Day 2 of racing at the 68th Argo Group Gold Cup could well be a carbon copy of Day 1. The Bermuda Weather Service is forecasting south/southeasterly winds of 12 to 18 knots, which should provide plenty of horsepower for another action-packed day.
Principal Race Officer David Campbell-James’s first order of the day is to complete the Round Robin. Only five flights remain to determine the top four crews who advance to the quarterfinals. Currently that group is led by skippers Taylor Canfield (6-0), Joachim Aschenbrenner (6-2), Johnie Berntsson (5-1) and Lucy MacGregor (5-3).
Once the round robin is complete Campbell-James will begin the Repechage Round for the seven crews who don’t finish in the top four. The hope is to complete up to three flights of the repechage.
The Round Robin will conclude with the following matches.
Flight 10
Charlie Lalumiere vs. Marek Stanczyk
Ettore Botticini vs. Johnie Berntsson
Lucy MacGregor vs. Chris Poole
Nicklas Dackhammar vs. Taylor Canfield
Flight 11
Stanczyk vs. Botticini
Sam Gilmour vs. Lalumiere
Torvar Mirsky vs. Canfield
Dackhammar vs. Berntsson
Flight 12
Canfield vs. Lalumiere
Joachim 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
MacGregor vs. Berntsson
The Repechage Round pairings will be posted when available. Check back here on the website and the Argo Group Gold Cup Facebook page for regular updates throughout the day.
The Argo Group Gold Cup is sponsored by the Argo Group, an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products in areas of the property and casualty market. Additional sponsors include the Bermuda Tourism Authority, Bacardi, Guy Carpenter, RenaissanceRe and Aon Benfield.
ARGO GROUP GOLD CUP STANDINGS (After 7 of 14 flights in round robin)
1. Taylor Canfield (Miami, Florida, USA) - 6-0
Crew: Mike Buckley, Victor Diaz de Leon, George Peet, Erik Shampain
2. Joachim Aschenbrenner (Fredensborg, Denmark) - 6-2
Crew: Ian Coleman, Will Mackenzie, Rob Scrivenor
3. Johnie Berntsson (Stennungsund, Sweden) - 5-1
Crew: Oscar Angervall (trimmer), Björn Lundgren (main trim), Robert Skarp (bow/tactics)
4. Lucy MacGregor (Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom) - 5-3
Crew: Bethan Cardin, Hannah Diamond, Annie Lush, Kate MacGregor
5. Nicklas Dackhammar (Gothenburg, Sweden) - 4-2
Crew: Olof Lundgren, Eric Malmberg, Jakob Wilson
6. Charlie Lalumiere (New York, NY, USA) - 3-3
Crew: Scott Ewing, Bleddon Mon, Ian Storck
7. Torvar Mirsky (Perth, Western Australia) - 2-4
Crew: Lachy Gilmour (tactics), Cameron Seagreen (trimmer), Graeme Spence (bow)
8. Sam Gilmour (Perth, Western Australia) - 2-4, 1.5 points (penalized .5 points for collision)
Crew: Adam Negri, Keith Swinton, Pat Voss
9. Ettore Botticini (Porto Santo Stefano, Italy) - 1-5
Crew: Simone Busonero, Andrea Fornaro, Lorenzo Gennari
10. Chris Poole (Falmouth, Maine, USA) - 1-6
Crew: Brian McMarton, Trent Turigliatto, Ryan Zupon
11. Marek Stanczyk (Gizycko, Poland) - 0-5
Crew: Stefaniuk Jedrzej, Jakob Pawluk, Michal Szmul