OLYMPIC HOPEFUL: Silver at Rolex Miami OCR (From Bournemouth Echo)

OLYMPIC HOPEFUL: Silver at Rolex Miami OCR

4:32pm Sunday 31st January 2010

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7-10 knots greeted us today and plenty of chop as more and more spectator boats joined our course which led to some fantastic racing against Anna Tunnicliffe's American team in our finals. In this regatta however we unfortunately only managed 18 straight wins and not the magic 19 we needed to win the gold!

After the first two races we were 2-0 up and feeling good but the conditions were very tricky with us rarely being more than two boat lengths apart. In the third race however after a great first beat we once again led round the first windward mark but were given a (slightly debatable) penalty on our rounding. From there Tunnicliffe sailed well to stay ahead and get a point on the board. The next two races continued to be close with us winning the starts but struggling to gain any distance up or down wind. With Tunnicliffe winning the next race it was all down to the final race and literally final 20meters to the finish line where they eventually beat us by half a boat length.

We of course are really gutted dissapointed having not won the gold however Annie, Ally and I have had a really fantastic week and have shown we're the team to beat. Anna and her team sailed the boat really well today and I'm told the racing between us was great to watch!

Thanks for all your support and we'll keep you posted on our next move!

Lucy x

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