Kickoff for the ladies match

A sailing marathon took place on Sunday on Hamilton harbor during The Virtual Spectator ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship where 12 teams from seven nations completed 36 races in a round robin elimination series that will ultimately decide this year’s 2005 ISAF Women’s Match Racing champion. American veteran Betsy Alison came out of the first day undefeated.

- We had a lot of confidence going into the racing today and our experience in keeping the boat flat upwind was crucial. We are fortunate in that we know and sail the J24s well but we also had excellent crew work today, Alison commented after the hard slog in over 20 knots was over.