It was a sunny day, with wind of 5-8 knots. 25 matches were completed and followed by the public on the Marina di Rimini walking area on the sea front.

To the surprise of many, favourites Karol JABLONSKI and James SPITHILL both had a difficult start, loosing their first two matches. At the end of the day, only one team is on full points having won all four matches and that is the British team skippered by Ian WILLIAMS.

In second place is Mathieu RICHARD (FRA) on equal points with Matteo SIMONCELLI (ITA) who both have three wins and one loss. ISAF World Ranked number one, Karol JABLONSKI is in fourth place with three victories and two losses.

Results

Flight 1
Presti d. Ivaldi
Williams d. Neugodnikov
Lindberg d. Jablonski
Harrap d. Nordbjaerg
Richard d. Spithill

Flight 2
Williams d. Jablonski
Lindberg d. Presti
Simoncelli d. Spithill
Richard d. Nordbjaerg
Harrap d. Mazzoni

Flight 3
Jablonski d. Presti
Williams d. Lindberg
Richard d. Simoncelli
Mazzoni d. Nordbjaerg
Ivaldi d. Neugodnikov

Flight 4
Spithill d. Mazzoni
Jablonski d. Neugodnikov
Ivaldi d. Lindberg
Simoncelli d. Harrap
Williams d. Presti

Flight 5
Jablonski d. Ivaldi
Neugodnikov d. Lindberg
Spithill d. Harrap
Mazzoni d. Richard
Simoncelli d. Nordbjaerg

Ranking (after 5 flights)

Pos	Skipper	Nation	Wins	Losses
1	Ian WILLIAMS	GBR	4	0
2	Mathieu RICHARD	FRA	3	1
3	Matteo SIMONCELLI	ITA	3	1
4	Karol JABLONSKI	POL	3	2
5	James SPITHILL	AUS	2	2
6	Michele IVALDI	ITA	2	2
7	Kelvin HARRAP	NZL	2	2
8	Staffan LINDBERG	FIN	2	2
9	Fabio MAZZONI	ITA	2	2
10	Philippe PRESTI	FRA	1	3
11	Eugeniy NEUGODNIKOV	RUS	1	3
12	Lars NORDJAERG	DEN	0	4