The honours on Day 1 of the Swan European Regatta went to Sir Peter Ogden and his crew on board Spirit of Jethou (GBR). After narrowly failing to pull off an audacious port tack start in the first race, the British Swan 601 recovered to win the race and followed up with a victory in the second race of the day.
In the Swan 45 Gold Cup, the American entries thrived on Independence Day.
Alex Roepers Plenty (USA) tops the leaderboard with two second places, with William Douglas's Goombay Smash (USA) in third. In second place, nestled in between the boats from the USA is Glynn Williams' British entry WISC.
In Class B of the Swan European Regatta, Don Wood's aptly named Le Quatre Juillet (IRL) spent the day dueling with Richard Balding's Philippides 2 (GBR). Both of the Swan 41's from Lymington have a first and a second, to end the day on three points.
Provisional Results
Class A
1. Spirit Of Jethou, Swan 601, Sir Peter Ogden Gbr 1,1- 2 Points
2. Akarana, Swan 46, Graham & Libby Deegan Gbr 2,3 - 5 Points
3. Desperado, Swan 65, Richard Loftus Gbr 4,2 - 6 Points
Class B
1. Philippides 2, R Balding, Gbr 1,2 - 3 Points
2. Le Quatre Juillet, Don Wood, Irl 2,1 - 3 Points
3. Selene, Mark Jephcott, Gbr 3,3 - 6 Points
Swan 45 Gold Cup
1. Plenty, Alex Roepers Usa 2,2 - 4 Points
2. Wisc, Glynn Williams Gbr 4,1 - 5 Points
3. Goombay Smash, William Douglass Usa 3,8 - 11 Points
