Monday 9th August, 2010
A short, successful day for us today as we just had three races in our group and won all three. All the top teams are here in Weymouth for the final leg of the ISAF Sailing World Cup Series so I’m sure it will be an exciting week.
Unfortunately with the groups going on rankings all three GBR boats have ended up in the same group so despite it being an international competition, our first two races were against the teams of Wilson and Archer. A close race for us first off got us into the swing of things and we were pleased to finish with three straight wins when the first round is so important for us in progressing through to the later stages of the event.
Le Berre (FRA) and Tunnicliffe (USA) also won all three of their races in our group so it will all come down to tomorrows racing to see who gets through to gold fleet. We’re scheduled to have our final four races in this group tomorrow about midday.
Take a look at the event website www.skandiasailforgoldregatta.co.uk for full results .
Lucy
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Tags: 2010, Elliott 6M, ISAF Sailing World Cup, Skandia Sail for Gold, Weymouth
Wednesday 28th July, 2010
One of those days today which made me remember why I love doing what we do! We had a great day of training in gorgeous conditions, sun and 13 knots building to 19 later on. We squeezed inside Portland Harbour (in the small spots left over from the 500 oppies) and started with some pre start exercises against Sofia Bekatorou’s team (GRE) and finished with some actioned packed racing against Sally Barkow’s team (USA).
Training again tomorrow then we have a three day Grade 2 event as a warm up to the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta, the final stop on the 2009/2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup tour.
Lucy
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Tags: 2010, Elliott 6M, Training, Weymouth
Monday 26th July, 2010
Our training for our next event, Skandia Sail for Gold is well underway now and we are enjoying perfect conditions for our training in Weymouth. Annie, Kate and I have some specific areas to work on before the start of the event on the 9th August however mostly we will just be race training from now on and next weekend we have a Grade 2 regatta here to test preparations!
In the recent release of the Women’s Match Racing World Rankings we were thrilled to hold on to our no 1 spot and we are now really looking forward to racing on home waters again. Currently we are training alongside 500 optimists doing their National Championships and I don’t think WPNSA is going to get quieter any time soon!
Lucy
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Tags: 2010, Elliott 6M, Skandia Sail for Gold, Training, Weymouth
Friday 16th July, 2010
I’m excited to announce that we have been invited to compete at the Argo Group Gold Cup, one of the most prestigious events on the men’s pro World Match Racing Tour. We’ll be heading out to Hamilton Island (Bermuda) in October to give the men a run for their money, along with the top US women’s match racing team skippered by Beijing gold medallist Anna Tunnicliffe.
Peter Shrubb, Commodore of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, explains
“The men are really going to have their hands full with these two women who are really going to add some excitement to this event. I think we could see some major upsets this year!
Macgregor has established herself as a reckoning force in women’s match racing having captured national and European titles to rapidly rise through the ranks to the top of the women’s world rankings.
We have eight of the world’s top ten men’s match racing teams and with these two women’s teams I am really looking forward to see how this whole thing pans out.”
We’ll be racing in the International One Design (IOD) class, a beautiful classic yacht from the 1930′s, though a far cry from the modern light-weight racing yachts we’re used to sailing! With a heavy displacement, large rig, and long overhangs these boats will be a challenge to sail, both physically and in adapting to the differences in their handling, especially in pre-start manoeuvres.
Nevertheless we’re extremely excited to have the opportunity to sail against the best men’s teams in the world, including fellow Skandia Team GBR member and triple gold medallist Ben Ainsle who will be returning to defend his title after wining the event last year.
Bring on the sunshine, and the competition!
Lucy
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Tags: 2010, Bermuda Gold Cup, Hamilton Island, IOD
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