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The ISAF Grade 2 Princess Sofia Trophy suffered unseasonably strong winds, chilly temperatures, and rain, slightly reminiscent of the conditions experienced last year, but despite prevailing conditions the Race Committee started precisely on time, determined to get the scheduled three races in. Ynglings were off first on a trapezoid course, sailing the windward leeward part of the course on the outer loop.

470 Men - All change in the top three. With 7 races now sailed race leaders after day 2, Alvaro Marinho and Miguel Nunes (POR), posted a DNF yesterday which knocked them down to third in the overall standings. Sailors from the host nation, Spain, did not fair too well in yesterday's conditions, dropping down to claim ninth and tenth positions overall.

A good result for Andrew Brown and Jamie Hunt (NZL) who scored 2, 3, 2 to jump up into fifth overall, back on form after their 29th place in the series' opening race.

470 Women - Back up at the top are reigning world champions and ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2002 Award winners Sofia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa (GRE). Having posted an RAF in race 1, they opened on the wrong foot, but with two 1sts and a 4th yesterday, they now hold a narrow 2 point margin over reigning Olympic Gold medallists Belinda Armstrong and Jenny Stowell (AUS).

49er - Santiago Lopez-Vazquez and Javier de la Plaze retain their lead from day 2, extending their points lead marginally over secong placed Rodion Luka and George Leonchuk (UKR). Reigning world champions Iker Martinez and Xavier Fernandez have moved up two places to sit third overall. The fleet is wide open with all to play for going into the final two day's racing.

Europe - Yesterday seemed to be a day for the reigning world champions to make their mark, and Sari Multala (FIN) followed suit in the Europe Class to post a 2, 3, 1 and secure her elevation to first place overall after 7 races. Ranked number 1 in the world, Sari will certainly have the pressure turned on. At the end of yesterday, the top 8 sailors had a clear points margin over the chasing fleet, but still all to play for.

Finn - Ben Ainslie (GBR), the man who was crowned ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2002, in recognition of his amazing successes in the Finn Class continues to show his consistent form in Palma retaining his lead from day 2. Posting a 3, 8, 1 yesterday he has extended his points margin over the rest of the fleet. In the stronger winds Ainslie was quick downwind but still suffering upwind. World Ranked number 1 Emilios Papathanasiou (GRE) retains his fifth place overall from day 2.

Laser - Ben's protégé in the Laser Class, Paul Goodison (GBR), has kept his form to place third overall, whilst Michael Blackburn (AUS) retains his lead from day two. However Blackburn has fellow Aussie Tom Slingsby snapping very closely at his heels and benefiting from two 1st places in yesterday's races 5 and 6, to lie second overall. But the Australians are going for the hat trick, with Brendan Casey, world ranked number 7, also in the top 10 and showing excellent form. For Blackburn, ranked 198 in the world, this result shows a clear indicator of his return to Laser sailing at the highest level.

Mistral Men - Great Britain's Nick Dempsey has moved up to claim pole position with a posting of 1, 3, 1 yesterday. However, it is France who seems to be laying claim to the results, with four sailors in the top 10 after 7 races. The top world ranked sailor competing in Palma is Ricardo Santos (BRA), who while ranked second in the world, is placed 9th overall in the series so far.

Mistral Women - After three day's racing Lee Lai Shan (HKG), who you will all recall made sports history in Hong Kong at the 1996 Olympic Games by claiming the first gold medal in any sport at the Olympics for her country, has sailed the most consistent series of all sailors having posted five 1st places, a 5th and a 7th. Lee Lai looks pretty safe at the top, although 2000 Olympic Gold medallist Alessandra Sensini (ITA) who is placed second overall will be keen to oust her. These two are ranked 11 and 12 respectively on the ISAF World Sailing Rankings.

However, world ranked number 1 Natasha Sturges (GBR), lies 33rd overall, having posted DNC in 5 of the 7 races sailed to date. In yesterday's races 5 and 6 in which she did compete, she placed 4th and 6th respectively.

