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US Women’s Match Racing Championship Day 2

Anna Tunnicliffe went undefeated in the first round robin before the
fleet was split into Silver and Gold.  She was able to come back to
win against Baylis after a pre-race penalty for entering the box
early.  Liz Baylis stood in second with two losses.  After splitting
into the gold and silver fleets, Genevieve Tulloch came on strong
winning four of her five flights while Tunnicliffe slipped back by
only winning two of her five flights.  Liz Baylis held onto second and
there is a four way tie for third half way through stage 2.

In the silver fleet, Elizabeth Hjorth has won all five flights in the
first round robin of stage 2.  There are no ties in the silver fleet
half way through stage 2.  Umpires reported tighter and more
aggressive racing today.

The racing conditions were a little more consistent today with winds
out of the south ranging from 8-15 knots.  Rain was prevalent for most
of the day, and a strong east to west current was left over from
yesterday’s easterly.

Forty-eight races were run today and the regatta is half way through
the gold and silver rounds.  Tomorrow the gold and silver rounds will
be finished and racing proceeds to the semi-finals.

US Women’s Match Racing Championship Day 1

Anna Tunnicliffe started off the regatta well by winning all her matches, followed closely by last year’s champion Liz Baylis.  Also doing well are Genevieve Tulloch, Joanne Fisher, Deborah Capozzi, and Katy Lovell.  The leaders rarely swapped places after the start.  Joanne Fisher was able to capitalize on a spinnaker douse problem and gain the lead in one of her matches.

 

The racers saw a wide variety of conditions on Lake Ontario at the Rochester Yacht Club.  The day started out with out 5 knots of wind out of the east and was shifty in the early flights, challenging the race committee with several mark changes.  The breeze steadily built to a solid 15 knots with higher puffs by flight 5 and no spinnakers were flown in flights 7 and 8.  All but two races were completed through flight 8. 

 

There were many Olympic sailors on the racecourse today.  Anna Tunnicliffe (Laser Radial), Deborah Capozzi (Yngling), and Carrie Howe (Yngling) from 2008 were all on different teams.  Carol Cronin (Yngling) and Liz Filter (Yngling) from 2004 were also sailing against each other.  Abby Ruhlman was racing against her daughter, Meagan Ruhlman.