Experience Rules Day 1 at 71st Bermuda Gold Cup
Tales of missed opportunities and a 'cougar on the boat' on a light and shifty day
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Oct. 3, 2023) - Day 1 of the 71st Bermuda Gold Cup is in the books with veterans Eric Monnin and his Capvis Swiss Match Racing Team and Johnie Berntsson's eponymous crew from Sweden leading their respective groups.
The race committee, led by Principal Race Officer David Campbell-James, reeled off four flights each for Group 1 and 2 for a total of 32 races in light and shifty conditions. The wind direction ranged between 350 degrees and 060 degrees, and the strength mostly ranged between 6 to 9 knots but built slightly stronger for the final races of Group 2 later in the afternoon.
"We didn't have a race where we didn't shift positions, except for the one against Harry (Price), where he had a good start and led us all the way," said the 47-year-old Monnin, who's racing the Bermuda Gold Cup for the 14th time.
Monnin leads Group 1 with a 3-1 record after posting wins over Taylor Canfield's (USA) Stars+Stripes USA, Nick Egnot-Johnson's (NZL) KNOTS Racing and Chris Poole's (USA) Rip Tide Racing. His race against Canfield, the event's reigning champion, was emblematic of many of today's races - a back-and-forth affair that came down to the run to the finish.
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