Star - Freddi Loof and Anders Ekstrom (SWE) continue to lead the fleet, but closely chased by reigning World Champions Ian Percy and Steve Mitchell, who had their best day yet yesterday, with two first places and a fourth to be six points behind Loof and Ekstrom.

Star Class President, Riccardo Simoneschi (ITA) had a good day yesterday posting two top-ten results to move up to 9th overall.

Tornado - Mitch Booth and Herbert Dercksen (NED) retain their place at the top after yesterday's two races. Whilst not having one a race, it is their consistency which is placing them ahead of the rest of the fleet.
With three French and two British crews in the top 10, there is not much room for other nations, but a solid result for the second placed Spanish crew of Fernando Exhavarri and Anton Paz Blanco who took two fourth places yesterday.

Yngling - The big mover in the Yngling Class was Shirley Robertson who had a consistent day in the Yngling class, scoring two third places and an eighth in breezes which topped 28 knots at times. Three scores in the top ten for the day elevated her crew to third overall. Her day was not without its problems, as once again their mainsail tumbled down just after the start of the first heat yesterday.

She said: "We thought we had the problem solved after the first day when it happened. Overall, we sailed pretty well for the day and had good speed downwind and are up to third, which is okay."

Several teams seem to be sailing quite consistently in this strong women's fleet. Dorte Jensen (DEN) leads the pack, with Betsy Alison, Lee Icyda and Suzy Leech (USA) solidly chasing.

Cathy Foster, who with the introduction of the Yngling Class, has made a return to Olympic competition, is placed 19th overall. However, with their new boat being delivered soon, they will know their performance can only keep on improving. Many will remember Cathy from the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where she was helming the British 470.

470 Men

Position	Nation	Crew	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	SWE	Johan Molund/Martin Andersson	18	14	11	1	2	1	1	2
2	AUS	Mathew Belcher/Dan Belcher	21	3	5	10	8	3	1	1
3	POR	Alvaro Marinho/Miguel Nunes	24	6	2	7	1	5	DNF	3
4	FRA	Benjamin Bonnaud/Romain Bonnaud	25	10	2	7	1	5	2	8
5	NZL	Andrew Brown/Jamie Hunt	25	29	3	5	10	2	3	2
6	GBR	Nick Rogers/Joe Glanfield	29	14	1	1	7	6	4	10
7	ARG	Javier Conte/Juan de la Fuente	34	1	13	13	7	6	4	3
8	GBR	Graham Vials/Bevis Field	37	6	9	9	2	1	13	10
9	ESP	Marc Patiño Jordi/Omar Juan Moreno	38	7	1	3	5	DNF	9	13
10	ESP	Gustavo Martinez Doreste/Dimas Wood	38	2	15	2	4	12	9	9

470 Women

Position	Nation	Crew	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	GRE	Sofia Bekatorou/Emilia Tsoulfa	15	RAF	5	3	1	1	4	1
2	AUS	Jenny Armstrong /Belinda Stowell	17	19	2	2	7	2	1	3
3	ESP	Natalia Via-Dufresne/Sandra Azón	20	1	16	5	2	3	7	2
4	FRA	Petitjean Ingrid/Douroux Nadège	25	6	6	1	3	7	2	25
5	SWE	Therese Torgersson/Vendela Zachrisson	34	2	4	4	10	10	11	4
6	SLO	Vesna Dekleva/Klara Maucec	51	5	8	11	12	DNC	3	12
7	GER	Stefanie Rothweiler/Monika Leu	56	26	14	6	5	8	16	7
8	GER	Stephanie Truebel/Vivien Kussatz	56	21	11	9	13	12	5	6
9	GBR	Christina Bassadone/Katherine Hopson	61	3	24	7	6	DSQ	8	13
10	DEN	Susanne Ward/Michaela Ward	63	25	23	13	4	6	9	8

