Saturday 25th April, 2009
The nice chaps at Sailing TV have been in touch to let us know about their new site, which has a wide selection of sailing video from top international events.
In the 2008 archive there are two great reports from events we attended last year, giving an ideal introduction to Match Racing and showing what it’s all about!
First up is a two-part video from the Troia Women’s Portugal Match Cup, where we finished 2nd in October 2008. These boats are exciting, responsive and challenging to sail, and coupled with difficult conditions at the venue it just goes to show it’s not over until you’ve crossed the line!
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(it’s the first time we’ve sailed these boats too!)
Second, the Lysekil Womens Match, from earlier last year where we finished 4th. In 2009 Lysekil will be hosting the Women’s World Match Racing Championships, where we will be competing again at this fantastic venue.
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Parts 2, 3 and 4 of this video report are on
Sailing TV.
We hope we can bring you more coverage as the 2009 season progresses…
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Saturday 20th December, 2008
After three months of what seems like non-stop racing we now have a short break from travelling over Christmas. Despite the break from events, the jobs list seems to be every growing as we put everything in place ready to start 2009 running. Our first event in the New Year will be Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, the first event where Ladies Match Racing will be combined with the other Olympic sailing disciplines.
We are also finally getting the opportunity to do some training together! Since Ally and I teamed up in September we’ve been to so many events that we have actually done very little training together. With the very kind support of friends at Poole YC we’ve had some really useful days out on the water. Sailing in R19s (unique to Poole YC) we’ve been working on boat handling and have been spending some really good time on our communication prestart. Despite it getting VERY chilly, we’ve got more days lined up in the run to Christmas and plenty more left to work on.
We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
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Wednesday 17th December, 2008
We have moved up again reaching 5th in the latest ISAF World Rankings released today. With one more event left to include of a possible 8 events, we are chasing after the top three spots now.
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Wednesday 29th October, 2008
The latest ISAF World Rankings were released today and it was very satisfying to see all our hard work over the last few months paying off with us shooting into the top 10 at 7th!
Our Grade 1 wins in Germany and Grade 2 win in Antibes along with 2nd at the Portugal Women’s Match Cup meant once again we were the biggest mover. Entering the top 10 for the first time we are still only counting six of a possible 8 events compared to those around us.
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