Black Sheep Racing with the York Cup. Supplied image.
by Reuben Corbett
Black Sheep have begun their North American tour starting with a road trip from New York to Toronto, Canada. The team has a series of regattas including the York Cup, Chicago Match Cup, Detroit Cup and then back to New York for the Knickerbocker Cup.
Black Sheep Racing proved the goods in Toronto, Canada where we won the York Cup.
After a poor start to the regatta, the team gradually came together throughout the event to qualify for the semis in second place. We then won the semi final 2-0 before taking out the final 3-1 against Peter Wickwire.
Black Sheep Racing on tour in North America. Supplied image.
The aim of this event was to hone the teams skills prior to the Chicago Match Cup held August 13th-15th as Andrew Clouston has joined the team for the next set of regattas. With Andrew doing his maiden regatta on the bow and Tom doing main for the first time in a long while we were all a little out of our comfort zone but it came together in the end.
We also continue our rise up the rankings, the latest of which includes our second placing at the Manu Minard Trophy in France. We moved up seven places to 18th.
We would like to thank the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, friends and family for their support. Thank you!
Black Sheep Racing is Tom Bentham, Andrew Clouston, Brad Farrand and Reuben Corbett.
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