The first heat of the first race got off to a clean start at the first attempt. 5 times world champion, Robert Scheidt from Brazil worked the left hand side of the first windward leg before taking a small a shift to cross the fleet and lead at the first mark.  In strong winds conditions there are not many who can live with the double Olympic medallist and he extended his lead throughout the race to take the winning gun.

In the second race Australian Brendan was first to show with Scheidt back in 6th having been to far to the left of a backing wind.  Scheidt slowly pulled through the fleet with Casey always looking over his shoulder.  Casey said `Robert was going fast and I had to work hard to keep him behind me.  On the second upwind the wind had shifted 25 degrees to the right.  Robert stood on more than I did on starboard tack which kept him behind me.`  After the race Scheidt said I was pleased with my day.  I had speed and felt physically good.  It has given me a lot of confidence after my poor result yesterday.`

The best results of the day went to Ed Wright from Great Britain who scored 2 first places ahead of the Finn, Fredrik Westman.   Their's was a race of contrasting skills.  Westman, the tallest sailor in the fleet, had awesome speed upwind whilst Wright was as fast again downwind in the winds that had built to 25 knots plus as the sea breeze built on the gradient.

Two more races are scheduled for Saturday.

Provisional overall results after 3 races:

Seq        Sailno  Name                        Scores   1   2   3
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   1 GBR    176056  Edward Wright                  4.0   2   1   1
   2 AUS    176059  Brendan Casey                  8.0   3   4   1
   3 RSA    176101  Gareth Blanckenberg           10.0   1   5   4
   4 FIN    176027  Fredrik Westman               16.0  12   2   2
   5 BRA    176015  Robert Scheidt                18.0  15   1   2
   6 SWE    176012  Peter Santen                  19.0   6   8   5
   7 SWE    176013  Karl Suneson                  20.0   8   2  10
   8 GBR    176050  Mark Howard                   23.0  12   3   8
   9 SLO    176138  Vasilij Zbogar                23.0   5   8  10
  10 GBR    176061  Paul Goodison                 30.0   8   3  19

Source: Laser International