Liz Baylis

Tuesday was kind of a brutal day on the water for the San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team.  We ended the round robin with a scorecard of 5-6 and the round robin racing included a run-in with a large anchored seaweed farm during the pre-start with Leroy (ask Liz how the water is for swimming at Haeundae Beach next time you see her).  Needless to say we are not in the semi-finals and feel a little frustrated with how we sailed, but as always we are taking away some valuable lessons which we hope to apply in future events.

Thanks for all of your support and encouragement!

Liz will stay in Korea for the next week or so for the ISAF (International Sailing Federation) Annual Conference then return home on the 14th.  The rest of the crew will return home soon!

Cheers,
Liz, Katie, Shala, Lesa, and Karen
The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team

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Busan Cup - Day Four

Racing continued in Busan, South Korea. The round robin was finished and the semi-finals were sailed in shifty and puffy conditions off of Hundae Beach amongst the fish nets and crab pots.

The semi-finals saw Lucy Macgregor (GBR) face Ann-Claire Le Berre (FRA) and Clair Leroy (FRA) face Sally Barkow (USA). Macgregor won her semi-final 3-0 and Barkow won hers 3-1.

This sets up a finals pairing of Macgregor and Barkow.  The petit-finals will see Leroy and Le Berre meet.

Results after Round Robin:
Macgregor (GBR): 11-0
Leroy (FRA) : 10-1
Barkow (USA): 8-3
Le Berre (FRA): 8-3
Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN): 6-5
Ward (DEN): 5-6
Tylinska (POL): 5-6
Baylis (USA): 5-6
Thies (NED):5-6
Urara (JPN): 2-9
Karlemo (FIN): 2-9
Lim (KOR): 0-11

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After two days of racing at the Busan Cup Women’s International Match Race, Claire Leroy (FRA) and Lucy Macgregor (GBR) sit on top of the leaderboard with 5 wins and no losses.

The San Francisco Women’s Match Racing Team had an up and down first day of racing. The win was very shifty sailing near the beach at Haendae. We won our first match against Anne-Claire Le Berre (FRA), then were safely leading the 2nd match until the 2nd beat when the Polish team, Tylinska, got a puff that no one els on the race course got and sailed up and around us.  After a two hour delay waiting for wind, the course was moved offshore and we won the next match against the Korean team, Lim.  The next two matches were losses to Macgregor (GBR) and Ward (DEN).  It seemed like a day we couldn’t catch a break, but we also identified some areas for improvement, so onward and upward tomorrow.
Round Robin racing continues tomorrow for the 12 teams from ten countries.  The forecast is for substantially more breeze and cold (43 F).

Results after 10 flights (out of 22 flights in the round robin):
Leroy (FRA) : 5-0
Macgregor (GBR): 5-0
Barkow (USA): 4-1
Le Berre (FRA): 3-2
Ward (DEN): 3-2
Thies (NED): 3-2
Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN): 2-3
Tylinska (POL): 2-3
Baylis (USA): 2-3
Urara (JPN): 2-3
Karlemo (FIN): 0-5
Lim (KOR): 0-5

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