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September 2, 2009
Detroit, MI
After a couple of days off, we are back sailing again in Detroit, MI in preparation for the 2009 Detroit Cup International Match Race. The Detroit Cup is an ISAF Grade 2 Open event. There are 12 teams competing, nine of which we saw and raced against in New York last week.
Sparing With Dave Perry Off Bayview YC
Photo: Paul Tunnicliffe, September 2009
Joining me on the team this week are two members of the team from last week, Debbie Capozzi and Liz Bower. Also joining us is Amanda Callahan from Boston.
Today was our first day of practice. We are sailing Ultimate 20’s, a boat we have sailed once before a couple years ago. They are fast, responsive boats, but require a lot of work from the crew. We are sailing with asymmetrical spinnakers, which is something new for us in our sailing, but we figured out a lot of things today and are looking forward to tomorrow. Racing starts tomorrow at 10am. The forecast is for light air, and a lot of current from the Detroit River. It will be exciting racing with the current playing a major part in the game. You can follow the regatta at the event website.
Sail hard,
Anna
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Olympic Gold Medalist, World Class Woman Laser Radial Sailor And Now World Class Women's Match Racer
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.
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