The first day of racing at the third annual Buddy Melges Challenge saw a wide variety of conditions as thunderstorms rolled through the area late in the morning. The moderate morning breeze gave way to light and shifty conditions as the storm clouds passed, but the afternoon’s clearing skies saw the breeze freshen again to a steady 12-14 knot Southwesterly.

After 10 flights, Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) and her Team Mclaran (Debbie Capozzi and Molly Vandemoer) and Nicky Souter (AUS) and her Australian Women’s Match Racing Team (Jessica Eastwell and Katie Spithill) are undefeated and lead the way, Tunnicliffe 6-0 and Souter 4-0. Also in the mix for the event lead with only one loss each are Olivia Price (AUS) 5-1 and Genny Tulloch (USA) 4-1. The two French teams of Anne-Claire Le Berre and Julie Bossard are tied with China’s Ru Wang with 3 wins from 4 matches.

With 20 more flights scheduled to finish the round robin, there is still plenty of opportunities for all sixteen teams before the 8 quarter-finalists are determined. The round robin for the 16 teams continues Wednesday and Thursday before the top 8 advance to the quarter-finals.

For more information, please visit the BMC Event Page (http://www.sailsheboygan.org/BMC_2011.php)

Live tracking and live results are available on the event website: http://www.sailsheboygan.org/BMC_2011.php

Day One Results are available here:
http://www.sailsheboygan.org/documents/Results/2011/BMC/BMC2011-RR-Scoring-230811-1700.pdf