BSPORT ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championships 2008 - Day One
Long day on the water, but a productive one for the San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team. We starting racing today for the BSPORT ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championships 2008 in Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand. We saw a range of winds today – mostly breezy, but a few races with light/moderate shifty breeze.
The week of training in Sydney with our coach, Michael Dunstan, is definitely paying dividends as our boat handling and boat speed were quite good today even though we had not practiced in any breeze. Our starts were good and we sailed well around the course in the challenging conditions.
Total Points (after flight eight):
Silja Lehtinen FIN - 5 wins / 1 loss / 6 races
Nicky Souter AUS - 4 / 1 / 5
Liz Baylis USA - 4 / 1 / 5
Jessica Smyth NZL - 4 / 2 / 6
Josie Gibson GBR - 4 / 2 / 6
Claire Leroy FRA - 4 / 2 / 6
Katie Spithill AUS - 3 / 3 / 6
Silke Hahlbrock GER - 3 / 3 / 6
Christelle Philippe FRA - 3 / 3 / 6
Lotte Meldgaard DEN - 2 / 3 / 5
Gemma Farrell GBR - 2 / 3 / 5
Sabrina Gurioli ITA - 2 / 4 / 6
Jan Dawson NZL - 0 / 6 / 6
Camilla Ulrikkeholm DEN - 0 / 6 / 6
RNZYS web site:
http://www.rnzys.org.nz
or http://tinyurl.com/yo6ugp
Some photos: http://www.sail-world.com/nz/
Weather - http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/index.php?alias=aucklandinshore
Thanks for all of the notes of support! More tomorrow!
Cheers,
Liz, Karina, Lee, and Suzy
The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team