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It was an exciting finish to the end! The Medal Race was sailed in a light, but building Easterly breeze. It was almost a carbon copy of last year’s Medal Race, and we remembered what paid that time. Going into the race, we had to make sure the Finnish team did not beat us by more than six boats. At the first windward mark we found ourselves in 9th and the Finnish in 2nd. If the race ended there, we would have given up our silver medal. We had our work cut out for us. We took a split on the downwind from most of our competition by straig...

It was one of those days for us. We managed only a 3-8-14 on the day, which keeps us in second overall, but outside of striking distance to first. It is frustrating to have sailed such a great event and lose a chance at the win in the final race, but we have definitely learned from it. The first race today had more breeze than any other of the week, with puffs near 16 knots. It was fun to be in those conditions again, and we found ourselves leading around most of the racecourse. We gave up one position by forcing ourselves into a tight mark ro...

It’s getting exciting here in Miami with three races to go before the Medal Race. We scored an incredibly hard fought 4-3-3 today in difficult conditions. We are now just four points back of the Austrians with nearly thirty points behind us to third overall. Results can be seen here. The race of the day, or even the regatta, was the third one of the day. We were very close to being over at the start, and we decided to play it safe and return to clear ourselves. We started at least 10 seconds late of the gun, on port heading out right. Th...

We had two very solid days of racing yesterday and today in Miami, and we are now sitting one point out of the lead in second overall. We put up a 2-3-OCS yesterday and a 3-2-4 today. It’s difficult to match what the Austrian team did today as they posted a 1-1-1. Of course, being only one point away is a fine place to be with seven races to go, including the double-points medal race on Saturday. Today’s finishes were hard-fought on our end. We found ourselves behind at the weather mark more than once. The left side usually pays in...

The 2012 Rolex Miami OCR got underway today, and we posted some solid finishes. We tallied a 1-2-6, which was good enough for a 5-point lead over our closest competition. Most notably, it was the first day we raced with our new boat! Needless to say, we are happy with how she performed. The racing was close at the top today. We were lucky enough to have a jump on the competition in race one, and we extended around the course. The second race was tight all the way to the finish, and we discovered only after finishing that our Finnish training p...

It’s been a busy few weeks for us since becoming Olympians in Perth! We are going full-speed ahead into 2012 as we focus all our energies on brining home a medal from Weymouth. The first step is to get our equipment sorted. We are very proud to share the news of our christening USA 1273 “Wendy.” Wendy was properly christened, with a small but enthusiastic crowd, before going sailing in Miami for the first time this week. By popping the champagne and giving her a good spray down before launching, we know she’ll treat us ...

It was a rollercoaster of a Championship for us. We stood everywhere from 17th to 2nd in the standings throughout the week, and we were in 5th with a chance at a silver going into the Medal Race. For the next six months, until the next World Championship is held, our sail number will be USA 9! With our stated goals going into the event to win our trials, qualify the US for the Olympics, and to finish top ten, it was an all around success. The Medal Race was the best sailing, conditions-wise, of the entire week. The famed “Fremantle Docto...

We have insured ourselves a top ten finish at the 2011 Worlds. We didn’t have a great day to finish out gold fleet racing, but it was good enough to keep us in sixth place going into the Medal Race.  The sailing today was very difficult as the sea breeze struggled to fill. We got a 16-11-8 in the three races. Tomorrow is our first World Championship Medal Race. We are in sixth place, seven points out of fifth, eight points out of fourth, and eleven points out of third. Of course, it is close behind us as well with 10th only eleven p...

We needed to pick ourselves up after some mediocre sailing over the past two days, and we did just that. Sailing in a very tricky offshore breeze at 9 AM, we put up a 9-6 in the first two races of the day. After a trip back to shore to wait for the sea breeze to fill, we posted a 3rd, which moved us up to 5th overall. It feels great to put up consistent scores in gold, especially after our last three races leading up to today’s racing. The first two races were incredibly challenging. The wind was going through 40 degrees and from 4 to 12...