Trike & Libertas win 2023 Governor's Cup
NANNY CAY, VI- The 2023 Governor’s Cup took place on Sunday, April 30, 2023, with seven boats competing across two classes.
2023-05-04 17:49:33 - VI News Staff
Race 1 was started off Nanny Cay with a leg up the channel to round Deadchest to starboard and then finish in Deadman’s Bay. After a raft up for a lunch break and swim to cool off, race 2 took the fleets back the way they came, leaving Deadchest to port, reaching across to Hog Valley Green and then finishing off the Yacht Club balcony at the entrance to Road Harbour.
Libertas sneak past WannaB
The two monohulls, Libertas skippered by Kevin Wrigley and Alex England’s WannaB were away first and sailed a close race up to the final moments.
Leading around Deadchest and into the final leg, an unfortunate kite wrap for WannaB enabled Libertas to sneak past the and claim line honours by just 10 seconds.
Triple Jack on top!
In the multihull fleet, it was no surprise to see the largest of the five trimarans, Triple Jack, appear first around Deadchest, pop their kite and head down to the finish.
Hot on their heels were Trike and finishing just 2 and half minutes later was enough to take the race win on corrected time.
Third place in race 1 went to Gilbo Simpson and the Flying Pig team.