Rahm promoted

Victory Challenge appoint B boat driver

He has been strategist in every race that Victory Challenge has sailed in the pre-regattas of the 32nd America’s Cup. Now Mattias Rahm is changing his position on the boat. 33 and with four World Championship medals to his credit, Rahm will be second helmsman when Victory Challenge begins the two-boat training.
 
“Mattias has a great deal of match racing experience from the world match racing tour, both together with me and as skipper", says Magnus Holmberg, skipper and helmsman. "We have now tested him as helmsman on our America’s Cup boats over the last few weeks and he has proved, especially in the training matches against the other teams, that he has the qualities that are necessary to take the helm of these larger yachts as well,.
 
“It is a challenge that it’s hard to say no to; it is the ultimate job for a sailor, to take the helm of an America’s Cup boat. I will have good use of my match racing experience and my time as strategist, and I hope I won’t disappoint anyone,” says Mattias Rahm.
 
He is the younger brother of Victory Challenge’s tactician, Stefan Rahm, 38, and joined the team when training for the 32nd America’s Cup began in Valencia in May 2005.
 
As on-board strategist in every match and in every fleet race that has been sailed since then, he has been in contact with the weather team before the race, checked shifts in the wind while they sail and looked for the optimal sailing without considering competitors.As helmsman he will be responsible for how the boat is sailed.
 
Mattias Rahm has a fine list of merits. His four World Championship medals consist of gold in E-dinghy, as well as silver and bronze in 470. He has also won a European Championships gold in 470 and took part in the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Since then he has concentrated on match racing.