Reports/News

Day 3: Hot, Humid And 1-2 In The Semi's

October 28, 2011
Miami, FL

It was a day of ups and downs on the water, but we made the semi-finals and are currently 1-2 against Team Barkow. In the other semi-final match up, Team Roble is 2-1 over Team Tulloch.

Team Maclaren

Team Maclaren (Photo: copyright John Payne 2011)

USSTAG WMR Olympic Trials: Day 2

October 27, 2011
Miami, FL

Another beautiful day on Biscayne Bay allowed the race committee to complete seven flights and get the day done around 3pm. Team Maclaren had a great day and came off the water with a 4-0 score line to add to yesterday's 6-1 day. Team Barkow also went 4-0 and overnight leader Team Tulloch had a 3-1 day. The scores are close with three more races left in the round robin.

Team Maclaren

Photo: (copyright) US Sailing AlphaGraphics 2011

Day 1, Round 1, Sees Team Maclaren 6-1

October 26, 2011
Miami, FL

Racing at the U.S. Olympic Trials Part 1 got underway this morning at 10am in Biscayne Bay. The temperature was perfect with a pleasant 10-14kt north easterly blowing for most of the day. The race committee finished the first round robin which included ten flights, and seven races for each team. We finished the round second with a 6-1 record behind Team Tulloch who went 7-0. Right behind us was Team Barkow with a 5-2 record.

Photo by Lindsay Valasek

Photo by Lindsay Valasek 2011

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.

US Olympic Trials Part 1: Team Maclaren Ready And Waiting

October 24, 2011
Miami, FL

The U.S. Olympic Trials Part 1 are just around the corner. We have been training hard for the last two months and are ready to start racing on Wednesday morning. Since the Santa Maria Cup at the beginning of this month, we have been training with Team Audi Match Race (Finnish team) out of Key Biscayne YC.

Photo: courtesy of (copyright) Maclaren 2011

Team Maclaren Training, Miami FL : Prepping For Trials Part I

Photos courtesy of (copyright) Maclaren 2011

Team Maclaren : 2011 Santa Maria Cup Champions

October 1, 2011
Annapolis, MD

Team Maclaren won the 2011 Santa Maria Cup today 3-1 over Team Bossard from France. The wind was up in the mid-teens from the north west, the temperatures were mid 50's, and the sailing was great. And to top it all, Liz Lewin, our 4th crew member, was awarded the Eleanor Ruth Wilcox Memorial Trophy for Top Bowperson and overall best smile.

Santa Maria Cup Champions 2011

Photo Credit: Walter Cooper / waltercooperphoto.com

1-0 In The Semi's : 2011 Santa Maria Cup

September 30, 2011
Annapolis, MD

Racing started just after 9:30am in a nice 6kt breeze at the 2011 Santa Maria Cup. However, the 6kts was short lived as the wind died to nothing just as the second set of flights of the day ended. It wasn't until around 3:45pm that the wind began to increase again from almost 180 degrees to what it was before. And it continued to build to a nice 12kts for the final two flights of the day. We had a good day and won our quarterfinal 3-1 over Silva (ARG) and are now 1-0 in the semi finals against Dellenbaugh (USA).

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Photo: (copyright) Walter Cooper 2011

A More Challenging Day At The Boat/US Santa Maria Cup

September 29, 2011
Annapolis, MD

We feel much more alive today after racing in spite of sailing seven races in very fickle winds. The weather today was pleasant with much less humidity, a refreshing breeze and partial cloud cover keeping the temperature down a little. However, it did present tricky conditions which made for very difficult racing if you dropped behind. We had a good day again though and ended up with a 12-2 record after the two qualifying round robins. We finished on equal points with Julie Bossard (France) and team, but lost on a tie with them after dropping a race to them today. This seeded us second going into the quarterfinals, up against Martina Silva (Argentina) and team. After the one race of the quarterfinals' series, we are up 1-0.

Santa Maria Cup

2011 Santa Maria Cup Began Today

September 28, 2011
Annapolis, MD

After a slow start to the day, due to lack of wind, we began to head out to the race course around 10am for the start of racing at the 2011 Santa Maria Cup here in Annapolis, MD. It was a slow sail out to the race course, but the wind slowly filled in and was solid by the time racing got underway around 11am. The race committee did a great job of keeping up with the shifting breeze, its increases and decreases, and all the boat rotations to get in 8 flights (each flight consists of 4 races) by 6pm when they called it a day. Team Maclaren had a good day and finished with an 8-0 record leading into tomorrow's racing.

2011 Santa Maria Cup

Anna Nominated As Finalist For ISAF World Sailor Of The Year

September 27, 2011
Annapolis, MD

Great news for Team Maclaren!!! Anna was nominated for the 2011 Rolex ISAF World Sailor for the Year. The announcement was made earlier today when the final list of nominees was released. The winner will be selected from this list of 4 sailors on November 8th at the ISAF annual meeting in Puerto Rico. The nominees are selected based on their performance from September 1, 2010 through August 31, 2011. The public is encouraged to nominate athletes based on their performance and a selection committee selects the top resumes and nominates them as finalist for this great award.

Team Maclaren

Team Maclaren - Molly (left), Deb (middle), Anna (right)

Team Maclaren At Chicago Match Race Center/ISAF WMR ranked #1

September 18, 2011
Stanford, CA

It's been a while since we've written, but Team Maclaren has been busy training hard in Chicago at the Chicago Match Race Center. We have had two sessions so far there and have one more coming up. We are currently on a four-day break, before we hit the water again on Tuesday. We also had some great news; when the new ISAF world women's match race rankings came out for September, they showed us at #1.