0920 hours: The first day of racing at the 68th Argo Group Gold Cup is set to get underway with the first attention signal scheduled for 1000 hours (ADT). The Bermuda Weather Service is forecasting southerly winds of 12 to 18 knots, backing to the south/southeast as the day wanes. The race committee hopes to complete at least seven flights of the round robin.
Check back here on the website and the Argo Group Gold Cup Facebook page for regular updates throughout the day.
Flight 1
Marek Stanczyk vs. Sam Gilmour
Ettore Botticini vs. Lucy MacGregor
Torvar Mirksy vs. Nicklas Dackhammar
Johnie Berntsson vs. Chris Poole
Flight 2
MacGregor vs. Mirsky
Taylor Canfield vs. Berntsson
Joachim Aschenbrenner vs. Dackhammar
Botticini vs. Charlie Lalumiere
Flight 3
Berntsson vs. Stanczyk
Lalumiere vs. Mirsky
Aschenbrenner vs. Botticini
Canfield vs. Poole
Flight 4
MacGregor vs. Aschenbrenner
Berntsson vs. Gilmour
Dackhammar vs. Lalumiere
Mirsky vs. Botticini
Flight 5
Stanczyk vs. Canfield
Dackhammar vs. MacGregor
Poole vs. Gilmour
Lalumiere vs. Aschenbrenner
Flight 6
MacGregor vs. Lalumiere
Poole vs. Stanczyk
Gilmour vs. Canfield
Aschenbrenner vs. Mirsky
Flight 7
Lalumiere vs. Poole
Berntsson vs. Aschenbrenner
Dackhammar vs. Botticini
Canfield vs. MacGregor
Flight 8
Poole vs. Dackhammar
Canfield vs. Lalumiere
Aschenbrenner vs. Gilmour
Stanczyk vs. MacGregor
Flight 9
Canfield vs. Aschenbrenner
Gilmour vs. MacGregor
Berntsson vs. Mirsky
Botticini vs. Poole
Flight 10
Lalumiere vs. Stanczyk
Botticini vs. Berntsson
MacGregor vs. Poole
Dackhammar vs. Canfield
Flight 11
Stanczyk vs. Botticini
Gilmour vs. Lalumiere
Mirsky vs. Canfield
Dackhammar vs. Berntsson
Flight 12
MacGregor vs. Berntsson
Aschenbrenner vs. Stanczyk
Gilmour vs. Botticini
Poole vs. Mirsky
Flight 13
Lalumiere vs. Berntsson
Poole vs. Aschenbrenner
Mirsky vs. Stanczyk
Gilmour vs. Dackhammar
Flight 14
Mirsky vs. Gilmour
Stanczyk vs. Dackhammar
Botticini vs. Canfield
ARGO GROUP GOLD CUP ENTRY LIST (Subject to change)
Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN, World No. 38, 2nd Gold Cup appearance)
Crew: Ian Coleman, Will Mackenzie, Rob Scrivenor
Johnie Berntsson (SWE, World No. 154, Gold Cup champion 2008, ’14, 9th Gold Cup appearance)
Crew: Oscar Angervall (trimmer), Björn Lundgren (main trim), Robert Skarp (bow/tactics)
Ettore Botticini (ITA, World No. 7, 1st Gold Cup appearance)
Crew: Simone Busonero, Andrea Fornaro, Lorenzo Gennari
Taylor Canfield (USA, World No. 6, Gold Cup champion 2012, 6th Gold Cup appearance)
Crew: Mike Buckley, Victor Diaz de Leon, George Peet, Erik Shampain
Nicklas Dackhammar (SWE, World No. 17, 1st Gold Cup appearance)
Crew: Olof Lundgren, Eric Malmberg, Jakob Wilson
Sam Gilmour (AUS, World No. 20, 1st Gold Cup appearance)
Crew: Adam Negri, Keith Swinton, Pat Voss
Charlie Lalumiere (USA, World No. 238, 1st Gold Cup appearance)
Crew: Scott Ewing, Bleddon Mon, Ian Storck
Lucy MacGregor (GBR, Women’s World No. 18, 2nd Gold Cup appearance)
Crew: Bethan Cardin, Hannah Diamond, Annie Lush, Kate MacGregor
Torvar Mirsky (AUS, World No. 27, Gold Cup champion 2011, 4th Gold Cup appearance)
Crew: Lachy Gilmour (tactics), Cameron Seagreen (trimmer), Graeme Spence (bow)
Chris Poole (USA, World No. 54, 4th Gold Cup appearance)
Crew: Brian McMarton, Trent Turigliatto, Ryan Zupon
Marek Stanczyk (POL, World No. 22, 2nd Gold Cup appearance)
Crew: Stefaniuk Jedrzej, Jakob Pawluk, Michal Szmul