Sunday’s victory by Artemis Racing to bring to a climax the first round of America’s Cup races in Bermuda waters was a special moment for Matthew Barzun, the visiting American ambassador to Britain.

“I was around Swedes, British people and Americans,” the former ambassador to Sweden said of the Swedish contingent’s celebrations. “I had connections to at least half.”

Mr Barzun has held his latest position since it was confirmed by the US Senate in August 2013.

His latest trip to Bermuda, his sixth, was Mr Barzun’s first on official business.

His area of responsibility has been reconfigured to cover US consulates in London, Edinburgh, Belfast and Bermuda, which keep in regular touch.

“I wanted to meet the team,” he said. “There’s no face-to-face meeting; everything is virtual these days. Face-to-face counts.”

Aside from meeting the Bermuda staff, now in their sixth week under the leadership of Mary Ellen Koenig, the new US Consul General, Mr Barzun spoke with Michael Dunkley, the Premier, and government ministers, and held a workshop with CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley Institute students.

Enclosed by his four-day trip, which ended with Mr Barzun’s departure, the races and festivities of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda were a chance for the Island to “show the world its generosity, hospitality, vibrancy and diversity — all coming together in a really powerful way”.

He added: “Bermuda is a jewel. It has so many different facets. You turn a corner and see a whole different side.”