AMAALA Yacht Club today announced a landmark strategic partnership with the World Match Racing Tour and the Women’s World Match Racing Tour, further reinforcing the Red Sea’s emergence as a significant sailing destination and confirming AMAALA’s role as a long-term home for elite competition, talent development, and international events
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Ian Williams (GBR) and his Pindar by Manuport Logistics team of Gerard Mitchell, Richard Sydenham and Jon Gundersen made history today by winning a record-breaking ninth Match Racing World Championship title at the 2025 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) Final in Shenzhen. Williams defeated Sweden’s Oscar Engström 2-0 in a tense, first-to-two-points final, successfully defending his title for the third consecutive year
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Shenzhen, China (10 January 2026) Defending match racing world champion Ian Williams of Great Britain has advanced to the final of the World Match Racing Tour in Shenzhen, overcoming former world champion New Zealand’s Nick Egnot-Johnson/ Knots Racing in a light-wind semi-final match to remain on track for a potential record ninth match racing world championship title
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Day four at the WMRT Final Shenzhen Baoan for the 2025 Match Racing World Championship saw the final four skippers emerge from a challenging and hard fought quarterfinals in light and unpredictable airs
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The knockout stage of the 2025 World Match Racing Tour Final is set after a high-pressure day of repechage racing in the heart of Shenzhen, where survival was the only objective and mistakes proved costly
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