Another full day of racing at the 42nd Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofia MAPFRE in Palma de Mallorca for the 24 Women’s Match Racing teams. After a few postponements while the offshore breeze settled in and then switched to the sea breeze, the six teams in the Repechage Group were first up sailing three flights of their round robin. The New Zealand team of Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen, and Susannah Pyatt had a very successful morning winning all three of their matches.

“It was a good day. We had good sailing conditions for all of our matches apart from the hour or so we postponed. The Race Committee did a good job with what they had this morning and it was good racing all around. We were happy with our results. We didn’t make too many mistakes and kept everything pretty simple. We got pretty decent starts – we were ahead every start which definitely helps and then we had great crew work and great communication around the course. Overall, a good day.” remarked Stephanie Hazard after racing.

Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) and Claire Leroy (FRA) lead the Gold Group with three wins each. And in the Silver Group Anna Kjellberg (SWE) leads the way with 3 wins from 3 matches.

Tomorrow will see the completion of the round robins with the top two from the Repechage Group joining the six teams from the Gold Group in the knock-out Quarter-Finals.

Repechage Group Results:
Hazard (NZL) 3-0; Skudina (RUS) 2-1; Le Berre (FRA) 2-1; Souter (AUS) 1-2; Roca (ESP) 1-2; Groeneveld (NED) 0-3.

Gold Group Results:
Tunnicliffe (USA) 3-0; Leroy (FRA) 3-0; Lehtinen (FIN) 2-1; Macgregor (GBR) 1-2; Barkow (USA) 0-3; Hahlbrock (GER) 0-3 (-0.5 penalty).

Silver Group Results:
Kjellberg (SWE) 3-0; Goncalves (POR) 2-1; Meldgaard (DEN) 2-1; Spithill (AUS) 2-1; Abrahamsen (DEN) 0-3; Monina (ITA) 0-3.

Bronze Group Results:
Echegoyen (ESP) 2-0; Bekkering (NED) 4-1; Zimmermann (PER) 1-1; Wang (CHN) 1-2; Kutovaya (RUS) 1-3; Abbott (CAN) 0-2.

For an explanation of the Sailing World Cup Women’s Match Racing Format, please click here.

To view the complete Results from Stages 2,3,4, & 5, please click here.

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