GBR Match Race Girls

Day 4 of the Rolex Miami OCR has been another great day for Annie, Ally and I. Our first two races of the day were against Barkow (USA) and Leroy (FRA) to finish off the gold fleet round robin. With two strong races we kept our clean sheet and so finished as the top seeded team going into the quarter finals, and are the only team to have not as yet conceded a defeat. Next was a short break on shore for us while the repechage round was completed and therefore our opponent for the quarters decided. After a three way tie in their results, it was the Danish team helmed by Meldgaard that finally finished 2nd in the round robin and was therefore to be our next opponent.

By 2.00pm we were out racing again against the relatively known quantity of Meldgaard’s team, as we had not sailed against them so far at this event. As they are a very experienced Match Racing team and with the wind around 8–11 knots, we knew the racing was likely to be close and it would be hard to gain any distance round the course. Two good starts gave us the jump however, and we were able to cover them around the course to win both races sailed. Although we were keen to continue racing and try and finish the job there and then, the race committee decided to call it a day and leave the remaining quarter final matches until tomorrow. Hopefully we can finish the job in just one more match tomorrow and start preparing for the best of 5 semi finals where we would be up against either Barkow or Leroy… but lets not jump ahead too soon!

In the other pairings, Tunnicliffe (USA) leads Whitty (AUS) 2–0, Souter (AUS) and Osbourne (NZL) are tied 1–1 and Leroy (FRA) leads Barkow (USA) 2–0.

Forecast is good again for tomorrow… bring it on!

You can follow the results from about mid-afternoon UK time on the event website, or check up on the latest video diary update from Annie below.

Tags: 2010, Elliott 6M, ISAF Sailing World Cup, Miami, Rolex Miami OCR, Video

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