49er

Position	Nation	Crew	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	ESP	Santiago Lopez-Vazquez/Javier de la Plaza	13	1	3	1	5	4	4
2	UKR	Rodion Luka/George Leonchuk	16,4	2	5	2	3	RDG	10
3	ESP	Iker Martinez de Lizarduy Lizarribar/Xabier Fernandez	22	16	1	2	6	3	10
4	NOR	Christoffer Sundby/Frode Bovim	22	7	2	1	4	8	16
5	GRE	Athanasios Pachoumas/Vasilis Portosalte	29	3	7	3	12	4	18
6	DEN	Michael Hestbek/Dennis Dengsø Andersen	30	3	7	12	7	1	20
7	GBR	Chris Draper/Simon Hiscocks	30	4	15	4	1	16	6
8	GBR	Paul Brotherton/Mark Asquith	30	11	4	10	3	13	2
9	POL	Marcin Czajkonski/Krzysctof Kierkoswki	34	17	3	13	2	1	15
10	DEN	Jonathan Persson/Thomas Iversen	35	26	13	8	4	3	7

Europe

Position	Nation	Crew	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	FIN	Sari Multala	11	17	1	3	1	2	3	1
2	DEN	Signe Livbjerg	16	3	8	3	2	1	1	6
3	NED	Carolijn Brouwer	19	10	15	1	1	2	1	4
4	NZL	Sarah Macky	23	1	2	4	21	6	3	7
5	CZE	Lenka Smidova	24	4	9	1	5	3	5	6
6	DEN	Trine Julie Abrahamsen	25	38	2	2	5	5	9	2
7	GER	Petra Niemann	25	3	6	5	6	7	2	3
8	NOR	Siren Sundby	30	12	1	5	6	4	2	12
9	BEL	Min Dezillie	42	8	19	7	9	8	5	5
10	GER	Christiane Petzke	47	14	3	11	4	11	15	4

Finn

Position	Nation	Crew	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	GBR	Ben Ainslie	14	7	1	2	3	8	1
2	BEL	Sebastien Godefroid	20,6	25	RDG	1	5	4	3
3	POL	Mateusz Kusznierewicz	28	6	2	5	8	7	8
4	ESP	Rafael Trujillo	31	10	8	6	13	5	2
5	GRE	Emilios Papathanasiou	39	15	9	4	4	39	7
6	DEN	Søren Holm	40	20	12	20	1	3	4
7	GER	Michael Fellmann	42	24	5	8	15	1	13
8	FRA	Guillaume Florent	48	5	16	10	9	14	10
9	AUS	Anthony Nossiter	53	13	37	17	2	6	15
10	IRL	David Burrows	53	27	6	13	18	11	5

Laser

Position	Nation	Crew	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	AUS	Michael Blackburn	9	1	1	3	2	5	2
2	AUS	Tom Slingsby	14	5	6	4	3	1	1
3	GBR	Paul Goodison	14	2	7	3	1	3	5
4	ARG	Diego Romero	17	2	7	20	1	2	5
5	SWE	Karl Suneson	17	4	11	1	6	4	2
6	SWE	Daniel Birgmark	21	3	2	6	4	8	6
7	CRO	Mate Arapov	22	3	11	14	5	2	1
8	AUS	Brendan Casey	28	12	3	1	BFD	9	3
9	NED	Pieter Jan Postma	31	8	16	4	2	1	DSQ
10	ESP	Luis Martinez Doreste	36	7	13	21	4	4	8

Mistral Men

Position	Nation	Crew	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	GBR	Nick Dempsey	11	2	13	3	1	1	3	1
2	FRA	Julien Bontemps	12	9	1	4	2	1	3	1
3	NZL	Jon-Paul Tobin	18	3	12	3	1	4	1	6
4	POL	Przemyskaw Miarczynski	21	5	9	1	5	3	2	5
5	POR	Joào Rodrigues	24	4	20	6	2	5	4	3
6	NED	Joeri van Dijk	25	11	7	4	8	2	1	3
7	FRA	Nicolas Beudou	25	6	5	2	3	5	5	5
8	FRA	Samuel Launay	30	5	12	1	6	6	8	4
9	BRA	Ricardo Santos	35	2	4	13	6	14	6	4
10	FRA	Fabrice Hassen	36	19	8	2	3	2	10	11

