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New York Womens Invitational at Oakcliff Sailing Center - Day 2

by WIMRA Office 13 Jul 2013 12:04 BST 11-14 July 2013

Anna Kjellberg lining up victories in Oakcliff

Still undefeated after a dozen round-robin flights

Swede Anna Kjellberg is so far the brightest shining star of the New York Women's Invitational in Oakcliff, USA, the penultimate stage of the inaugural Women's International Match Racing Series. With her 12 - 0 record Kjellberg has completely outperformed all the other world leading women match racing skippers participating: "We've definitely had some really tight matches, but we've been able to keep the flow in our boat and to call the right tactics" Kjellberg comments.

Today the Long Island Sound offered far better conditions for the eight top women match racing skippers battling in the New York Women's Invitational, than on the wind lacking opening day. Even if the wind pressure still was a little bit up and down, it was at least there for the whole day. 10 - 15 knots of breeze enabled the regatta organizers at Oakcliff Sailing not only to conclude the first round-robin, but also to get the second one well underway. All-in-all 9 flights of four matches each were finished, and the tired crews didn't get ashore until around 7 pm.

Anna Kjellberg of the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club in Sweden went from strength to strength as she continued her winning strike, and is still undefeated in the regatta. Apparently she and her crew managed to get the most out of the big and wheel-driven SM 40's, originally designed for the Swedish Match Tour a decade ago by former America's Cup Challenger and Starboat World Champion Pelle Petterson. "I have to admit we had a few problems on-board, but the girls have sorted them out properly, meantime letting me drive full speed in the right direction on the course" Anna Kjellberg states. "We've experienced several tight situations during the day, especially when choosing rounding mark in the downwind gate. A few times the opponent chose the other mark, and we felt a little nervous for a while, but at the end our choice always showed to be the right one!"

American Stephanie Roble hesitated a few seconds before calling her day at the Women's International Match Racing Series "challenging". With twice as many victories as losses, an 8 - 4 record, she holds third place on the standings, and will still be able to race the semi finals in case the organizers decide to cut out the quarterfinals. "We had a couple of things inside the boat that didn't work to good. Some of the girls are new to the team so we have to improve our communication. But we feel strong concluding the round-robins and going into the quarterfinals" Roble comments, adding that she also found the conditions demanding, with shifty offshore breeze that kept everyone on their toes the entire time. "Absolutely. A race was never lost until the end, cause you could always find some wind shifts and get back."

Standings after Day 2:

1. Anna Kjellberg, SWE, 12 - 0
2. Lucy Macgregor, GBR, 9 - 3
3. Stephanie Roble, USA, 8 - 4
4. Caroline Sylvan, SWE, 6 - 6
5. Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen, DEN, 5 - 7
5. Nicole Breault, USA, 5 - 7
7. Claudia Pierce, NZL, 3 - 9
8. Madeline Gill, USA, 0 - 12

Standings after three events:

1. Camilla Ulrikkeholm, DEN, 44pts
1. Lucy Macgregor, GBR, 44pts
3. Anna Kjellberg, SWE, 36pts
4. Stephanie Roble, USA, 33pts
5. Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen, DEN, 25pts
5. Klaartje Zuiderbaan, NED, 25pts
5. Tamara Echegoyen, ESP, 25pts
8. Julie Bossard, FRA, 22pts
9. Katie Spithill, AUS, 19pts
10. Alexa Bezel, SUI, 17pts
10. Claudia Pierce, NZL, 17pts
12. Merel Witteveen, NED, 15pts
12. Ekaterina Skudina, RUS, 15pts
14. Caroline Sylvan, SWE, 14pts
15. Susannah Pyatt, NZL, 9pts
16. Milly Bennett, AUS, 8pts
17. Anna Kjellgren, SWE, 7pts
18. Anne Marit Hansen, NOR, 4pts
18. Sung-Eun Choi, KOR, 4pts
18. Morgane Dréau, FRA, 4pts

The inaugural 2013 Women's International Match Racing Series is a professional sailing circuit, hosted by the Women's International Match Racing Association for the world's leading women match racing sailors. In match racing the crews meet two by two in exciting duels that can easily be followed and understood by the spectators.

An overall prize purse of 50 000 USD will be distributed by the WIMRSeries at the final event in Lysekil, Sweden, in addition to the prize money at each of the five events included in the WIMRSeries (date, event name, location, boat type):

  • May 15-19 - Saint Quay Women's Match Racing - St Quay-Portrieux, France - Elliott 6m
  • June 5-9 - Busan Cup International Women's Match Race - Busan, Korea - K 30
  • June 20-23 - Danish Open Ladies Cup - Copenhagen, Denmark - J/80
  • July 11-14 - New York Women's Invitational - Oakcliff, New York, USA - SM 40
  • August 5-10 - Lysekil Women's Match - Lysekil, Sweden - DS 37
www.wimrs.com

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