Takapuna, Auckland, NZ
March 17, 2008

I comfortably won the only race I completed today in the yellow fleet at the 2008 Laser Radial Women's World Championship. And I was out in front in a second race when the breeze faded eight minutes after the start and the committee called it off.

Photo: Will Calver copyright ©2008 Will Calver: http://www.oceanphotography.co.nz

After three days of this six-day regatta we have only completed three races so the committee has scheduled an early start tomorrow in the hope that it can complete three races and put us back on schedule.

Sarah Steyaert of France is now the overall leader, with Evi van Acker from Belgium one point behind her in second, and Aussie Sarah Blanck in third overall.

We should have left the beach in the morning around 1000 hours but the committee finally dropped the postponement flat at 1:00 pm as a light northeasterly sea breeze filled in. We started at 2:00 pm.

The breeze was pretty light, around six to seven knots and the water very choppy. I had a pretty good start at the pin end of the line and sailed the first beat well to round the weather mark first. I stayed in front, extending on the fleet and had a pretty comfortable win. The conditions weren’t easy and I was pleased to know I had boat speed in that stuff.

I went for the pin again in the second start, just one boat away from the pin with only Evi below me. Eight minutes after the start and less that half way up the beat we doing fine but the wind was dropping all the time and the committee decided to abandon.

You can find full results from this regatta at '08 Worlds Results. As always I want to acknowledge my sponsors Carmeuse and K-Swiss for  their continued support of my campaign for the Olympic Gold Medal in Beijing 2008.

Sail hard,
Anna