World Match Racing Tour - Williams crashes out after thriller

8:13 PM Fri 8 Oct 2010 GMT

'Ian Williams jams himself between the start boat and Minoprio - World Match Racing Tour 2010' Subzero Images /WMRT Click Here to view large photo

World Match Racing Tour - Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar sponsored by Argo Group crashed out of Stage 8 of the ISAF World Match Racing Tour in dramatic fashion following a three way tie-break between his team, Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing and Ben Ainslie (GBR) TeamOrigin. After a tense period of deliberation locked away in the race office, the committee called for a sail-off but the skippers were unimpressed. In an atmosphere of tension, confusion and frustration, Ainslie's tactician Iain Percy remonstrated that his team's earlier defeat of Minoprio appeared to count for nothing. Ian Williams also called ...

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