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Update: 7:00 PM. Racing has finished for the day, with Flight 1 of the repechage completed, and 2 of 3 Flight 2 matches completed: Walker over Hansen and Mirsky over Iehl.

Today also saw the first day of competition of the Renaissance Reinsurance Junior Gold Cup. World class sailors from Bermuda and 16 other nations sailed three races today in the sound.

Full reports on both the Argo Group Gold Cup and the Renaissance Reinsurance Junior Gold Cup are coming soon.

Update 4:46 PM: Flight 7 of Group 2 completed. Viltoft over Lewin, Perry over Marinho, Ainslie over Hansen and Col over Minoprio. The final Group 1 makeup match from yesterday was also sailed, with Swinton over Mirsky.

The repechage is underway now with Hansen, Robertson, Walker, Iehl, Perry and Mirsky. There is probably not enough time to complete this tonight. The RenRe Junior Gold Cup began today with sailors from around the world sailing Optimists. in Great Sound with "very lumpy" conditions reported.

Reports for both the Argo Gold Cup and the RenRe Junior Gold Cup are forthcoming.

Update 3:00 PM: Flight 6 of Group 2 completed. Viltoft over Marinho, Perry over Lewin (Paula was black flagged, surely we have a record for Gold Cup black flags!), Ainslie over Minoprio, Hansen over Col. In the fifth match, makeup from Group 1 yesterday, Monin over Corbett.

Update 2:00 PM: Flight five for Group 2 completed. This was a five match flight, a makeup race between Monnin and Allem from Group 1 yesterday. Monnin has won that match.

Flight  5 Group 2 results: Minoprio over Hansen, Marinho over Lewin, Viltoft over Perry and Ainslie over Col.

Update 1:30 PM: Flight 7 completed, Enright over Wilson, Walker over Robertson, Berntsson over Rahm and Richard over Gilmour. UNOFFICIALLY... this puts Gilmour out of the Gold Cup, he will not sail the Repechage.

Update 12:37 PM: Flight 6 completed. Robertson over WIlson, Walker over Enright, Berntsson over Richard and Rahm over Gilmour (Gilmour was black flagged).

Update: 11:52 AM: Peter Gilmour has been blackflagged in his match against Johnnie Berntsson. Results for Group 3 Flight 5 are: Richard over Rahm, Robertson over Enright, Walker over Wilson, Berntsson over Gilmour. Flight 6 just getting underway.

Update: 11:40 AM -- Peter Gilmour has been given a Black Flag in his race against Johnie Berntsson. This is the fourth black flag for the Argo Group Gold Cup.

Update: 11:15 AM local time.
Very strong winds early in the day have settled down.

The sequence of racing today is as follows:
Flights 5,6,7 for Group 3, followed by Flights 5,6,7 in Group 2 and a 3 match flight for Group 1 to make up for missed matches in that group yesterday due to boat damage.

Group 3 flight 5 has just started, a strong front has passed through Hamilton Harbour and winds are now down to about 8 -10 knots from the northwest

Check the results page for updates throughout the day.

 
 

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