The women's match racing crew will hope they have set the tone for the rest of the New Zealand contingent at the ISAF sailing world championships in Perth, after three wins from four races on the opening day of the event yesterday.
The world championships are the biggest event on
the sailing calendar this year and double as the Olympic qualifiers, with 75 per cent of the country qualifications for London decided at this regatta.
Competition started with the women's match racing yesterday and goes through to December 18. The men's 470, women's RS:X, Finn, and Radial fleets start racing tomorrow (Monday).
The New Zealand crew of Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen and Susannah Pyatt made a good start to their campaign, beating Argentina, China and Canada. They were beaten by Finland, who won this year's Olympic test event in Weymouth.
"Today was a decent day but it is still so early," said Caroline Brisebois, who is providing support to the match racing crew. "There are 10 more races for these girls in the first round robin.
