2023 RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup
The RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup regatta returns after a three-year hiatus due to a break during Covid.
Started in 2002 the RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup invitational regatta invites some of the best Optimist sailors in their country to come to Bermuda and sail against the Bermudians.
The 19th edition of the regatta will be held at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club October 3-7, 2023, with invitations to 14 sailors from 14 different countries. Dede Cooper, Regatta Chair, says she is thrilled to see this regatta return to the Bermuda sailing calendar.
Expected on the start line will be sailors from Antigua, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA. Six of the sailors are female. They will be joined by 26 of Bermuda’s best youth sailors.
18th RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup Postponed
Social distancing and global travel restrictions conspire against youth regatta
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Aug. 3, 2020) – With great regret the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club announces that the 18th annual RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup has been postponed to 2021 due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
First held in 2002, the RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup brings together male and female sailors aged 12 to 15 from around the world for a multi-race series in the Optimist dinghy. The regatta was founded as a means to give Bermuda’s youth sailors a taste of international competition, and it has proven valuable in forging lasting friendships as the international sailors are housed with Bermudians.
Given the importance of social distancing in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and the various travel restrictions that are in place around the world, the decision was made to forgo this year’s event. The obstacles proved too challenging to warrant inviting 15 to 20 teenagers to Bermuda given the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic.
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