Opening Ceremonies Complete : Now To The Racing

October 25, 2011
Key Biscayne, FL

(written yesterday)

After a couple hour practice this morning in a nice 15kt north easterly, we had a relaxing afternoon. This evening was the opening ceremonies for the US Olympic Trials Part 1. The reception was held on the lawn in front of the Key Biscayne YC as the sun set. We were greeted and welcomed by KBYC and the regatta was officially opened. We had a chance to mingle with the officials, other teams, and the supporting members of the YC while snacking on great food. We were also joined by OSC representative Carol Cronin and USSTAG High Performance Head Coach Kenneth Andreason.

We start racing tomorrow morning. We have a bye in the first race as there are only six boats and eight teams. This is just a quick blog to give everyone the links for the regatta so you can follow along on the regatta website (http://sailingteams.ussailing.org/Events/2011WMRTrials.htm) or on Twitter (@USSTAG).

We would very much like to thank our Title Sponsor, Maclaren, our Gold Level Sponsors 11th Hour Racing and Laser Performance, and our Bronze Level Sponsors Carmeuse, Trinity Yachts, Chicago Match Race Center and Sperry Top-Sider for their continued support of our campaign for the 2012 Olympic Games. We would also like to thank US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) and its sponsors for their continued support. Also, thank you to our private donors. Please remember that any and all donations/contributions to our campaign should be made payable directly to either The Sailing Foundation of New York (tax deductible) memo'd Anna Tunnicliffe, or to Anna Tunnicliffe.