Bermuda line-up for match racing tour

The best match racing sailors will at the 73rd Bermuda Gold Cup on October 21-26, the penultimate event of the 2025 World Match Racing Tour championship season. The top-five ranked sailors in the world will be among the eight skippers competing in IODs for the prestige King Edward VII Gold Cup, the oldest match racing trophy, on Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda.

Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson, the world no.3, may be behind American Chris Poole and Eric Monnin, from Switzerland, in the match racing rankings but he bows to nobody in Bermuda. In 2024, the Swedish skipper won the event for the second year in a row, and for the fourth time overall, after beating Monnin 2-1.

“Bermuda is always one of our favorite events on the World Match Racing Tour and for us it’s one of the greatest places on the planet to race in,” Berntsson said. “We’ve made many friends over the years and love the hospitality culture that seems to reside in the genes of all Bermudians.” – Full report