January 11, 2012 Miami, FL Team Maclaren received some great news today. Anna was awarded US Sailing’s 2011 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Yearaward. The announcement was made earlier today after a panel of journalists evaluated the resumes of all of the nominees. The team would also like to extend congratulations to the Rolex Yachtsman winner, Bill Hardesty. Team Maclaren: Molly Vandemoer, Dave Dellenbaugh, Debbie Capozzi, Anna Tunnicliffe Photo: (copyright) Dana Paxton/USSTAG 2011 "I am very honored to have won US Sa...
An Airport On The Way Home December 19th, 2011 Oh, a report from last Laser regatta. Oh yeah, the one I just did. Forgot about telling a final story of sailing in a boat I love but was a royal pain in the a** to sail well. Leaving Perth Photo: Anna Tunnicliffe 2011 I have had a love-hate relationship with the Laser. I have always needed to go fast in a sailboat and the Laser took the edge off that need, most of the time. I was 'gyming' (going to the gym) to build muscle like a steroid freak, eating to the point where I couldn't sleep all throu...
December 16, 2011 Fremantle, AUS We Won!! We won the 2011 ISAF Sailing Women's Match Racing World Championships this afternoon after defeating Team Macgregor, GBR. Team Maclaren USA (centre), Team Macgregor GBR (left), Team Leroy FRA (right) Photo: copyright Richard Langdon/OceamImages 2011 We had four very good and tight races that provided great spectating for the crowds. All the races were very close, but ultimately we came out on top all four races. The first two races came down to penalties that Tea...
December 14, 2011 Fremantle, AUS Day 3. A race counts if the PRO sees fit, even though the racers want to abandon the race! Brad Is #055 Photo: copyright Mick Anderson/SAILINGPIX.DK The reason I say this is because during our first race today, I had climbed to 15th by the first leward mark. But then 40 degree shifts began to materialise with very little visual on the water; at least not enough to give time to position for them so dropped to 23rd. Arthur (coach) helped me to keep my composure and had me focus on my strengths....
December 14, 2011 Fremantle, AUS For most fleets racing today, the courses were very shifty and tricky, but the match racers got a great surprise. After a very long postponement, we were moved out of the river to sail in steadier winds. And steadier they were! relative to the inner harbor course on which we have been racing for the last week and a half. With the wind having more of a runway, the race committee could keep up with the 20-30 degree shifts over the normal-sized race course, and were able to get the races off very quickly. We were ...
Fremantle, AUS December 13, 2011 Finally in bed. Hard day. Day 2 wrap-up - squirly wind and waves; finished with a 5th and a 9th. Brad Is #55 Photo: copyright Mick Anderson/SAILINGPIX.DK Cloudy and swirly 8 knots of wind was the order of the day for the first race. In the 30's at the top mark first time round. Conditions were such that I had a flashback to Tenerife, Spain and last month's training with Rasmus and Javier where they taught me how to surf in exactly the same waves that were presenting now. I let it flow and rounded 12th at t...
Fremantle AUS December 12, 2011 It's been a while since my last report and yes I have been living and breathing Laser life since the Olympic test event! I'm at the Worlds in Perth, Australia and first day is down, finishing with a 6 and 33. Photo: copyright John Payne 2011 (library) It was not a typical day in Freo, as the locals call it, with storms and a different wind direction than the usual sea breeze. First race, I have a good start a quarter the way down from the boat and wind was consistent with the homework I had d...
December 12, 2011 Fremantle, AUS It was a short day of sailing today for the gold group round. We started the day with the 1-2, 3-4 seeding races. We were in the 1-2 seeding against Team Leroy from France. We had a a rough day losing the series 2-0 to take the #2 seed heading into the quarterfinals. Photo: copyright Mick Anderson/SAILINGPIX.DK The conditions were tricky, light and extremely shifty as showers moved around the area. We made a few mistakes that cost us the races. We were a little frustrated with our mistakes bu...
December 9, 2011 Fremantle, AUS Our original scheduled start time of 3:15pm was pushed back quite quickly today as the wind took its time to fill. Eventually, two hours later than planned, racing got underway for group B to finish their round robin and for us to start the first series in the gold round. By 5pm we were in the boats getting ready to race the second place finisher of group B which turned out to be Team Mulder from The Netherlands. We had a good series with them and managed to come out on top winning 2-1. Photo: copy...
December 8, 2011 Fremantle, AUS After a rough start to the day, dropping the first two races, we rallied back this afternoon with 5 wins to take our overall record to 11-3 and a win in the first round robin. The win in the round qualifies us for the quarterfinals. It also guarantees us a top eight finish in this regatta which means we have qualified the USA for the 2012 Olympic Games. Photo by Paul Kane/Perth 2011 © Paul Kane The racing all day was tough and tricky with the wind filling in down the river and around the buildings that...
