Traditionally when the boats are close together on the racecourse and at the finish, that’s mirrored in the overall standings. But that wasn’t the case in the 2024 Women’s Championship. While the New York Yacht Club team, skippered by Hannah Swett, won seven of the 13 races in the regatta and won the regatta by a very healthy margin, there was rarely a a lot of daylight between it and the competition.
Swett’s team started Day 3 of the regatta with a 31-point lead. But with the fleet tightly compressed all the way around the course, nothing could be taken for granted.
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