Snipe Women's Worlds - Team Tunnicliffe second going into last day

by Anna Tunnicliffe on 12 Nov 2010 Snipe Women's World Championship, St Petersburg YC.

Anna Tunnicle reports:

Finally today we had just enough wind to complete three races. Although at times the wind got very light, we hung around and got the racing in. We finished with a 3, 7, 3 today and are now lying in second overall with 16 points, three points behind overnight leaders Kathleen Tocke and Kate Sheahan. Behind us in third are the team from Argentina, Trixy and Yuyu Agusti with 17 points.

Overall, it was a very trying day. The wind was up and down, especially in the first two races which we finished in almost drifter conditions again. In the first race, we had a great start and were in second for a while before dropping to fifth and rallying back to third by the finish.

The second race was a bit more challenging for us. We had a great start, but didn't tack up on the fleet soon enough and got stuck on the wrong side of a left shift. We fought hard for our seventh place, after being held in ninth for most of the race.

However, in the last race we rallied back and despite having only a decent start, we sailed smart on the first two legs and locked ourselves into third place for the race, with most of our competition deep in the fleet. This closed up the overall points which means tomorrow's racing will be very exciting and intense.

I have been saying this most of the week, and hopefully tomorrow, the forecast will be as it says and we will have 10-20 knts as currently forecasted.

You can check the results at the regatta website.

We would like to thank Carmeuse and Trinity Yachts for their continued support of our campaign for the 2012 Olympics in London. We would also like to thank US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) and its sponsors for their support.

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