Miami, Florida
January 29, 2008

Some days things just don’t go the way you intended them to. Today was one of those days. Our international Yngling fleet of 28 boats sailed three races in delightful sea breeze conditions on Biscayne Bay at US Sailing’s 2008 Rolex Olympic Classes Regatta.

The discard rule kicked in after five races, so we were able to drop the 29 points we got for starting early. But, we ended the day in tenth place overall.

Despite all of this we’re pretty happy with our boat speed on the eve of the Yngling Women’s World Championship that will be sailed here February 8-15. Our onboard communications, tactics and weather calls weren’t jelling the way they should and we’re already addressing those issues. You can practise all you want – and we have – but it’s vital to test your skills in the heat of battle

No-one in our fleet managed any degree of consistency today. Sarah Ayton’s British Olympic team had two first place finishes and a 23rd. However they were able to discard the 23rd leaving them in first place with a solid 14-point low score. The Chinese girls who did so well on Monday had a tough day too, with 5-21-20 finishes that dropped them to ninth overall.

Carrie Howe
   for Team Seven Sailing -
   - Sally Barkow, Debbie Capozzi, Carrie Howe