(Vladivostok, Russia)- It seems it pays to sail a lot of one-design regattas with top-notch competition in J/22s, J/105s, J/80s and so forth. In Vladivostok, Russia, Nicole came home with the gold medal in the Women’s match race division!The ISAF Nations Cup was first introduced to the world in 1991, with Open and Women’s contests based on a series of Regional Finals with the top crews meeting at the Grand Final. The eighth edition of the match racing championship was held July 15-19.
Breault had been looking strong coming out of the final round-robin with a perfect four from four record. The American continued her fast racing in the semifinals to take a 3-1 win over 2013 winner, Brazil’s Juliana Senfft, to progress.
Her opponent in the final was France’s Pauline Courtois who came through a tough semi final against Singapore’s Jovina Choo, who had been looking strong in the round-robins.
Breault proved too strong for her French opponent in the final winning the match up 3-1 to be crowned Women’s division champion.
“Well, the French team was very good in the pre-start,” Breault remarked. “We started behind them and then we caught them. When it happens the races are very aggressive, we were making sure that we didn’t get tired. We enjoyed the racing a lot and we worked very hard to win.”
As well as taking the title of Nations Cup Champion, Breault gets an invitation to defend their titles in the 2017 Grand Final!
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