August 20, 2010
Detroit, MI

Day two of the Toyota International Macth Race for the Detroit Cup was filled with great races, but not as many wins as we had hoped. We finished the day 2-4 to take our overall record to 7-4.  We are currently tied for first, but six teams have to finish their full compliment of races tomorrow to finalize the final round robin scores.

We sat out the first three flights this morning before we jumped in our boats.  Our first race was in a light breeze with current against us upwind. We didn't have the best of starts, and ended up being behind at the top mark.  On the second beat we caught up a little and almost passed by the finish, loosing by half a boat length.

After that race, the wind switched directions and started to blow across the river making for a cross-current on the course and puffy conditions. We had some good races in which we sailed very well, and the others we lost on silly mistakes.

But the good news is that we sailed well enough that we are pretty sure we are through to the next round which will start early afternoon tomorrow. The quarter finals are knockout races, first to two points. There is live coverage of the event online at sailinganarchy.com and justin.tv. Also the results are posted on the event website.

We would like to thank Carmeuse and Trinity Yachts for their continued support of our campaign for the 2012 Olympics in London.  We would also like to thank US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) and its sponsors for their support.

Sail Hard,

Anna
Team Tunnicliffe

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