Email Print Williams wins Monsoon Cup01 Feb 2016Ian Williams (2nd from right) with his winning GAC Pindar crew6th TITLE: Ian Williams (GBR) dominated Taylor Canfield (ISV) to win the Monsoon Cup 3-0, sweeping the GAC Pindar skipper to his sixth World Championship title on the World Match Racing Tour.Mr Williams has extended his record as the most successful match racing skipper in the history of the tour.While Mr Canfield was getting the better of his arch rival in the pre-starts, once out of the blocks GAC Pindar was just coaxing maximum speed out of the FarEast 28R keelboat on the ever changing Straits of Johor.The British skipper admitted the US Virgin Islander had brought his “A game” to the pre-starts, as US One managed to stick penalties on GAC Pindar in both of the final two matches.However Mr Williams had a clear boatspeed edge that left Canfield scratching his head.The British skipper paid tribute to his team – mainsheet trimmer Gerry Mitchell, headsail trimmer Mal Parker and tactician Chris Main – for digging him out of a few holes.

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