“The conditions are very difficult and we knew we were going to lose some,” Dickson said after the dramatic 3-2 win. “We took one race at a time. I lost one start which made it difficult, it was close racing. Magnus and his crew sailed very well.” -- CD after yesterday's win at the Portugal Match Cup, from the full story (nice ink) on the World Match Racing Tour site.


Plenty of breeze yesterday: one of the pre-starts against Magnus
Holmberg's strong team from Sweden's Victory Challenge. Note the
beautiful backdrop Cascais provides for photos and, no doubt, TV.


Cockpit view: upwind action. From all reports the win came on the
strong back of good teamwork.


Puffy offshore breeze made the conditions challenging to say the least.


Reigning Tour champion Peter Gilmour (AUS), PST, won the Petite Final
by 2-1 over Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN), Mascalzone Latino –Capitalia Team,
which placed fourth. “Every now and again you do well, third I can’t
complain about,” said Gilmour. “I’m very impressed with the win that
the BMW Oracle guys had. I’ve got a couple of close friends and my
bowman (Kazuhiko Sofuku) was sailing with them and they won well, I
was very impressed.”


Hope it's Moet: Flipper, Zach, Fuku and Jann hitting the champagne
showers, while Dicko tries to steer clear behind the wheel, after winning
yesterday's final final by just a few metres.


BMW Oracle Racing skipper and CEO Chris Dickson at the prizegiving
with Justino de Sa Machado, Portugal Match Cup founder and organizer.