SFWMRT at Busan Women’s World Match Race - Day Two
Another interesting day on the water. We sailed the first flight out away from the beach in the middle of the channel where there was steadier breeze, but a bit of current. Our match was against Sam Boyd from Australia and our crew work was great which allowed us to take advantage of our opponent’s poor leeward mark rounding and extend for the win. We then had thee flights off and the racing moved back tot he beach side venue. By the time we went back out for our race against Sally Barkow the breeze was very spotty and we found a good hole while Sally escaped around the first mark and that was it. Our next two matches were against the Polish team, Tylinska, and the Korean team, Lim, and we were able to control the starts and extend for two more wins.
The results after 13 of 19 flights:
Leroy 6-0
Spithill 4-2
Baylis 5-2
Barkow 7-1
Ward 6-1
Boyd 3-4
Tylinska 2-6
Sato 3-4
Li xue 1-6
Lim 0-7
Naik 1-6
Tomorrow we think we will continue the round robin. The conditions have been tough on the Organizers to say the least!
The internet connection here is a bit sketchy and we’ve been having a little trouble with the mailing list, so if you aren’t getting the updates, please check on our web site: http://www.lizbaylis.com.
We’ll try to keep you updated the best we can over the next few days, but if you are looking for information the event web site is http://www.bsaf.or.kr/event_eng/event_01.htm seems to be updated regularly.
Cheers,
Liz, Molly, Shala, Karen, and Sam
The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team