Jim O'Toole, CEO of World Match Racing Tour, talks to Valencia Sailing



10:23 AM Sun 14 Nov 2010 GMT
'Ben Ainslie leads Adam Minoprio during the quarter finals of the Argo Group Gold Cup 2010 - World Match Racing Tour 2010' Subzero Images /WMRT Click Here to view large photo
One month ago, the World Match Racing Tour held a press conference in London where they made a number of announcements concerning the future of the world's premiere professional sailing circuit that set the basic strategy for the ISAF World Match Racing Championship. Valencia Sailing talked to Jim O'Toole, CEO of the WMRT, about the main points of the Tour's future. According to O'Toole, the strategy will focus on ensuring the tour continues to provide close combative head-to-head racing on monohull yachts. The WMRT will be doubling the tour's bonus prize pool to US$ 500,000 meaning sailors will compete for ...


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