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Not such a good day at the office
Thursday 24th June, 2010
Well we have finally reached home after a long road trip in the Transit Van back from Kiel and I’m afraid the final day was not such a good one for us. Going into the day 2-1 up in our quarter finals we were looking to win one more against Tulloch(USA) to qualify through to the finals however it was not to be, in more light and shifty conditions we didn’t quite get the starts we wanted and were unable to get back to challenge the lead. A disappointing end to a good week for us really but further areas we can work on have been highlighted to us and we’ll get straight to work on them next week in training! In the finals Skudina (RUS) beat Leroy (FRA) to win overall and Tunnicliffe (USA) won the petite finals.
A few days off for me now which I’ll be racing the Quarter Tonner ‘Esparda’ in, and then we’ll be training again towards the end of next week. Good to be home though and watch a bit of Wimbledon!
Lucy x
Hoping for breeze on day 4
Tuesday 22nd June, 2010
With very little breeze yesterday we only got 7 flights in on the match racing course so the organisers are starting to get quite tight on schedule to fit all the racing in. In the Gold fleet we managed to get just three flights in, and unfortunately they were not such good ones for us! The number of boats passing our course throughout the day is making the water extremely choppy for us and that turned three even starts in to losses for us.
Currently the repechage group are out finishing their round robin, then the silver fleet will be on before we’re out to finish our gold fleet round robin and begin the quarter finals.
Let’s hope for a little more breeze today, I’m sure the 470s and Stars that haven’t raced for 2 days will be!
Lucy x
Update: after another long day on the water, we’re 2–1 up in our Quarter Final. Follow all the action on the final day tomorrow at the Kieler Woche website with live GPS tracking.
Day 2 in Kiel
Sunday 20th June, 2010
Day 2 in Kiel brought some rain, not much wind, and lots of chop! Several classes didn’t get any racing in at all.
But we survived, 3–1 today so through to gold fleet with 6 wins out of 7. We’re 2nd in our group behind Anna Tunnicliffe (USA), who we lost to on final run… agh!
Tomorrow we shall sail the gold fleet, to determine seeding for the quarter finals, but the forecast is sadly once again looking very light…
Day 1 in Kiel
Saturday 19th June, 2010
It’s an early finish for us on day 1 of Kiel week as our group (A) were on first this morning for the start of our round robin. In 14–20 knots offshore – very gusty and shifty conditions we were pleased (and relieved!) to finish the day with 3 wins out of 3 against the Chinese, Greek and other British team.
Tomorrow our group will be out second and we’ll be aiming for some more wins against some tough competition to finish the group in the top two to qualify straight through to the quarter finals… we’ll also be hoping for some more sun and the breeze to stay up!
Lucy x
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