Team Tunnicliffe

SOF: Day 3 Light Winds Make For Few Races In Hyeres

April 27, 2010
Hyeres, France

Despite the wind coming in for a couple of hours, it didn't last very long, and therefore, there was no sailing for Team Tunnicliffe today at the Semaine Olympique Francaise.

Waiting For The Wind

Photo: (c) Jean-Marie Liot, April 2010

SOF: Day 2 Went 6-0; Advance To The Gold Fleet

April 26, 2010
Hyeres, France

It was another good day for Team Tunnicliffe at the Semaine Olympique Francaise here in Hyeres, France. After sitting around waiting for the wind to fill in, the first group of the day finally got out to complete their three scheduled races before our group got in the boats to race. We had four races left in our round, and we won them all, taking our record to 6-0 and winning our round robin group. With this win, we advance to the gold group where we will race for seedings for the quarter-finals.

A Taste of Yesterday's Close Racing

Photo: (c) Guillaume Durand, April 2010

SOF - 2-0 On Day 1

April 25, 2010
Hyeres, France

Racing started today at the Semaine Olympique Francaise, here in Hyeres, France. It was a beautiful day in southern France with a light breeze all through the day. Team Tunnicliffe are in group A for the Match Racers, and meant that we sailed first. We had a gradient breeze of 4-6kts for our two races. We won both of the races, and had a bye in the third flight of the round due to a couple of teams not being able to make it to the event.

Hyeres, FRA Marinas And Sailing Areas

Photo: USSTAG Facebook Page

Molly Is SDAYC 2009 Yachtswoman Of The Year

April 24, 2010
Hyeres, France

Last weekend Molly was recognized at the San Diego YC's Opening Day as the San Diego Association of Yacht Clubs 2009 Yachtswoman of the Year.

Molly Awarded The SDAYC 2009 Yachtswoman of the Year

Finally In France And Ready To Race

April 23, 2010
Hyeres, France

The whole team finally arrived in France late last night, after five days of trying, for the Semaine Olympique Francaise, the fourth stop of the ISAF Sailing World Cup. Initially our plan was to arrive on Monday of this week, so as to have a week of training with the Spanish and French teams. However, our plans changed, to getting here in any way possible before racing started, thanks to the Ejkilas;dfa;sdfjk (Eyjafjallajokull) volcano. As with many travelers this past week, we had flights cancelled on us numerous times, but finally we ended up finding and coordinating three flights and other modes of transport, that eventually got us here.

On The Shuttle To The Plane To Nice

Pockets Stuffed With Luggage And Wearing Heavy Weather Jacket

Four Days Of Great Training At The CMRC

April 15, 2010
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Team Tunnicliffe and the rest of the USSTAG match racing members just wrapped up a training camp in Chicago. We used the new Chicago Match Race Center¹s new Elliot 6m¹s and had a fabulous camp. The three USA teams were there and we were joined by the New Zealand team of Sam, Jenna, and Ray.