Europeans day 3

Saturday 8th August, 2009

Another frustrating day in terms of conditions meant the race officials at the Europeans struggled again today to get a full day of racing in. With the first round robin finally completed around 2pm, the quarter final round robin was started in the shiftiest breeze yet.

Only 4 of the 10 flights were completed for this round today so tomorrow we will have to continue and are unlikely to have time for finals therefore every race counts for overall positions. We unfortunately had a frustrating day missing some crucial shifts but also had a great race against Ju;ie Bossard where after being given a penalty when it was meant to go to her, we were able to pass, off load our penalty and still win. Going into tomorrow we have 1 win and 2 losses but all to play for still with 4 races left.

Lets hope for some wind!

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Solid day 2 at Euros

Friday 7th August, 2009

With much better conditions to yesterday (even though the wind was still really shifty!) we had a great day today winning all but one of our matches. The race committee were trying their hardest to finish the round robin but although there is still racing taking place, it looks like there will be around 3 flights to finish tomorrow, of which we are just racing in 1. The top4 in each group will then advance through to the quarter finals for an 8 boat round robin.

Its good to be finishing the day knowing we’re through to the next round but we’ll still be keen to beat Julie Bossard’s French team tomorrow to get one of the top spots through.

For full results check out the event website www.m-r-d.dk, or see the following roundup of today’s action (how many times can you spot us?!)

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A slow start to racing on day one of the Euros

Thursday 6th August, 2009

After six long hours of waiting for wind to start racing here in Middelfart, the race committee were finally able to start racing at 16.30 and continued racing until 20.00 unfortunately fitting in just 5 flights. Although our group was racing first we only sailed one race today against fellow Brit Katie Archer’s team. Although she had the initial advantage as we were late to start, by the top mark we had taken the lead and despite the tricky shifty breeze were able to remain ahead to post our first win.

Tomorrow we’re expecting slightly more breeze so although we’re off for the first match, hopefully we’ll get a full day of racing in and be able to catch up today’s missed flights.

We’ll keep you posted!

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Defending our title at the European Championships

Wednesday 5th August, 2009

After arriving home from the World Championships Sunday evening, Annie, Ally and I have had no time to catch breath. We were sailing at Cowes Week on Monday and Tuesday, before arriving in Middelfart, Denmark today for the European Championships.

Joining us for this week are both my sisters, Nicky and Kate (poor Ally and Annie!) as the boats we’ll be sailing are Match 28s which are designed to be a smaller version of the DS37s we were sailing last week but from our 2 hour practice today I can assure you they aren’t nearly as fun! We had a good practice today though, albeit brief we learnt a fair bit about the boats and are hoping to hit the ground running tomorrow to defend our title!

The club has put a huge amount of effort into this event, not only are there 16 womens teams but also 16 mens team competing on a different course and in different boats. We are in two groups for the first round robin with the first four of each group advancing through to the quarter finals. Racing starts at 10am tomorrow and we’re on the second flight so keep your fingers crossed for us!

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