The World Match Racing Tour starts 2018 with the Valencia Match Cup – the Tour’s debut in the Spanish city as part of an east-coast double header. Teams have already been enjoying sailing M32 catamarans as part of M32 Word’s Valencia Winter Series, and the venue has delivered on stunning conditions ideally suited to M32 sailing – a mixture of moderate winds and shifty conditions it will be a playground for WMRT skippers new and old.Racing takes place off the Malvarrosa Beach just outside the Port America’s Cup with the iconic Veles e Vents building. As the name suggests, competitors will enjoy match racing on the same waters as the great matches of the 32nd and 33rd America’s Cup.Some familiar young Tour faces will be joined by multihull experts at this event which will certainly stir up close competition on the race course. Keep watching to see who will finish in those top two qualifying positions to secure an invite to the first Championship level event of the 2018 World Match Racing Tour season.