Who knew the 'Windy City' Chicago would give us such an awesome two days racing!

Today we finished the two day Grade 3 event here in Chicago run by the very impressively run Chicago Match Race Center.

The racing was in Tom 28 boats so we persuaded Maurice to leave his rib on the dock for a couple of days and come and join us racing and we also managed to recruit Morgan (a local) to join Annie, Kate and I.

We had fantastic conditions both days and some great racing against a mixture of American and other foreign teams.

The boats were great fun and a good change from Elliotts and as the racing went on we improved massively to end the regatta with a 2-0 win over Brad Funk's team in the finals!

Tomorrow we leave to big City to go back to the quiet town of Sheboygan ready for the Nations Cup starting on Wednesday.

We received a last minute invite to the Open division so we will be racing against the guys in the Sonars.

We'll be a tad light and short staffed with just the three of us so tomorrows practice will be an important one I feel!

Thanks to Annie, Kate and especially Maurice and Morgan for working their socks off the last couple of days!

We'll keep you updated on the Nations Cup.

Lucy x

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