SFWMRT at BoatUS Santa Maria Cup
The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team is in Annapolis gearing up for the 2007 BoatUS Santa Maria Cup. This is the second Grade 1 event for the team this year ad we’re excited to get back on the water. The team for this event is Liz Baylis, driver; Lee Icyda, tactician/main trimmer; Karina Shelton, jib and spinnaker trimmer; and Suzy Leech, bow – the same team we had when we won the Rolex Women’s Match in February.
The other competitors are Claire Leroy (FRA) – Ranked number 1 on the ISAF Ranking List; Katie Spithill (AUS); Christelle Philippe (FRA); Nicky Souter (AUS); Sally Barkow (USA); Katy Pilley-Lovell (USA); Lorenza Mariani (ITA); Liz Hjorth (USA); and Jo Ann Fisher (USA). If you have been following our team for a while you will recognize some of these name and also know that this is a pretty good group of competitors!
(For crew details and skipper profiles you can click: http://www.santamariacup.org/competitors.asp)
Today we were organized to spar with our friend (and teammate last year), Jo Ann Fisher, and her team from Annapolis. But, as happens sometimes in Annapolis, we spent all day waiting on shore for the wind to fill in enough to sail. Despite our patience, the wind never came and we never went sailing!
Tomorrow is another day! We plan to go out in the morning for some practice on our own before we join the other boats for the “official” practice session in the afternoon. Hopefully, we’ll have a little bit of breeze.
The website for the event:
http://www.santamariacup.org/
The weather:
http://tinyurl.com/2sf9zq
Or:
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ofs/cbofs/wind_nowcast.shtml
(A hint: Annapolis forms a triangle to the east of Baltimore and Washington)
Until tomorrow!
Cheers,
The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team
Liz, Karina, Suzy, and Lee