The SFWMRT at the Knickerbocker Cup - Preview
The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing team is ready to hit the water again. This week we will be competing in our first Open Grade 2 event, the 2008 Knickerbocker Cup in Port Washington, New York. (For those not privy to the lingo, there are two types of match racing events: women’s events and open events. The open circuit is sometimes known as the men’s circuit, so we’re going out and playing with the boys this week!)
Our team has some familiar faces and a couple of new faces this week: Liz Baylis, driver; Molly Carapiet, tactician/main trimmer; Suzy Leech, bow; Emily Hill, trimmer; and Jenna Hansen, trimmer. The new team members: Emily joins us from Molly’s match racing team as well as experience on the team racing circuit and racing Laser Radials. Jenna comes from Sam Osborne’s successful Kiwi match racing team and is in the States doing a semester studying abroad in Virginia this coming fall.
From the Knickerbocker Cup Press Release:
“In addition to last years Cup winner Chris Van Tol (USA) who is returning to defend his title, the contenders will include top-ranked Andrey Arbuzov (RUS), followed by Keith Swinton (AUS), Sergey Muskihiin (RUS) Evan Walker (AUS), Juan Ignacio Grimaldi (ARG), Phil Robertson (NZL), Takumi Nakamura (JPN), Robbie Allam (GBR), Francesco Bruni (ITA), and a female skipper: Elizabeth Baylis (USA). Ms. Baylis recently took first place in the Mayor’s Cup in Long Beach, USA.”
Today we will practice in the afternoon, then have our meeting with the umpires, followed by the opening ceremonies tonight.
Tomorrow the regatta starts and continues through Sunday.
The regatta website: http://www.kyc.net/cup.asp
The local weather: http://tinyurl.com/6m5jgz
Our website: www.lizbaylis.com
We’ll have daily updates over the next few days.
Cheers,
Liz, Molly, Suzy, Emily, and Jenna
The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team