SFWMRT at BoatUS Santa Maria Cup - Day One
Yesterday’s practice session and the a la Mode “pro-am” fleet race were cancelled due to high winds and difficult sea conditions for getting out of and back into the harbor. In light of the forecast for the remainder the week (light winds), the Race Committee prudently protected the boats and sails from damage and moved the practice to this morning.
We left the dock at 8:30 and sailed out into a soupy fog and light wind. The fog cleared up during the day, but the wind never built and we saw a maximum of 4, maybe 5, knots. We managed to get two flights off in the light breeze before it completely died and we drifted around for a couple of hours before they brought us to the dock to wait and then at 4, they let us go for the evening. As for the racing, we had a close match with Katy Lovell (USA) in the first flight that we lost. Then we led wire to wire over Julie Bossard (FRA) in a very light and slow match.
Standings after 2 flights:
Leroy, Lovell, Tulloch – 2-0
Baylis, Fisher, Mariani, Bossard – 1-1
Spithill, Senfft, Ramires – 0-2
A lot more racing to come!
The daily results for the BoatU.S. Santa Maria Cup can be found at: http://www.santamariacup.org/results.asp and the daily images of the days race can be found at: http://drop.io/eycsantamariacup2009
The weather forecasts:
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ofs/cbofs/wind_forecast.shtml
(To find Annapolis: The latitude of Annapolis is 38.978N – between Washington and Baltimore, but over to the right a little.)
Or
NOAA weather: http://tinyurl.com/4jugja
Thanks for your continued support!
Cheers,
Liz, Carol, Karina, and Kim
The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team