The day dawned with a forecast for 20+ knots of breeze, but in reality there was rain, fog and light breeze. after a postponement on shore the sailors went out for the Quarter Finals. The top eight turned topsy turvy afer the QF round robin with Sam Osborne - NZL, Lotte Meldgaard - DEN, Sally Barkow - USA, and Nicky Souter - AUS advancing to the finals.

Quarter Finals Results:
1-Osborne-NZL 5-2
2-Meldgaard-DEN 4-3
3-Barkow-USA 4-3
4-Souter-AUS 4-3
5-Mulder-NED 3-4
6-Spithill-AUS 3-4
7-Tunnicliffe-USA 3-4
8-Tulloch-USA 2-5

Top 4 advance to Semi-Finals. Osborne gets to choose her opponent in the Semis.

Lower Placing Results:
9-Katie Abbott-CAN 3-0
10-Ru Wang-CHN 3-0
11-Juliana Senfft-BRA 2-1
12-Juliana Mota-BRA 2-1
13-Maggie Shea-USA 2-2
14-Maegan Ruhlman-USA 0-4
15-Anne Marie Shewfelt-CAN 0-4

http://www.wimra.org/documents/BMC-2010-PrelimResults.pdf

Racing continues tomorrow with the Semi Finals and Finals scheduled.

Live tracking and video is available during racing on the US Sailing Center Sheboygan website.

For more information, visit www.wimra.org/regatta_detail.asp?rk=295 or www.ussailingcentersheboygan.org.

An article in the local paper: http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20100910/SHE0101/9100443/Setting-sail