2009 Schedule...

 

May 2-3
Detroit Cup Qualifier

 

June 6-7
Chicago MRC Grade 3

 

June 12-14
Buffalo Grade 3

 

July 18-19
Toronto Grade 3

 

Aug 21-23
Chicago MRC - Grade 2

 

Aug.  28-31
Knickerbocker Cup - Grade 2

 

Sept. 2-6
Detroit Cup - Grade 2

 

December 2009
US Virgin Islands Match Race

 

January 2010
Key West Match Race

Welcome...

        ...to the home of the VanTol Match Racing Team!  Currently, we are the #1 ranked match racing team in the United States and 38th worldwide for competitive sailboat racing.  Please feel free to use our site to learn more about the team, sponsorship, and the sport of match racing. Thanks for visiting!

Sincerely,

Chris, John, & Mike

Latest News...

VanTol MRT Wins Grade 3 Invitational, Qualifies for Detroit Cup

On May 2-3 and VTMRT sailed their way to victory on the Detroit River in the Inagural Grade 3 Invitational at Bayview Yacht Club. The win qualifies the team for the Grade 2 Detroit Cup (Sept. 2-6), a qualifier for the Brasil Sailing Cup, a World Tour Event.  Newest team member Thad Scott (bow), proved to be an asset during the 2-day event. The team qualified for the Final Four on a tie breaker, knocked out Sally Barkow in the Semi-Finals, and beat Nathan Hollerbach's team by winning the last two races in a best of three in the Finals. 

Here's a humbling picture from Saturday's round robin. Sally Barkow, in pink, sails over us and wins her race as we try to stay dry.

 

Detroit Cup Joins the World Tour Qualifier Series

The Bayview International Match Race for the Detroit Cup is returning a second year and has joined the World Match Racing Tour Qualifier Series. The event scheduled for June 18-21, 2009, will be a qualifier for the Brasil Sailing Cup. The Brazil Sailing cup is the 9th event on the World Match Racing Tour and has a prize purse of $100,000.  The Detroit Cup winners will travel to the event in Brazil September 22-29, 2009. This is great news for the United States as we now have two TQS (Tour Qualifier Series) events held on our turf.  

Key West Match Race Invitational

The team flew out of the cold and traveled to Key West for the Chicago Match Race Center's first event. We joined with up-and-coming match racer, Kent Colpaert and the Bearing Group Match Race Team for this event. The two-day match race was very successful as we completed 16 races in near perfect conditions.  We look forward to the partnership with the Bearing Group as well as future events through the Chicago Match Race Center.  The momentum of match racing continues…

 

 

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