Team 7 Sailing, Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe, and Debbie Capozzi, is undefeated after two days of intense racing on the River Severn in Annapolis, Maryland, at the Boat U.S. Santa Maria Cup US Women’s Match Race Championship. Laser Radial sailor Anna Tunnicliffe is also onboard for this series in J/22s. Conditions here have been awesome on the Chesapeake Bay outside the US Naval Academy and the mouth of the Severn River. Morning postponements have allowed a nice southerly to come in, with the light breeze soon building to 10-12 knots along with a typical Annapolis chop. At the end of Day Two, Team 7 Sailing has a 3-point lead over Liz Baylis and Claire Leroy from France who are tied for second place. Leroy is currently the #1 ranked woman match racer in the world and has dominated women’s match racing since May 2005. There are four races remaining for the ten teams to sail on Friday in Round Robin 2 before the top four teams advance to the semi-final stage. Racing continues through Saturday.

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