Sunday, September 14

Anna Tunnicliffe had an outstanding last day and is the new US Women’s Match Racing Champion. She knocked out Katy Lovell in the quarterfinals and then beat Liz Baylis in the semi-finals. Tunnicliffe drew a foul against Baylis during the first match of the semi-finals, but Tunnicliffe was able to clear herself on the second upwind and still win. In the second match of the semi-finals, the boats were close and Baylis was able to hold Tunnicliffe out 100 yards past the starboard layline on both port and starboard tacks. Baylis won this match but Tunnicliffe won the third to advance to the finals. She won both matches of the finals against Genevieve Tulloch.

Genevieve Tulloch nearly had a scare in the quarter-finals when Molly Carapiet got ahead of her in two matches. However, Molly had drawn a foul in one start and didn’t have enough distance to complete her turn and still win.

In the petit-finals, Baylis won the start of the first match and started to leg out against Joann Fisher. She was able to take her penalty turn on the second upwind and stab back at Fisher on starboard and force her to tack away. Baylis won this match and the next to put her in third and Fisher in fourth.

A shifty, puffy offshore southerly of about 10 knots started day 4. Twenty to thirty degree shifts were a factor all day and the wind built to a steady 12-15 with higher gusts. The sun came out for a great finish to the regatta. 148 races were sailed in all. Rochester Yacht Club was proud to host the Championship and looks forward to hosting more races in the future.

Final Standings:
1 Tunnicliffe-Funk
2Tulloch
3 Baylis
4 Fisher
5 Capozzi
6 Lovell
7 Hjorth
8 Carapiet
9 Cabito
10 Gardner-Nelson
11 Corbishly
12 Ruhlman