After a full day of round-robin racing, Bermuda's Blythe Walker and his team stand at 1-1 in an elimination series from which only two teams out of six will advance to the quarter-finals of the Argo Group Gold Cup.

Walker enjoyed a fruitful day on the waters of Hamilton Harbour as he completed the round-robin stage of the regatta with a 3-4 record, catapulting him into the 'repechage' round which consists of five races.

Racing was halted late afternoon yesterday after the teams had completed two out of their five races and with Walker winning one and losing another, his hopes were still alive.

"It is coming together for us and we are pumped up now," Walker said. "We are sailing well and we just have to get good starts tomorrow."

The Bermudian needs to win three out of three in the elimination series in order to move into the quarter-finals later today.

"It's pretty much do or die," he said. "I think we need to avoid any mistakes and play this game well."

Walker and his crew of Adam Barboza, Somers Kempe, and Will Thompson raced consistently throughout the day with only one penalty and very few errors and many consider him one of the best International One Design sailors on the course.

His father, Jordy Walker, is a former Gold Cup winner and Blythe has been sailing in IODs all of his life.

In sailing, consistency is key and the Bermuda team have been performing at a professional level that has kept them very much in the hunt over the past two days.

In the last race yesterday, against Swedish sailor Bjorn Hansen, Walker did a superb job covering his opponent at every tack – a key in match racing.

Hansen tried every option he could to pass but the Bermudian was able to anticipate his every move.

In his first outing in the final rounds, Walker beat French sailor Damien Iehl at the start and was in the lead until the first upwind leg.

Iehl gained the lead at the top mark but in a come-from-behind move, Walker, who sails well under spinnaker, closed the gap on the French team but couldn't quite do enough.

During the final round-robins earlier in the day, Walker won all three matches, beating Americans Don Wilson and Charlie Enright and New Zealand newcomer Phil Robertson.

Walker sailed decisively but during the second leg he incurred a penalty. However, after completing a penalty turn just after crossing the finish line he clinched the win to earn his right to move into the repechage.

Fellow Bermudian Paula Lewin saw her Gold Cup hopes dashed yesterday afternoon as she lost all of her matches, finishing with a 0-7 record.

Lewin and her team's most disappointing match came during their second race when they were leading American Dave Perry around the windward mark when they were penalised as they tried to cross their opponent.

"I felt that Dave may have hunted us down but the umpire felt that Dave had what is called luffing rights over us. Unfortunately, that gave us a penalty with very limited time to correct it with the required penalty turn. We were late in making the turn and given a black flag – or a disqualification."

In her final race, Lewin raced against Rasmus Vitloft where she started out strongly but was unable to break her losing streak.

"I think we would have done a lot better if we had more time to train and practise together," said Peta Lewin, Paula's sister.

"I have been away in the UK for the past six months so it has been hard. The more time we have spent together the better we have raced as a team. I feel like today we were just getting into our groove."

Lewin Crews added: "This is a privilege to race at this level and it is something to be proud of sailing with the best in the field."