Lysekil Women’s Match Semi-Finals

Lysekil, Sweden (August 9, 2013) – Friday’s races on the Swedish west coast waters of Lysekil offered excellent conditions for the sailors as well as for the large crowds on the cliffs, packed with prestart dramas, wild gybes, luffing duels and other breath-taking manoeuvres. British Lucy Macgregor is facing local hope Anna Kjellberg in their semi, with Danish Camilla Ulrikkeholm against Claire Leroy, France, in the other one. All of them scored 5 – 2 in the quarter final round-robin, and both semi finals are now tied 1 – 1, numbers that really demonstrates how extremely tight the match racing is at this level. – Read on