TAH SSL GOLD CUP – By Sailors for Sailors

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

QUALIFYING SERIES | MAY-JULY 2022 | Switzerland

FINAL SERIES | 10 NOVEMBER-3 DECEMBER 2023 | Spain

Events (Provisional dates)

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QS ROUND 1

Group 1 - RACE 4

12:48

22 May 2022

Switzerland

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QS ROUND 1

Group 1 - RACE 5

13:52

22 May 2022

Switzerland

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Upcoming

1/32 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 1

11:00

10 November 2023

Spain

Participants

TBD

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Upcoming

1/32 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 2

12:00

11 November 2023

Spain

Participants

TBD

Points

Upcoming

1/32 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 3

13:00

12 November 2023

Spain

Participants

TBD

Points

Upcoming

1/32 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 4

14:00

13 November 2023

Spain

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TBD

Points

Upcoming

1/32 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 5

11:00

14 November 2023

Spain

Participants

TBD

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QS ROUND 1

Group 1 - RACE 1

13:51

19 May 2022

Switzerland

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QS ROUND 1

Group 1 - RACE 2

19:15

19 May 2022

Switzerland

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QS ROUND 1

Group 1 - RACE 3

14:24

21 May 2022

Switzerland

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The Black Pearls

Their playground is the Pacific Ocean

Proudly Polynesian, fiercely Oceanian

Located in the middle of South Pacific Ocean, Tahiti is the largest island of French Polynesia. Since Tahitian Sailing Federation split from France’s in the 1980s, a handful of local sailors reached Sailing highest level including World Champion Billy Besson and Team Tahiti skipper Teva Plichart, 2007 European Match-Racing champion and K-Challenge wincher at the Louis-Vuitton Acts. In 2017, team « Trésors de Tahiti » finished 2nd of Tour de France à la Voile. Pitman Manutea Mahai, a young local fisherman, was part of this unorthodox crew nicknamed « the Tahitian Rastarockets » after the 1990s blockbuster by the French press. The SSL Team Tahiti will be a reset of this fantastic project that mixed Tahitian pro with local young amateur sailors. Their objective is to surprise European best teams as perfect underdogs. Tahitians are never as good as when they get together to show the rest of the World their sailing skills.

Statistics

THE COUNTRY

20000 nautical fans
2500 sailors
7 sailing clubs
18 Olympic medals
5,000,000 km2 of maritime territory

ACHIEVEMENTS

7 World Champions
2 Podiums on Tour de France à la voile
30 Pacific Games Champions

Ssl ranking

Year's best ranked woman: 2250 Amandine Jacobe de Haut de Sigy
Year's best ranked man: 5435 Teva Plichart
Year Nation's best ranking: 38

MAIN EVENTS

Tahiti Pearl Regatta > 100 participants (2019)
Grand Prix Pacifique des Jeux > 40 participants (2018)

Despite its small population (220,000 inhabitants), four Tahitians have become World Champions in their category including Billy Besson in Nacra17.

The captain

Teva Plichart

After racing in Hobie Cat in Tahiti, Teva joined the French national Match-Racing Youth team. He then raced as professional with Sébastien COL winning European Championship in 2006. In 2007, he skipped “Tahiti et ses Îles” on Tour de France à la Voile reaching 2nd place. He renewed the result 10 years later with « Trésors de Tahiti ». From 2016 until 2019, he sailed on Yliam Comptoir Immobilier winning the famous 2021 Bol d’Or.

THE LEADERS

Yann Rigal
Match-racing specialist, Yann was with Teva Plichart on Tour de France à la voile in 2007. He now lives in New Caledonia and had the opportunity to race at the Sydney Hobart.

Manutea Mahai
He learnt sailing only in 2015 but Manutea became a legend in his country when he reached 2nd place at the Tour de France à la voile 2017 and won the local Tahiti Pearl Regatta 2016. With his short but consistent record, he is a reference in the team.

THE YOUTH FACTOR

Surrounded by the Pacific, Tahiti is the perfect playground for young sailors. The Tahiti Elite Voile program has trained 5 professional sailors, including two local fishermen: Manutea Mahai and his cousin Teahio Mahai. These two talents were part of the Tour Voile 2017 adventure. They will be joined by Tom Lamotte, a promising young Polynesian sailing on France’s Youth Nacra15 team.

Confirmed Athletes

Captain Teva Plichart

CAPTAIN | 10

BOW | 1

MID BOW | 2

TRIMMER | 6

GRINDER | 4

MAIN TRIMMER | 7

TACTICIAN | 9

TRIMMER | 5

PIT | 3

FLOATER | 11

Theoretical Team Position

1 BOW Yann Rigal	2 MID-BOW Manutea Mahai
3 PIT Alexis Gayet	4 GRINDER Teriimana Degage
5 TRIMMER Hervé Cunningham	6 TRIMMER César Villa
7 MAIN TRIMMER Tom Lamotte	8 HELM Teva Plichart
9 TACTICIAN Teiki Hacheche	10 CAPTAIN Teva Plichart
11 FLOATER Heimoana Bernardino