{"id":2223,"date":"2020-11-10T17:26:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T17:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2020-11-13T03:22:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T03:22:37","slug":"team-starsstripes-wins-bermuda-gold-cup-open-match-racing-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/10\/team-starsstripes-wins-bermuda-gold-cup-open-match-racing-world-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Stars+Stripes wins Bermuda Gold Cup, Open Match Racing World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have Skipper Taylor Canfield on the show today to share with us the Team Stars+Stripes win at the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MG_5235.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2231\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MG_5235.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MG_5235.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MG_5235.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory was Canfield\u2019s third at the Bermuda Gold Cup and second Open Match Racing World Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/477805336\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can\u2019t thank my team enough,\u201d Canfield said. \u201cI put us in a lot of tough spots this week and they got us out of almost every one of them. We\u2019re excited to be out racing again, and to come away with a win is unbelievable. We\u2019re thrilled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canfield and crew won $30,000 from the $100,000 prize purse. His crew includes Mike Buckley, Victor Diaz de Leon, Mike Menninger and Eric Shampain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/060-ARGO-SPONCON-7944-Gold-Cup-Fun-Facts-HEADER-IMAGE-1200X675.png?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2187\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/060-ARGO-SPONCON-7944-Gold-Cup-Fun-Facts-HEADER-IMAGE-1200X675.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/060-ARGO-SPONCON-7944-Gold-Cup-Fun-Facts-HEADER-IMAGE-1200X675.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/060-ARGO-SPONCON-7944-Gold-Cup-Fun-Facts-HEADER-IMAGE-1200X675.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/060-ARGO-SPONCON-7944-Gold-Cup-Fun-Facts-HEADER-IMAGE-1200X675.png?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judges call that made a difference in the 2nd match -starboard over port wins everytime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-02-at-8.59.48-PM.png?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2177\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-02-at-8.59.48-PM.png?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-02-at-8.59.48-PM.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-02-at-8.59.48-PM.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-02-at-8.59.48-PM.png?resize=1536%2C1023&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-02-at-8.59.48-PM.png?w=1594&amp;ssl=1 1594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(Video) Sail Sport Talk Video Spotlight: Taylor Canfield and Ian Williams in 70th Gold Cup in Bermuda 2020\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/475299562?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"480\" height=\"272\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarded as the best American match racer in decades, Taylor Canfield has dominated the sport of sailing since exploding onto the scene in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He first rose to prominence in Optimist dinghy out of the St. Thomas Yacht Club before becoming an All-American at Boston College. While with the Eagles, he was the 2010 ICSA Coed Fleet Race National Champion and earned a second-place finish in the team race championship that same year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following his amateur career, Canfield quickly established himself on the World Match Racing Tour where he became world champion in 2013. He went on to win four Congressional Cups, in addition to two Argo Group Gold Cups, and won the 2015 M32 Scandinavian Series.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Virgin Islands native has been ranked as the top match racer in the world three times and has won a grand total of 14 World Match Race Tour events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is a co-founder and member of the Long Beach Yacht Club\u2019s Stars &amp; Stripes Team USA that was challenging for the 2021 America\u2019s Cup in Auckland, New Zealand.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarded as the best American match racer in decades, Taylor Canfield joined the United States SailGP Team just weeks before the inaugural event in Sydney Harbour. Given his world-class experience and competitiveness, helmsman Rome Kirby thought he would be the perfect fit for the up-and-coming American crew and he played an integral role during Season 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canfield currently lives in Miami, FL and enjoys kiteboarding when he\u2019s not sailing. Outside of sports, he\u2019s an avid ACDC fan and can usually be seen sporting one of the many hats in his impressive collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sailing term: What is luffing in yachting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To slow a\u00a0<strong>boat<\/strong>\u00a0down or to take the pressure out of the\u00a0<strong>sails<\/strong>\u00a0to allow the crew to\u00a0<strong>haul<\/strong>\u00a0in sheets. The sails will flap temporarily.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have Skipper Taylor Canfield on the show today to share with us the Team Stars+Stripes win at the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship. The victory was Canfield\u2019s third at the Bermuda Gold Cup and second Open Match Racing World Championship. \u201cI can\u2019t thank my team enough,\u201d Canfield said. \u201cI put us in a lot of tough spots this week and they got us out of almost every one of them. We\u2019re excited to be out racing again, and to come away with a win is unbelievable. We\u2019re thrilled.\u201d Canfield and crew won $30,000&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,181,3],"tags":[340,314,345,337,343,341,334,336,346,342,61,338,339,333,344],"class_list":["post-2223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-long-beach-yacht-club","category-recognitions","category-the_show","tag-acdc","tag-bermuda","tag-bermuda-gold-cup","tag-eric-shampain","tag-match-racer","tag-miam","tag-mike-buckley","tag-mike-menninger","tag-open-match-racing-world-championship","tag-sailgp","tag-taylor-canfield","tag-team-starsstripes","tag-u-s-virgin-islands","tag-victor-diaz-de-leon","tag-world-match-racing-tour"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-10-at-9.09.19-AM.png?fit=1146%2C510&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2243,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions\/2243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}