The Women's World Match Racing Tour today announced a new strategic partnership with The Magenta Project, the award-winning global charity founded in 2015 to promote and build greater equity and inclusion for women in the sport of sailing and the wider marine industry. The Magenta Project will be named as an Official Charity Partner of the Women's World Match Racing Tour.
The partnership between the organisations will aim to develop new opportunities and pathways for female sailors to become involved in the world of match racing, both at a local level through match racing clinics, and competing on a world stage on the Women's World Match Racing Tour, currently the only all-female global series in sailing launched in 2022.
As well as creating valuable opportunities for sailors, the partnership will also focus on providing initiatives for the Magenta Project community and its members to work in shore side and on-water roles including event management, race management and umpiring.
The Magenta Project joins existing Women's World Match Racing Tour Official Charity WIMRA (Women's International Match Racing Association), founded in 1996 with the mission to promote women's sailing, female entrepreneurship, global relations and cultural exchange.
Since 2007, under the leadership of US match racer Liz Baylis, WIMRA has championed women's international match race sailing at every level.
"WIMRA is excited to welcome The Magenta Project into the women's match racing space. The Magenta Project's mission aligns perfectly with WIMRA and this new partnership with the Women's World Match Racing Tour will be of great value to all of us." commented Liz Baylis.
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