Puerto Rico’s Gianmarco Piovanetti and American Minx Anthony topped the fleets after the opening day of the RenaissanceRe Junior Gold Cup on Wednesday.
Piovanetti was the most consistent male sailor as he posted a 6-3-1-3 record to seize the overall lead of the regatta. Switzerland’s Edward Hirsch sits two points adrift in second followed by Anthony a farther point back in third.
Bermuda champion Miguel Power and Nina Gotfredsen top the local fleets in fifth and 15th respectively after the opening four races of the 13-race series
Dede Cooper, the regatta chair, summed up the first day as a success.
‘“It was a great first day. Winds were shifty and 16-18 knots in choppy seas,“ she said.
