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Credit: Wander Roberto
Credit: Wander Roberto
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Credit: Kim Wolf
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Good day at the office!
Wednesday 28th July, 2010
One of those days today which made me remember why I love doing what we do! We had a great day of training in gorgeous conditions, sun and 13 knots building to 19 later on. We squeezed inside Portland Harbour (in the small spots left over from the 500 oppies) and started with some pre start exercises against Sofia Bekatorou’s team (GRE) and finished with some actioned packed racing against Sally Barkow’s team (USA).
Training again tomorrow then we have a three day Grade 2 event as a warm up to the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta, the final stop on the 2009/2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup tour.
Lucy
Perfect conditions in Weymouth
Monday 26th July, 2010
Our training for our next event, Skandia Sail for Gold is well underway now and we are enjoying perfect conditions for our training in Weymouth. Annie, Kate and I have some specific areas to work on before the start of the event on the 9th August however mostly we will just be race training from now on and next weekend we have a Grade 2 regatta here to test preparations!
In the recent release of the Women’s Match Racing World Rankings we were thrilled to hold on to our no 1 spot and we are now really looking forward to racing on home waters again. Currently we are training alongside 500 optimists doing their National Championships and I don’t think WPNSA is going to get quieter any time soon!
Lucy
Invitation to Bermuda Gold Cup
Friday 16th July, 2010
I’m excited to announce that we have been invited to compete at the Argo Group Gold Cup, one of the most prestigious events on the men’s pro World Match Racing Tour. We’ll be heading out to Hamilton Island (Bermuda) in October to give the men a run for their money, along with the top US women’s match racing team skippered by Beijing gold medallist Anna Tunnicliffe.
Peter Shrubb, Commodore of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, explains
“The men are really going to have their hands full with these two women who are really going to add some excitement to this event. I think we could see some major upsets this year!
Macgregor has established herself as a reckoning force in women’s match racing having captured national and European titles to rapidly rise through the ranks to the top of the women’s world rankings.
We have eight of the world’s top ten men’s match racing teams and with these two women’s teams I am really looking forward to see how this whole thing pans out.”
We’ll be racing in the International One Design (IOD) class, a beautiful classic yacht from the 1930′s, though a far cry from the modern light-weight racing yachts we’re used to sailing! With a heavy displacement, large rig, and long overhangs these boats will be a challenge to sail, both physically and in adapting to the differences in their handling, especially in pre-start manoeuvres.
Nevertheless we’re extremely excited to have the opportunity to sail against the best men’s teams in the world, including fellow Skandia Team GBR member and triple gold medallist Ben Ainsle who will be returning to defend his title after wining the event last year.
Bring on the sunshine, and the competition!
Lucy
3rd at Stena Match Cup Sweden
Sunday 11th July, 2010
It was 3rd for us in the end yesterday at Stena Match Cup Sweden after an extremely close semi and petite finals in light and tricky conditions against Groeneveld (NED) and Spithill (AUS) respectively.
Annie, Kate and I have had a really useful week of racing in a range of conditions and against a really good field.
Now we’re waiting to watch the Men’s final (if the wind fills in) and support Ben Ainslie‘s Team Origin.
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