SFWMRT at BoatUS Santa Maria Cup - Practice Day
The plan for today was to practice. The weather cooperated and we had breeze in the morning, a little scare at midday when it faded away, then a pleasant surprise when it came back in the afternoon.
This morning we were fortunate enough to borrow a boat from our friend, Greg Fisher, North Sails Chesapeake. (Thanks you, Greg, you’re a star!) We worked on our boat handling for a few hours which was great. Then after a nice break for lunch, we headed back out for the “official” practice time from 2 ‘til 5. We worked a little more on our boat handling then did a few practice starts with Katy Lovell and then Katie Spithill.
We just learned that the organizers are adding a new feature to the web site this year: Live commentary and race updates from the course! The link should be on the results page of the website:
http://www.santamariacup.org/results.asp
(Check it out and I’ll pass along any feedback you have.)
Ok, if you looked at the 2nd weather link we gave you yesterday, you may have noticed that the link was for the “Nowcast”. In case you want to look at the “Forecast”, here’s the link:
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ofs/cbofs/wind_forecast.shtml
As in the past years, we are staying with our friends the Borlands – Jeff and Sharon and their great yellow lab, Sadie! Jeff has us all “geeked up” with WiFi and four laptops running whenever we’re home. And Sadie keeps us all amused and makes Liz take her jogging every morning (after the Peet’s coffee, of course).
Okay, that’s it for now. The first briefing is at 0800 tomorrow, so an early night tonight.
Cheers,
The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team
Liz, Karina, Suzy, and Lee