SFWMRT at Busan Women’s World Match Race - Day One
Yesterday was the practice day and we got to experience the new boats for the first time. Everyone seemed to have fun trying to figure out the boats and the 50 degree wind shifts sailing along the beach in the lee of a big hill.
Today we started the round robin. Since there are six boats and eleven teams, everybody only sails half the time. Most of the teams have sailed three matches so far. We sat out the first three flights then raced three flights before it started to get dark. Our first match was a little more exciting than it should have been as we had a little contact with the Indian team, Naik, at the start and got penalized. We cleared our penalty then got a penalty on Naik and won the match. Our next match was against Katie Spithill and we lost the start then got close, but never quite close enough. And we ended the day against the Chinese team, Li xue. They received an early entry penalty and we were able to extend and win the match.
The results after 6 of 19 flights:
Leroy 3-0
Spithill 2-1
Baylis 2-1
Barkow 3-0
Ward 2-1
Boyd 1-2
Tylinska 2-1
Sato 1-2
Li xue 1-3
Lim 0-5
Naik 1-2
Tomorrow we will continue the round robin.
The internet connection here is a bit sketchy and we’ve been having a little trouble with the mailing list, so if you aren’t getting the updates, please check on our web site: http://www.lizbaylis.com.
We’ll try to keep you updated the best we can over the next few days, but if you are looking for information the event web site is http://www.bsaf.or.kr/event_eng/event_01.htm seems to be updated regularly.
Cheers,
Liz, Molly, Shala, Karen, and Sam
The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team