Day 1 Fleet Racing - RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup

Competition could not have been closer for the opening fleet races of the RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup. The only consistent aspect of the day was the balmy 30°C temperature, with the wind speed having a far greater range than forecast, with two squalls passing through each bringing winds of up to 20 knots (and some rain) followed by 5 knots or less after. Similarly each of the four races had a different winner with Torbjörn Törnqvist's Artemis Racing coming out on top, with no score lower than fourth in the nine boat fleet, leaving the Swedish team two points ahead of the present fleet racing overall leader, Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika. This is the first of four days of fleet racing in the British Virgin islandsI at the end of which the RC44 Fleet Racing Champion will be crowned.