A 12-15 kn Gradient wind from the South welcomed the competitors for the first raes of the Trofeo Princesa Sofia already early in the morning. The normal thermal breeze filled in in addition during the afternoon to up to 20 kn. Although some top teams were missing, a record number of boat exceeding 800 is attending this year's Trofeo.
Same situation as usual in the 470 men with the favorite teams Belcher/Ryan AUS nd McNay/Hughes USA on top with two race wins in their Groups. Dahlberg/Bergström SWE and Panagiotis/Mantis GRE follow 3 points behind on the ranks 3 and 4. Seabright/Carpenter GBR, Mrak/Macarol SLO and Oliveira/Barbachan BRA share the lead in the 470 women each with the ranks 1 and 2 in their Groups.
Three races have been completed in the 49er with Seaton/McGovern IRL as first leaders (with the discard in effect). Botin/Lopez ESP, Delle-Karth/Resch AUT, Schmidt/Böhme GER and Peters/Sterritt GBR follow closely behind. Winning two races, Bekkering/Duetz NED are on the first place of the 49erFX with the other favorites Mai-Hansen/Salskov DEN and Dobson/Ainsworth GBR on the ranks 2 and 3.
In spite of some weeks absence, Giles Scott GBR, the highflyer in the Finns, is back on rank 1 after the first day in Palma. The surprising Anders Pedersen NOR and Josh Junior NZL follow on the positions 2 and 3. The report of the Finn class. Convincing as always the dominators in the Mixed Multihull Billy Besson/Marie Riou FRA, winning all three races of the Nacra17s. Thomas Zajac/Tanja Frank AUT follow on rank 2. Kohlhoff/Werner GER are 3rd.
As usual, the Lasers Standard are the largest fleet with 150 boats, the full quota. Julio Alsogaray ARG is the first leader with the day ranks 1 and 2 in his Group. One point behind on the 2nd and 3rd place are Andrew Maloney NZL and Kristian Ruth NOR. The World Champion Anne-Marie Rindom DEN won both heats of her Laser Radial Group and leads with a 3 points' advantage in front of Pernelle Michon FRA. One point behind are Alison Young GBR and Daphne Van der Vaart NED on 3rd at equal points.
Nemrod Mashiah ISR and Tom Squires GBR share the lead in the RS:X men windsurfers, both with two race wins in their Groups. In the RS:X women windsurfers, the trio Olga Maslivets RUS, Noy Drihan ISR and Marion Lepert USA is on top at equal points.
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