Silver Sails Racing - Samantha Osborne

"The Team"


Silver Sails Racing is a NZL Womens Match Racing Team who are aiming for Gold in the 2012 London Olympic Games. All the girls are members of the YNZ Olympic Development Squad, which is lead by yachting legends, Rod Davies, Graeme Sutherland and Laurie Jury. The team was officially christened in 2008 when a group of 7 kiwi girls embarked on their first international tour to compete in the Mayors Cup Championships in Long Beach, CA. To start what has continued to be an impressive sailing career the team finished 3rd place at this event. Since then Silver Sails Racing has gone on to claim top 5 finishes in numerous international and national events and are currently ranked 14th in the world. For more details on the teams success see below.

Place	Event	Crew	Grade	Location
2009
1st	Buddy Melges Challenge	Samantha Osborne (Helm) Jenna Hansen (Main) Raynor Smeal (Bow)	2	Sheboygan, USA
1st	MRX Winter Match Racing IV		5	Auckland, NZL
3rd	CompassCard Australian Women Match Racing National Championships	Samantha Osborne (Helm) Jenna Hansen (Main) Raynor Smeal (Bow)	3	Sydney, AUS
4th	New Zealand Womens Match Racing National Championship	Samantha Osborne (Helm) Jenna Hansen (Main) Carla Holgate (Trim) Raynor Smeal (Bow)	3	Auckland, NZL
5th	Rolex Osprey Cup	Samantha Osborne (Helm) Jenna Hansen (Main) Genoa Griffin-Fedyzen (Trim) Raynor Smeal (Bow)	1	St Petersberg, USA
5th	CYCA Women's Harken Match Racing Championship	Samantha Osborne (Helm) Jenna Hansen (Main) Raynor Smeal (Bow) Susannah Pyatt (Bow)	2	Sydney, AUS
10th	NZ Telecom Open Match Racing National Championships	Samantha Osborne (Helm) Raynor Smeal (Bow) Geoff Woolley (Trim) Ross Masters (Pit) Shaun Grigg (Bow)	3 (open)	Auckland, NZL

2008
3rd	Mayors Cup		2	Longbeach, CA, USA
5th	Keiler Wocher		2	Keil, GER
5th	Rolex Osprey Cup		1	St. Petersburg, FL, USA
8th	Yamamay Cup		1	Rivey Del Garda, ITA

2007
4th	NZ Womens Match Racing Nationals		3	Auckland, NZL
6th	CYCA Womens Harken Match Racing Championship		2	Sydney, AUS