Sunday 3rd January, 2010
Annie, Ally and I would just like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a very happy and successful 2010 and to thank all our supporters and sponsors for their continued support.
2010 will be busy year for us starting with a weeks training in Palma and then straight off to Miami to prepare for the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, the first event in the 2010 ISAF World Cup Series. Following Miami we’ll be back to Palma for training until the European season begins with Princess Sofia Regatta at the end of March. There are a total of 6 World Cup events which we will compete in, the series finale being in the 2012 Olympic venue at Weymouth for the Sail for Gold Regatta in August. As well as the World Cup events our other focus for the year will be the ISAF Women’s World Match Racing Championships to be held at Rhode Island, New York in September.
Having finished 2009 ranked #2 in the World and winning the ISAF World Cup Series, Annie, Ally and I had a fantastic year and intend to keep that momentum through to 2010 with aim of topping the World rankings and winning the World Cup Series again. With the support of Skandia Team GBR, The City Livery Yacht Club, Jenkins Marine, Morris Lane and Spinnaker Yachts we can’t wait to get back on the water and continue our campaign to winning Gold at the Olympics in 2012 – Just 936 days to go!
Happy sailing, Lucy x
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Tags: 2010, ISAF Sailing World Cup, ISAF World Ranking, Rolex Miami OCR, Skandia Sail for Gold, World Championships
Saturday 1st August, 2009
Nicky Souter and her Australian team beat the home hero Marie Bjorling 3-0 today to win the World Championships in a very busy, sunny Lysekil. Hundreds of spectators lined the rocks and bay to watch the racing in somewhat different conditions to yesterday!
In the semi finals both series went to 4 matches with Souter beating Leroy 3-1 and in the battle of the Swedish Bjorling beat Kjellberg 3-1 and after a break for lunch it was Souter on form in the finals and Anna Kjellberg with the edge in the petite final beating defending champion Claire Leroy 2-0.
Our 9th/10th playoff was raced at the beginning of the day against Linda Rahm. After a good start we led the first lap well but were then caught up on the second up wind and final downwind. A solid defending position however gave us a clear gybe to the bias end of the finish line and take the win.
Its been a tough regatta for us where just one more win could have made such a massive difference but we’ve used the event well to learn for the long run and we’re certainly looking forward to the European Championships next week!
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Tags: 2009, DS 37, Lysekil, World Championships
Friday 31st July, 2009
Yesterdays 3 races to finish the opening round robin were must wins for us in order to get through to the top 6 quarter final round robin, unfortunately after winning against Hahlbrock (GER), we were on the back foot against Spithill (AUS) and in the 15knot breeze were not then able to pass. Our final win against Meldgaard (DEN) put us on to 5 wins and tied with 3 other teams but when the tie is broken it unfortunately puts us 9th overall in the round robin.
Today the programme is to sail the quarter finals and then our playoffs but the current conditions outside are about 35knots and horizontal rain so it currently looks like we could be spending the day onshore!
Through to the quarter finals are Leroy (FRA), Bjorlling (SWE), Kjellberg (SWE), Souter (AUS), Spithill (AUS), Ulrikkeholm (DEN)
Update: no racing at all today due to the conditions, so the top four are going straight through to semi-finals and finals tomorrow.
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Tags: 2009, DS 37, Lysekil, World Championships
Wednesday 29th July, 2009
Today was another close day of racing for us at the Women’s World Match Racing Championships in Lysekil. We had just 3 races to sail today, all of which were important for us to win to make the top 6 for the next round. With slightly less breeze we were back on genoas… all good for us! After the first two races it was so far so good with 2 wins, but unfortunately in our final match against Sally Barkow we were unable to win the favored end of the start line and from there we couldn’t claw it back.
The results are still all quite close, so if we can sail well tomorrow and do the all important posting of some more wins then we can still make it through to the top 6 quarter final round robin.
It’s looking like another breezy day tomorrow which is good for us, so fingers crossed!
Lucy x
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Tags: 2009, DS 37, Lysekil, World Championships
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