Governor's Cup: Gov Cup's Second Day included some good wind

RNZYS boys lead with no losses so far


RNZYS girls leading the boys in match racing for the Governor's Cup. Image copyright Mary Longpre/Longpre Photos.

by Nancy Mellon

On Thursday, July 16, the Gov Cup teams were delighted to find that strong winds appeared as they prepared the boats to go out to race. Quite an improvement for serious racers! At the start of racing, the wind was blowing at twelve knots which is great for the Gov Cup 21 boats. It gusted to 16, but faded to about 10 as the day went on.

The Governor's Cup is an ISAF Grade 3 match race series that features a double round robin format providing that each team will sail against each other team twice. On the first day, six flights of eleven races each had been held. Five flights would need to be completed on the second day to complete the second round robin.

As of the end of the second day, only Royal New Zealand's Men's team remained undefeated. Also from RNZYS, the first all girl team to race in the Gov Cup won two out of their ten races.

Of the two local teams, Newport Harbor Yacht Club has won seven and lost three while Balboa Yacht Club has won five of ten. Royal Yachting Association and King Harbor are also five and five. Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has won three out of ten. The Long Beach Yacht Club team enjoyed the stronger winds and won three races to day.

With one more flight to go in the first round robin, the results for day 2 are as follows:
Yacht Club/Wins-Losses/Spinnaker Stripe Color
Balboa Yacht Club 5-5 Aqua
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia 7-3 Red/yellow
King Harbor Yacht Club 5-5 Blue
Long Beach Yacht Club 3-7 Yellow/green
Mission Bay Yacht Club 6-4 Red/blue
Newport Harbor Yacht Club 7-3 Green
Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club 3-7 Pink
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 10-0 Black
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron(girls) 2-8 Red
Royal Yachting Association 5-5 Light yellow
San Francisco Yacht Club 3-7 Grey
Southern Yacht Club 4-6 Light grey

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