Silver Sails finish eighth in the Hardy Cup Match Racing

by SilverSails Media on 12 Feb 2011 After competing over the past few days in the Hardy Cup 2011 regatta held at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron http://www.rsys.com.au/sailing/hardycuphomepage.php!click_here - we have arrived back in New Zealand with an eighth place medal. Not quite gold as we would have liked but as the old cliche goes, the results don't show how well we sailed nor how tight our races were.

On our final day of racing we needed to win the remaining 3 races of the second round robin to have a shot at getting into the semi-finals. However, as luck would have it, we couldn't quite secure the wins despite some very tactical fighting downwind. Our final photo finish against David Gilmour proved that us, Silver Sails girls are up there with the big boys. Our wins against the top guns, Evan Walker and William Mackenzie mixed the game up and I think we managed to scare the rest while we were at it!

The outcome of this regatta shows that our fitness level and boat handling skills are where we need them to be to successfully move up toward our final goal of the 2012 Olympics.

Between the 24-27th of February, Yachting New Zealand are holding selection trials to determine which woman's team receives funding to compete in the world cup events for the year to come.

As a team we are feeling very confident about our current position and go into these trials with determination and will to prove we can stand up amongst the world-wide women match racing competitors and come out on top.

Thanks for all your support and a special shout out to The Lindsey's for hosting us during the Hardy Cup, the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron for hosting such a high class event, Yachting New Zealand,NZ Sailing, Laurie Jury and SLAM.

Taylor, Sam and Claudia.
Team Silver Sails