Saturday 30th January, 2010
7–10 knots greeted us today and plenty of chop as more and more spectator boats joined our course which led to some fantastic racing against Anna Tunnicliffe’s American team in the finals of the Women’s Match Racing at the Rolex Miami OCR. In this regatta however we unfortunately only managed 18 straight wins and not the magic 19 we needed to win the gold undefeated!
After the first two races we were 2–0 up and feeling good, but the conditions were very tricky with us rarely being more than two boat lengths apart. In the third race however after a great first beat we once again led round the first windward mark, but were given a (slightly debatable) penalty on our rounding. From there Tunnicliffe sailed well to stay ahead and get a point on the board. The next two races continued to be close with us winning the starts but struggling to gain any distance up or down wind. With Tunnicliffe winning the 4th race it was 2–2 and all down to the final race which was extremely close literally down to the final 20 meters to the finish line where they eventually beat us by half a boat length.
We are of course really gutted and disappointed not to have won the gold, however Annie, Ally and I have had a really fantastic week and have shown the world that we’re the team to beat. Anna and her team sailed the boat really well today and I’m told the racing between us was great to watch!
Thanks for all your support and we’ll keep you posted on our next move!
Lucy x
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Tags: 2010, Elliott 6M, ISAF Sailing World Cup, Miami, Rolex Miami OCR
Friday 29th January, 2010
And the winning continued today… still undefeated we had some great racing, finishing our quarter finals 3–0 against Lotte Meldgaard (DEN) and then beating World #1 Claire Leroy (FRA) 3–0 in the semi finals!
We’re really pleased with how we’re sailing, and with how we are still chipping away at improving our tactics, speed and boat handling. The forecast is for us to have a bit more wind tomorrow from our 10 knot average today and after a very close semi final that went to 5 matches, Tunnicliffe’s team (USA) came out as our opponents for tomorrow.
Our aim for this event was a medal which we’re delighted to have achieved, but with that now secured, tomorrow is all about winning! Fingers crossed!
Lucy x
Check out the event website and Skandia Team GBR website for up to date results and a few words from Annie! There are a load of videos at sailgroove.org and they may well have live coverage of the finals tomorrow.
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Tags: 2010, Elliott 6M, ISAF Sailing World Cup, Miami, Rolex Miami OCR
Thursday 28th January, 2010
Day 4 of the Rolex Miami OCR has been another great day for Annie, Ally and I. Our first two races of the day were against Barkow (USA) and Leroy (FRA) to finish off the gold fleet round robin. With two strong races we kept our clean sheet and so finished as the top seeded team going into the quarter finals, and are the only team to have not as yet conceded a defeat. Next was a short break on shore for us while the repechage round was completed and therefore our opponent for the quarters decided. After a three way tie in their results, it was the Danish team helmed by Meldgaard that finally finished 2nd in the round robin and was therefore to be our next opponent.
By 2.00pm we were out racing again against the relatively known quantity of Meldgaard’s team, as we had not sailed against them so far at this event. As they are a very experienced Match Racing team and with the wind around 8–11 knots, we knew the racing was likely to be close and it would be hard to gain any distance round the course. Two good starts gave us the jump however, and we were able to cover them around the course to win both races sailed. Although we were keen to continue racing and try and finish the job there and then, the race committee decided to call it a day and leave the remaining quarter final matches until tomorrow. Hopefully we can finish the job in just one more match tomorrow and start preparing for the best of 5 semi finals where we would be up against either Barkow or Leroy… but lets not jump ahead too soon!
In the other pairings, Tunnicliffe (USA) leads Whitty (AUS) 2–0, Souter (AUS) and Osbourne (NZL) are tied 1–1 and Leroy (FRA) leads Barkow (USA) 2–0.
Forecast is good again for tomorrow… bring it on!
You can follow the results from about mid-afternoon UK time on the event website, or check up on the latest video diary update from Annie below.
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