GBR Match Race Girls

After our day off on Friday, having qualified directly to the semis by finishing third in the round robin, the last two days have seen some pretty epic wind and waves at the Nations Cup in Sheboygan.

Yesterday we lost our semi against Laurie Jury (NZL) who went on to win the event. We raced for third today against Henrique Haddad (BRA), though unfortunately despite winning both starts our lack of 60 something kilos meant we couldn’t hold off the Brazilian boys upwind and lost the petit finals 2–0 to finish 4th.

The video below shows just how brutal the conditions were today. Unfortunately it only highlights the finals matches — our petit final matches were interleaved with the finals — but you can see how exciting the match racing is when the breeze is up, especially in the Women’s Elliott 6m which we usually sail and will be the boat used at at the Olympics next year.

We’ve had great racing against the guys in the Open division this week, and some very close matches… we’re bruised and battered, but it’s been a lot of fun!

Mad dash to the airport now to get flight back to London… stay tuned as we have an exciting week in store!

Lucy x

Today we finished the round robin in the Open division at the ISAF Nations Cup with a win against Peter Wickwire (CAN) and a loss to #2 seed Laurie Jury (NZL).

Tied on a 6–2 score with Jury, we qualify directly for the semi finals. Tomorrow the 4th to 7th placed teams will sail a round robin to determine the 4th semi-finalist, and then there are knockouts for the lower places.

So we have a day off tomorrow, and will resume with the Semis on Saturday… follow the action at matchracingresults.com

Video round-up of today’s action below.

A great day’s racing on the first day of the ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final, where we’re the only women sailing in the Open Division up against the all male teams.

Today we won 5 matches and had only one loss against the #1 seed Mads Ebler (DEN) in some pretty close battles as you can see in the video round-up below!

The round robin concludes tomorrow, starting around 3pm BST. Live results and updates at matchracingresults.com or follow @NationsCup2011.