The Women's International Match Racing Series today announced the 2018 series schedule with events in Finland, Sweden, Russia and the US Virgin Islands. This year marks the sixth consecutive season of the WIM Series, the world's first and only women's professional sailing series founded in 2012.

The 2018 Women's Match Racing World Championship will be held in Ekaterinburg, Russia and will run from 13 - 18 August 2018.

For a second day, the thunderstorms rushed the sailors off of the water, but not before Lucy Macgregor (GBR) and her Team Mac were declared 2017 Women's Match Racing World Champions in Helsinki, Finland.

Despite a long day on the water in blustery conditions, Lucy Macgregor (GBR) was quite upbeat about her team's performance and their placement on the top of the standing after two days of racing in the 2017 Women's Match Racing World Championship in Helsinki.

World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, has opened the bidding process for its titled Youth and Women's Match Racing World Championships for 2018-2020 as well as the 2018 Nations Cup.

On St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Olympic match racing star Renée Groeneveld and her Dutch team of Annemieke Bes, Lobke Berkhout and Mijke Lievens, won their first WIM Series event ever.

Saturday in the Carlos Aguilar Match Race, the fifth and final event of the 2016 WIM Series, offered some really exciting racing.

"We'll take a good look at the round-robin score sheet, and then make our pick," says Renée Groeneveld, however waiting until Saturday morning to reveal her choice.