete CummingAnna Burnet
James DoddCharlotte Dobson
Dave CarrAndy Hemmings
Luke PatienceAaron Cooper
Neil HunterPaul Goodison
Freya BlackAmy Seabright
Phil ClappElliot Willis
James PetersNic Asher
Kate MacgregorBen Saxton