Day 2 - good day especially when the rain stopped & sun came out. Won our last 4 races, meant 1st in Round Robin,... http://fb.me/EhKaYkeF
Credit: Wander Roberto
Credit: Wander Roberto
Credit: Matias Capizzano
Credit: Kim Wolf
Credit: Kim Wolf
Credit: Richard Langdon
Credit: Sander van der Borch
Still all to play for after day 2 in Sweden.
Wednesday 29th July, 2009
Today was another close day of racing for us at the Women’s World Match Racing Championships in Lysekil. We had just 3 races to sail today, all of which were important for us to win to make the top 6 for the next round. With slightly less breeze we were back on genoas… all good for us! After the first two races it was so far so good with 2 wins, but unfortunately in our final match against Sally Barkow we were unable to win the favored end of the start line and from there we couldn’t claw it back.
The results are still all quite close, so if we can sail well tomorrow and do the all important posting of some more wins then we can still make it through to the top 6 quarter final round robin.
It’s looking like another breezy day tomorrow which is good for us, so fingers crossed!
Lucy x
Tough first day at the Worlds
Tuesday 28th July, 2009
It was a tough day to start the Worlds with today with 5 matches against some of the top names at the event. With some great training over the last few days we were pleased to see around 15 knots of breeze to start the day with. This morning in our first match against Björling, a mistake in the final approach to the line meant we started behind and were unable to make the difference up throughout the race. In the next two races however we had great control through most of the pre-start however we were not able to convert it into enough control off the start line and were not quick enough around the course.
After a good break however we were sailing really well this afternoon, first winning against Linda Rahm pre-start and extending throughout to a win. Next we had a fantastic race against Claire Leroy where a split tack off the line saw us ahead up the first beat and leading round the windward mark by half a length. Down the run the control switched from boat to boat and unfortunately it was Claire who rounded ahead. Another tacking duel up the next beat resulted in us inches away on the final run, but unable to roll and loosing by just half a length in the end.
Although we’re dissapointed to be 4–1 down in the start of the round robin, we learnt a lot this morning and converted it into some great sailing this afternoon, so bring on the other races!
For full results check out the event website at http://en.lysekilwomensmatch.se/, and if your Swedish is up to scratch you can enjoy live video and commentary as the event progresses over the next few days.
Off to The Battle of Lysekil!
Thursday 23rd July, 2009
Tomorrow we’ll arrive in Lysekil, Sweden to prepare ourselves for the start of the ISAF Women’s World Match Racing Championships. The Worlds will take place in the 6 person (and very demanding) DS37 boats, so size and style wise it’s a little different from the new Olympic class Elliott 6m we’ll be training in from later next month!… but a great challenge for now.
I can’t really believe the World’s is actually next week as the last few months seem to have flown by! But Annie, Ally and I feel like we’ve made great progress so far this season, and we’re really looking forward to next week as probably the toughest event of the season so far, on a technical basis, physically, plus the best entry list with very few of the top teams missing. We are luckily to be joined by Bird Watson (trim 2), Jo Ryley (pit) and Mary Rook (trim 1) for the event making a strong team and although we have not sailed together or sailed on the DS37s anywhere near as much as some of the other teams, we all know each other very well and are really confident as a team.
We’ve only been to Lysekil once before but it’s a fantastic venue where the Swedes really getting behind the event with hundreds turning out to watch from the rocks and us sailing only meters away from the shore. The organisers have put a lot of effort into the press for the event so keep checking the event website www.lysekilwomensmatch.se and of course here for our updates!…..but don’t laugh at the pirate pictures!
Keep sailing!
Lucy x
Plymouth Qualifier
Monday 20th July, 2009
This past weekend saw the RYA National Match Racing series take a trip to Plymouth where the PPSA hosted the 6 J80′s and 12 open and women’s teams.
As well as Annie and Ally, this weekend I was joined by both of my sisters, Nicky and Kate, the same team we’ll race in for the European Championships in a few weeks. After some good training over Thursday/Friday racing began at 10.00am Saturday morning in a shifty 6knot breeze but we were off for the first few races so were able to watch from our handy mother-ship ‘Flair’. Soon enough it was our turn to race but unfortunately after a pre start and a couple of minutes racing, we were abandoned due to an incoming Navy vessel and then later a significant lack of breeze! After a long wait on the water racing was finally abandoned for the day with only three flights completed and none for us.
Sunday saw quite the opposite conditions, a breeze of 20 knots built through the day and some entertaining broaches to watch downwind! We had 5 races on in a row and were pleased to sail some tidy races to finish with a clear sheet. Unfortunately this time, as we swapped out of the boats the breeze built further and the race committee were forced to abandon racing once again. With only eight flights completed over the weekend many of us did not race each other leaving some ties with us on 5 wins/5 and in joint 1st with Mary Rook on 4 wins/4 and Katie Archer on 3 wins/3. We also retain our position at the top of the 2009 series.
Looking forwards, our next event is the World Championships in Lysekil next week. We’re all really looking forwards to the event, a preview of our team and event will follow soon….
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