Osborne second at the 2010 Harken Womens International Match Racing Regatta

Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Sydney, Sunday 14 March 2010

Sam Osborne and crew won their semi-final against Olivia Price and crew who were sailing on home waters, by 2-0, and went on to face another Sydney team led by Lucinda Whitty in the final of the Harken Women’s Match-Racing Regatta.  Whitty and crew took the regatta win with a 3-0 victory in the final, but the official report explains it was no easy win for the Aussies.
“Three closely fought matches against Samantha Osborne later, Whitty was declared the winner of the Harken Women’s International Match Racing Regatta.  It was the last match of the day that had everyone talking. Whitty and Osborne displayed some of the best match racing skills and tactics; using obstructions on the course and ‘dummy tacks’ to try to outwit each other. Whitty was to win by only seven seconds after a tight spinnaker run to the finish line.”

It was a shifty day........

“It was a shifty day out on the Sydney harbour and racing was close,” reports the kiwi team after racing concluded yesterday.
“For us, it's now back home where we will be training for the next month before heading overseas for our next World Cup event in Hyeres, France.”
Ten teams were competing at the ISAF Grade 3 event including four from New Zealand, five Australian teams and one from the USA. Next best placed of the kiwi teams was Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen and Kat Stroinovsky.
New Zealand’s Final Placings
2nd Samantha Osborne, Raynor Smeal & Keryn Henderson (RNZYS)
5th Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen & Kat Stroinovsky (RNZYS)
6th Danielle Bowater, Bianca Cook, Hannah Osborne & Katie de Lange (RNZYS Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme)
9th Anita Trudgen, Hana Maguire, Hannah Scott-Mackie & Heather Trudgen (RPNYC, Wellington)

By YNZ / Jodie Bakewell-White