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August 3, 2011
Wild'ish Conditions Coming Into The Mark
Photo: (c) Steffen Knudsen 2011
The
fog lingered around San Francisco for a little longer than everyone
would have liked which meant that it didn't quite get as windy as had
been originally forecasted. But visibility slowly improved and the wind
picked up to mid to high teens. For the majority of the day, the tide
was flooding which made for a mostly flat race course but by the time
my race came around, the tide had switched and the waves had kicked up
quite nicely.
I made a mistake right off the bat, not realizing how much the current was flowing upwind. I started then tacked too late so had to reach back to the first mark. Luckily it didn't cost me too much and I was only a length or two behind at the top. On the reach and downwind, I made up the difference and pulled out a bit of a lead. I hiked hard up the second beat and pulled out a little more and held on for the win even though I had an 'almost' capsize. I'm happy I did well. My boat handling will improve with more practice tomorrow. You can check out results at the regatta website: http://www.sflaserworlds.com/page/Slalom We would very much like to thank our Title Sponsor, Maclaren, our Gold Level Sponsors 11th Hour Racing and Laser Performance, and our Bronze Level Sponsors Carmeuse, Trinity Yachts, and Chicago Match Race Center for their continued support of our campaign for the 2012 Olympic Games. We would also like to thank US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) and its sponsors for their continued support. Also, thank you to our private donors. Please remember that any and all donations/contributions to our campaign should be made payable directly to either The Sailing Foundation of New York (tax deductible) memo'd Anna Tunnicliffe, or to Anna Tunnicliffe. Sail Hard,
Anna
Team Maclaren
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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.
