It was the final day of the USD $100,000 Open Match Racing World Championship in Sailing, the Bermuda Gold Cup. Taylor Canfield (USA) v Ian Williams (GBR). On the fifth day of competition, and after 14 other teams from around the world had been knocked out, two former champions went head to head for the world title and a $30,000 first place prize. The first to win 3 points would be the 2020 World Champion in a collision and penalty marred event in strong wind, clear sunshine and a spectacular setting...

The King Edward VII Gold Cup, awarded to the winner of the Bermuda Gold Cup, is the oldest trophy in the world for competition involving one-design yachts. First presented in 1907 by King Edward VII at the Tri-Centenary Regatta at Jamestown, Va., honoring the 300th anniversary of the first permanent colony in America, the trophy is the only King’s Cup ever to be offered for competition in the United States which could be won outright.

70th Bermuda Gold Cup/2020 Open Match Racing World Championship Final Standings
1. Taylor Canfield (31, Miami, USA) – Team Stars+Stripes, 13-7, $30,000
Crew: Mike Buckley, Victor Diaz de Leon, Mike Menninger, Eric Shampain
2. Ian Williams (43, Lymington, England) – Team GAC Pindar, 13-6, $15,000
Crew: Christian Kamp, Gerry Mitchell, Richard Sydenham
3. Phil Robertson (33, Auckland, New Zealand) – China One Ningbo, 13-5, $12,000
Crew: Bradley Farrand, Peter Nicholas, Johanna Thiringer, James Williamson
4. Jeppe Borch (23, Copenhagen, Denmark) – Borch Racing Team, 14-11, $11,000
Crew: August de la Cour, Seabastian Pieters, Nikolai Rasmussen