Wednesday 28th April, 2010
For the second day in a row we have sat on the shore with most of Skandia Team GBR waiting for the breeze here on day 4 in Hyeres. The plan was to get through the repechage the do two flights of Gold. At about 14.00, after 2 flights of the repechage in conditions we were pleased to not be sailing in, they decided to cancel the Gold fleet for the day.
They are still trying to finish the repechage and then do some of the Silver and Bronze fleets this afternoon. The speculation in the fleet is that the Gold fleet will get scrapped and we will go straight to quarter finals tomorrow, but the race officer seems quite committed to getting all the races in, so anything could happen!
Lets just keep praying for more wind!
Ally x
Update: The repechage has been completed, the teams of Claire Leroy (FRA) and Silvia Roca (ESP) will be joining us in the next round.
Update: Confirmed there will be no gold-group seeding round, straight into the quarter finals tomorrow where we shall face team Silke Hahlbrock (GER)
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Tags: 2010, Elliott 6M, Hyeres, ISAF Sailing World Cup, Semaine Olympique Française
Tuesday 27th April, 2010
We always knew we were going to have some waiting around this morning, as we were scheduled on the water after the repechage had done 3 flights, but the flat calm that greeted us this morning meant it was a longer wait than expected. We did make it out, but only at 16.30 to watch the sole flight sailed in the repecharge before the wind shut off again. We had to wait until almost 18.00 before our racing was officially abandoned for the day. The plan for tomorrow has yet to be announced, but we think they will run more of the repecharge before we get a chance to race.
Fingers crossed for more wind tomorrow!
Ally x
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Monday 26th April, 2010
Tricky conditions in Hyeres today for our second day of the Semaine Olympique Francaise. Our group was sent out on time just after 9.00 this morning but we were greeted by 1 knot when we finally drifted our way to the race course. After 3hrs of drifting the race committee finally gave in and sent us ashore where after another hour wait we were sent back out on the water again. This time though we were greeted by a fickle 6 knots which they sent the racing off in. Our first race was probably our strongest, leading from start to finish then our second and third races were extremely close winning the first by half a boat length and loosing the next by not much more!
With 5 wins and 1 loss we have finished second in our group to the French team helmed by Le Berre, which automatically puts us through to the gold fleet and quarter finals.
The gold fleet will start tomorrow after the final 3 group C matches and the first 3 repecharge races. It was a tricky day today with light, shifty breeze, certainly hoping for more wind tomorrow!
Lucy x
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Sunday 25th April, 2010
Despite most of the fleets not getting any racing in today due to a lack of wind, the match racing course managed to keep to schedule with a course close into the marina entrance. For the first round of racing we are in group B so we had a relaxed morning then swapped into the boats on the fourth flight of the day to complete our groups first four flights.
With the two Chinese teams unable to make it because of the travel disruptions, our group only has seven teams in so we had a bye to begin with, and a chance to settle into the boat and watch our competitors racing. By the time of our first race the breeze was still light but starting to clock round to the right. With port entries all day and less than 5 knots for each one, our timing was crucial from the warning signal in case we never got round from the left hand side.
In our first race against the Swedish team we crossed low on entry and as the faster boat, were in control in pre start which led to a great start and being eight lengths ahead by the windward mark, a lead which we maintained throughout the race to take our first win.
Our second race of the day started in the sea breeze direction but was still maximum 6 knots throughout. Lining up against the other British team we were being controlled until about 2 minutes to go then both ended up at the start line very early and over the line by the time the gun went. A race back behind the line saw us come out slightly bow forward and to leeward, a position we were able to squeeze them off from. The two of us ‘bounced’ off each other up the first beat and it ended up with us ducking them at the windward mark and just finding space between them and the mark to slide round ahead and extend down the run. The breeze was still very fickle but we were able to extend our lead and take another win.
For our final race of the day we were against one of the four French teams entered in the event. Our entry was once again strong and after crossing and a circle to set-up, we were able to create a port, starboard situation from which they received a penalty. With a good start to back that up, we had a fairly low stress race to finish the day with 3 wins out of 3 and glad to have got some racing in!
Tomorrow our group will sail first to finish the final three races in the round robin. Still left to race we have a French, American and Australian team. Hoping to make the top two… we’ll let you know hoe it goes!
Lucy x
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Tags: 2010, Elliott 6M, Hyeres, ISAF Sailing World Cup, Semaine Olympique Française
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