Juliana Senfft (BRA) Wins Inaugural Northern Lights Cup

Juliana Senfft and her team (Gabriela Nicolini de Sa, Adhara Giniad, and Maite Ramos) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil won the inaugural Northern Lights Cup in Sheboygan, WI, USA by beating Andrea Cabito (Alameda, CA, USA) 3-0 in the finals. In the petit-finals, Liz Hjorth (Marina del Rey, CA, USA) beat the local team skippered by Kathy Lindgren (Sheboygan, WI, USA) 3-2.

The event was held in Sail Sheboygan’s new fleet of Sonars in picture perfect "Chamber of Commerce" conditions on Lake Michigan. The winds ranged from light breeze during some of the round robin racing on Friday to over 20 knots in the semi-final round on Saturday afternoon.

Prior to the 3-day regatta, the competitors participated in a 2-day clinic run by Liz Baylis, Executive Director of the Women’s International Match Racing Association (WIMRA), in conjunction with North U.

Final Results:

1 Juliana Siquera Senfft (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2 Andrea Cabito (Alameda, California)
3 Liz Hjorth (Marina del Rey, California)
4 Kathy Lindgren (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
5 Ginny Perry Worcester (Pequot YC, Connecticut)
6 Christine Erdmann (Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Sail Sheboygan will be hosting another match racing clinic September 5-7. There are still spaces available. Visit the web sites below for more information.

For more information about the Northern Lights Cup and Sail Sheboygan, visit www.northernlightscup.org or www.sailsheboygan.us

For more information about WIMRA, visit www.wimra.org

For more information about the match racing and other educational programs run by North U, visit www.northu.com