Tomorrow we'll arrive in Lysekil, Sweden to prepare ourselves for the start of the ISAF Women's World Match Racing Championships. The Worlds will take place in the 6 person (and very demanding) DS37 boats so size and style wise it's a little different from the Elliots we'll be training in from later next month!...but a great challenge for now.

I can't really believe the World's is actually next week as the last few months seem to have flown by! But Annie, Ally and I feel like we've made great progress so far this season and we're really looking forward to next week as probably the toughest event of the season so far, on a technical basis, physically, plus the best entry list with very few of the top teams missing. We are luckily to be joined by Bird Watson (trim 2), Jo Ryley (pit) and Mary Rook (trim 1) for the event making a strong and although we have not sailed together or sailed on the DS37s anywhere near as much as some of the other teams, we all know each other very well and are really confident as a team.

We've only been to Lysekil once before but it's a fantastic venue where the Swedes really getting behind the event with hundreds turning out to watch from the rocks and us sailing only meters away from them. The organisers have put a lot of effort into the press for the event so keep checking the event website www.lysekilwomensmatch.se and of course here for our updates!.....but don't laugh at the pirate pictures!

Keep sailing!

Lucy x