... 2009 World Match Racing Tour leader Adam Minoprio from New Zealand sailing against France’s Mathieu Richard ... 2007. Despite some aggressive pre-start battles between the two, Minoprio won all three races. In the first two matches, with winds at 12-15 ... applecart. With conditions getting a little fluky, he took the lead downwind, but Minoprio gained on the right hand side and sailed to a narrow ...

yachting: Kiwi frontrunner cool ahead of world title race - New Zealand Herald Leading the World Match Racing standings heading into the final event on the tour calendar, New Zealand sailor Adam Minoprio refuses to let the pressure of being the “hunted one” get to him. The world champion will be crowned after this week’s …