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August 22, 2010
Detroit, MI
We finished 2nd overall in the 2010 Toyota International Match Race for the Detroit Cup,
after a tightly fought finals against eventual winners Dave Perry and
team. We lost the series 3-1 in some very tight races. We advanced
into the finals after winning our semi final match-up against Laurie
Jury from New Zealand 2-0 this morning.
Anna, Debbie, Amanda and Liz With Bayview YC Commodore Burton (R) and Vice Commodore Burke (L)
Photo: Team Tunnicliffe , August 2010
Our
first match, we led Dave off the line, and around the top mark. On the
downwind leg, he rolled us on starboard gybe. In a difference of
opinion between us and the umpires, we bought ourselves three penalties
at the bottom mark and were disqualified from the race. It was not a
great way to lose our first race. However, it is what the umpire saw
compared to what we saw; we couldn’t argue the calls because they were
close, and that’s just the way match racing goes. We rallied back
however, and won the next start and the next race to even the series
1-1.
Photo: Team Tunnicliffe, August 2010
In
the third race, Dave earned a penalty in the pre-start. Downwind, we
again were a little too aggressive and got two penalties at the bottom
of the course, cancelling his penalty and leaving us with one to burn.
We managed to stretch out enough of a lead on the second upwind leg to
burn it at the top mark. The race came down to about six inches at the
finish, but it was six inches the wrong way for us and Dave went 2-1 up
in the series.
In
the final race, Dave beat us off the line and led us around the course
to take the series 3-1 and win this year’s Toyota International Match
Race for the Detroit Cup.
Photo: Team Tunnicliffe, August 2010
We
were slightly disappointed with how aggressively we sailed when perhaps
it wasn’t necessarily needed, but we are here to learn more of the game
and we definitely learned from our experiences today. The races were
close and the umpires had a lot of calls to make, and we learned that we
were pushing situations too much and that’s why the calls went against
us. We had a great time sailing against Dave and his team, however,
given that he has spent many hours coaching us at this game. It was fun
to duke it out in a series for once rather than just meeting here and
there in a round robin.
We would like to say a big thank you to Bruce and Kris VandeVusse for housing us this year. You can check the results for the Detroit Cup on the regatta website.
Our next event starts on Wednesday and is the Knickerbocker Cup.
We will be sailing Colgate 26’s, and we will have a crew of five
sailing. Liz and I will be back, but Debbie will be taking off this
event; Molly will be on board with us. Also joining the team for the
event will be David Dellenbaugh, our coach, and Becca Dellenbaugh.
We would like to thank Carmeuse and Trinity Yachts for their continued support of our campaign for the 2012 Olympics in London. We would also like to thank US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) and its sponsors for their support.
Sail Hard, Anna Team Tunnicliffe
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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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