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August 29, 2009
Manhasset, NY
Today was day 3 of the 2009 Knickerbocker Cup. The rest of the teams finished up the round robin and then we went into the quarterfinals. The top 6 teams after the round robin advanced. We finished the round 3rd overall behind Dave Perry (USA) and Keith Swinton (AUS). 
Photo: Andrea Watson , August 2009
The rain stopped and the temperature warmed up as we started to head out for the racing. After a boat draw we started to get into the round. We had an unfortunate first race where we were over on the start line and ended up being way behind up the first leg and could never catch up. The next two races we weren’t able to win the leeward side of the line and were forced right on the race course, which was not fast. The last race we finally achieved what we wanted to do and won the race handily to finish the day with a 1-3 record. 
Closing Fast
Photo: Andrea Watson , August 2009
We have one race left tomorrow
with a shot at advancing to the semi-finals, but we will have to see
what happens in other matches before we will know. You can
check the results on the event website.
I would like to thank Carmeuse
and Gill for their support of our team for this event.
Sail hard, Anna |
Team Member
Representing the USA, Anna Tunnicliffe won the Gold Medal in the Women's Laser Radial dinghy at the 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, China. Anna was the ISAF world's Number One-ranked women's Radial sailor from April 9, 2008 to May 2010. She was voted 2009 & 2011 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year. Now Anna, skipper of Team Maclaren, has teamed up with Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi to take on the world and go for Gold in 2012 London Olympic Games in Women's Match Racing and the team is currently ranked #1 in the ISAF WMR rankings.
