Up to date: Apr 30, 2024 07:20 PM
The IOD fleet in motion competing within the Bermuda Worldwide Invitational Race Week regatta ({Photograph} provided)
Bermuda’s Patrick Cooper can be returning to the helm of the two-times defending champions on the Vrengen Gold Cup subsequent week.
The nationwide IOD champion handed the reins final 12 months to tactician Martin Siese, who efficiently defended the coveted showpiece to keep up the native group’s latest dominance within the annual crusing spectacle.
Siese and his crew gained each the A and B sequence on the best way to securing general honours, which they clinched when the ultimate two races within the B sequence had been cancelled as a result of robust winds.
Additionally flying the Bermuda flag on the 72nd Bermuda Worldwide Invitational Race Week regatta is Kelsey Durham who’s eager so as to add this title to a resumé that features victory in final 12 months’s Bermuda Keelboat Regatta
Cooper and Durham could have their work minimize out in opposition to a formidable racing fleet which additionally options previous IOD World Champion Steve Madeira, of the Northeast Harbor IOD fleet, who’s making his debut within the occasion this 12 months together with Tod Williams of the Fishers Island IOD fleet, Tre Jones of the Manhattan Yacht Membership in New York and Tom Hunter from the Marblehead IOD fleet.
The IOD fleet in motion competing within the Bermuda Worldwide Invitational Race Week regatta ({Photograph} provided)
Different helmsmen anticipated to be in competition for honours are a number of regatta winner Giles Peckham of the Cowes Daring fleet, who’s coming back from a protracted hiatus, and Courtenay Jenkins of the Gibson Island Yacht Membership in Maryland who completed second in final 12 months’s Bermuda Keelboat Regatta behind Durham.
Additionally returning to the occasion this 12 months are Paul Zupan of the San Francisco IOD fleet and Chris Gould of the Nantucket IOD fleet.
Swede Bjorn Wahlstrom, who has made a number of appearances within the regatta, and compatriot Hans Johansson, who’s president of the Swedish IOD fleet, are additionally amongst the12 worldwide groups being represented.
The IOD class is the one group taking part on this 12 months’s Bermuda Worldwide Invitational Race Week, which can be held within the Nice Sound from Could 6 to 10.