2015 Argo Group Gold Cup – Quarter final action + Video
by Adventures of a Sailor Girl/Nic Douglass on 11 Oct 2015
Adventures of a Sailor Girl is now in Bermuda for the Argo Group Gold Cup and America's cup World Series. Here's her report from the Bermudan leg of the World Match Racing Tour.
The Sailor Girl is Nic Douglass, a Sydney based sailor and sailing commentator.
We are now down to the Semi-Finalists for the World Match Racing Tour's Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda after a very tricky day on the water.
US One Sailing Team defeated 36 Below Racing skippered by Chris Steele 3-0, Hansen Sailing Team defeated Team SailBox and skipper Monnin 3-1, with the matches between WAKA Racing and BlackMatch as well as GAC Pindar and BlackSwanRacing going to 2-2 for a deciding match. Adam Minoprio of BlackMatch went on to defeat Phil Robertson and WAKA Racing, and current five time World Champion Ian Williams and GAC Pindar went down to Keith Swinton and BlackSwanRacing.
Undefeated US One Sailing Team had first pick for the Semis; Taylor Canfield chose second ranked Black Match helmed by prior multiple World Champ Adam Minoprio (back for a guest entry after two years away from the Tour) leaving Bjorn Hansen of Hansen Sailing Team to face BlackSwanRacing skippered by Keith Swinton. The finals will follow, as will another video with all of the action.
The video below includes interviews before and after the Quarter Final with a little bit of dock departure footage in the light airs today.
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