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A long but successful first day in Holland.
Wednesday 26th May, 2010
4/4 wins for us on day 1 at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Holland.
Ally, Nicky and I are in Group A so were on first this morning on a very shifty and choppy course. Despite a few shaky moments where we were trying to get used to sailing together, we were pleased to finish with three straight wins in tricky conditions. However just when we thought we were done for the day at midday, an announcement was made that they would try and get us out again after the other two groups, so after a few hours wait and time for the breeze to build to about 15 knots we were out again to race the Brazilian team.
An even start led to a drag race to the windward mark and them just getting room on us for the rounding. A poor bear away from them allowed us inside on the hoist but we were not close enough to prevent them gybing at us on starboard so we had to match them and avoid their luff. Within a couple of lengths we were able to break the overlap and eventually had the slightly risky (but right!) option to gybe across them on port. Once reaching into the leeward mark clear ahead, we had a good drop and sailed away from there!
Tomorrow we’ll be on second to finish our round robin, its still close in all the groups so we’ll keep you posted!
Lucy x
All change for the week in Holland
Tuesday 25th May, 2010
Ally and I are just coming to the end of our first day in Holland where we’ve been practising today ready for racing starting tomorrow in the next round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup at the Delta Lloyd Regatta. Bit of a change this week though as Annie is not with us and instead we have Nicky Muller stepping in to the middle of the boat for the week.
While Annie is off ‘observing’ as part of the Umpire team at the Louis Vuitton Regatta in Sardina — a fantastic opportunity again to be on board with some of the most experienced match racers in the World — it gives Ally and I a chance to work on some of our more personal goals and in particular the communication between us.
It is another good line up for the fourth ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta here in Medemblik, Holland and we’re looking forward to the start of racing tomorrow!
Lucy x
Silver at the European Championships
Saturday 15th May, 2010
It seems like its been a long week here in Hard although the most racing we did was today, sailing the semi finals against Meldegaard (DEN) which went to 3–2 and then the finals against Skudina (RUS) which frustratingly ended up 3–1 and only 1ft in it on the finish of the last race.
I think its fair to say we never really made friends with these boats and today we did not really sail to the best of our ability which is disappointing in the short term but finishing second at the European Championships when we are not on form is not too bad a result!
Just about to start the prize giving then we’re straight out of here to fly home… hoping that ash cloud doesn’t get to us until tomorrow!
Lucy x
2-1 up in the quarter finals going into the final day.
Friday 14th May, 2010
A strange day one way or another but we’re pleased to say we are finishing it 2–1 up in the quarter final against Sofia Bekatorou (GRE).
With a lack of breeze we drifted around for a while but were unable to complete the round today so now we are waiting to find out if they will go straight to semi finals tomorrow morning or try and finish the quarter finals first.
It could be an early start either way!
Update: Confirmed that the rest of the quarter-finals will not be sailed and our 2–1 lead will stand, so we’ll go straight into the semis tomorrow.
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