Invitational Race Week Day Four Summary
After three days of racing, the International One Design [IOD] Fleet have now completed eight of their scheduled ten race series for the Vrengen Gold Cup at this year’s Bermuda International Invitational Race Week.
Race Officer Tom Clarke has loaded the front end of the regatta with a maximum number of races due to the light wind forecast of Thursday. Wednesday is a scheduled ‘spare day’ for the regatta and Thursday’s forecast is currently calling for variable winds.
The current provisional standings for the overall series has Chester, Nova Scotia’s Peter Wickwire in first place[14 points], clear ahead of second place Mark Wincer from Haven Ports YC, UK [26 points] and Bermuda’s own Patrick Cooper [31 points].
There is a protest hearing for race 8 between Nantucket and San Francisco – the outcome of which was not available at this time. Scores will be modified accordingly.
The A series has been completed [first 5 races] and the final results are: Chester fleet [Wickwire], Haven Point Yacht Club [Wincer] and San Francisco Fleet [Zuppan] at first, second, third respectively.
Series B has two races completed of five – Bermuda’s Patrick Cooper is the current leader with Norway Martin Rygh and Canada’s Peter Wickwire trailing behind.
Racing is scheduled to continue on Thursday May 2 at 11:55 in the Great Sound and concludes Friday May 3, 2019. Full results and notices, including protest hearings can be found here. Bacardi, local distributor Bermuda Premium Spirits Limited, and Bermuda Tourism Authority are sponsors of this event.
IOD Series A [PDF here]
IOD Series B [PDF here]
IOD Overall [PDF here]
