Team Isigungu’s skipper has sent news of her team’s first three races in the 2007 Rolex Woman’s International Keelboat Championships, in Houston, Texas:
Our regatta started off well with two out of three good results (6th, 21st and 2nd), which puts us in 7th position overall, in a wind between 8 and 15 knots straight from the land, which meant very unstable, shifty breeze and flat water.
We got off to a good start on the first race, and rounded the top mark in the top 10 and stayed there for most of race to finish 6th.
The second race was looking good too. but most of the top boats where over the line, but instead of calling a general recall, the committee boats called back about 20 boats.
The unfortunate part was that they only called our bow number on the 3rd reading (over the radio), so we were already a good 120 meters from the start line. After we thought we were in the clear…..
We caught up really nicely on the second beat to about 13th, but didn’t cover the fleet on the last beat and ended with the 21. A bit disappointing, but again another lesson…..
The last race of the day, wind was a bit lighter and more patchy. We started OK, but got some good shifts up the first beat and rounded the first mark in 5th.
We played the downwind well and caught up to 4th and close on the heals of Sally Barkow (who just won the woman’s match racing Champs).
On the last 200m of the beat we had a tight duel with Sally, and ended up beating her and one other to cross the line in 2nd! Tense moments….!
The regatta has been really brilliant so far, we are treated very well by the regatta organisers and the hospitality has been fantastic. We are heading off to a Texan BBQ now and last night we were treated to a real Tex Mex!
Until tomorrow,
Regards,
Dominique Provoyeur
For Team Isigungu
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