Lionheart came roaring back on day two of the offshore America’s Cup Superyacht Regatta yesterday.

The J Class entry thrived in perfect racing conditions to bounce back from a disappointing start to their campaign 24 hours earlier.

Lionheart’s crew got their tactics spot-on, making the best choice from a challenging downwind start and leaving the fleet trailing in their wake all the way around the racecourse.

Ranger, whose crew includes tactician Brad Butterworth, a four-times America’s Cup winner, leads the J Class division by a one-point margin heading into today’s final day of racing off the East End of the island.

“It will be all on for the final day,” said Bouwe Bekking, Lionheart’s tactician and seven-times round-the-world racer.

The six-strong J Class racing fleet, which includes the newest J Class yacht Svea, is the most competitive ever assembled for this historic class, which raced in the America’s Cup in the early 1930s.

Yesterday’s westerly breezes ranged between ten and 13 knots off St George’s and produced excellent racing for the 14 superyachts racing in three divisions.

Sojana, the 115-foot Farr ketch of Sir Peter Harrison, backer of Britain’s 2003 GBR Challenge America’s Cup programme, won Class B with French ocean racing legend Loïck Peyron on the helm.

In Class A, Lord Irvine Laidlaw’s Highland Fling, a Frers-designed Nautor Swan 115, scored their first win, while in Class C it was the pretty spirit of the traditional style yawl Bequia, which won the regatta’s seven-strong fleet.

All racing is taking place north, east and south off St George’s. The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is hosting the regatta in conjunction with Boat International Media and the America’s Cup Event Authority.