Mistral Women

Position	Nation	Crew	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	HKG	Lee Lai Shan	10	1	1	5	1	7	1	1
2	ITA	Alessandra Sensini	19	3	4	1	7	1	8	3
3	FRA	Faustine Merret	22	6	16	4	4	2	2	4
4	GER	Romy Kinzl	41	4	2	17	10	12	3	10
5	FRA	Jeanne Mailhos	44	7	3	18	2	11	4	17
6	HKG	Chan Wai Kei	45	9	8	3	17	8	15	2
7	POL	Anna Graczyk	51	10	20	11	8	3	11	8
8	GBR	Bryony Shaw	53	12	5	31	11	9	7	9
9	GER	Amelie Lux	56	2	7	14	3	21	18	12
10	FRA	Sandrine Nuvolone	61	17	15	6	5	20	12	6

Star

Position	Nation	Crew	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	SWE	Fredrik Loof/Anders Ekstrom	7	1	6	1	2	1	2
2	GBR	Iain Percy/Steve Mitchell	13	10	1	6	1	4	1
3	FRA	Philippe Presti/Saliou/Jean Philippe	24	3	8	16	3	7	3
4	DEB	Stig Westergaard/Peter Oersted	27	5	5	12	10	3	4
5	FRA	Xavier Rohart/Yannick Adde	31	2	12	5	8	6	10
6	AUS	Iain Murray/Andrew Palfrey	34	16	2	2	16	2	12
7	DEN	Nicklas Holm/Martin Leifelt	41	12	3	7	14	OCS	5
8	IRL	Maxwell Treacy/Anthony Shanks	42	19	11	4	7	9	11
9	ITA	Riccardo Simoneschi/Ferdinando Colaninno	44	6	19	11	5	14	8
10	FRA	Paul Sevestre/Vincent Berenguier	46	8	7	10	9	12	14

Tornado

Position	Nation	Crew	Points	1	2	3	4	5
1	NED	Mitch Booth/Herbert Dercksen	10	6	2	4	2	2
2	AUS	Darren Bundock/Glen Ashby	11	BFD	1	6	1	3
3	ESP	Fernando Echavarri/Anton Paz Blanco	17	2	13	7	4	4
4	GBR	Hugh Styles/Adam May	22	14	6	2	6	8
5	FRA	Olivier Backes/Laurent Voiron	23	3	14	3	5	12
6	GBR	Leigh Mcmillan/Mark Bulkeley	24	13	3	8	3	10
7	FRA	Xavier Revil/LaurentGuillemette	24	5	4	10	DNC	5
8	NED	Sven Karsenbarg/Mischa Heemskerk	33	BFD	15	1	11	1
9	FRA	Yann Guichard/Cistophe Espagnon	34	7	11	9	7	23
10	GER	Andrew Landemberger/Johannes Polgar	40	15	7	11	18	7

Yngling

Position	Nation	Crew	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	DEN	Dorte O. Jensen/Helle Jespersen/Rachel Kiel	14	2	1	3	7	9	1
2	USA	Betsy Alison/Lee Icyda/Suzy Leech	21	3	13	4	1	11	2
3	GBR	Shirley Robertson/Sarah Ayton/Inga Leask	26	11	11	1	3	3	8
4	GER	Nadine Stegenwalner /Anne Koschinsky/Nina Grunow	26	7	2	2	8	19	7
5	GER	Ulrike Schuemann /Wibke Buell/Winnie Lippert	28	1	8	7	5	7	12
6	RUS	Anna Basalkina/ Natalia Gaponovitch/Galina Loukachova	33	10	4	9	4	14	6
7	GER	Kristin Wagner/Anna Hoell/Veronika Lochbrunner	41	4	5	8	12	12	14
8	BER	Paula Lewin/Peta Lewin/Carola Cooper	44	12	14	6	13	10	3
9	FRA	Anne Le Helley/Many Duby/Elodie Lesaffre	45	19	3	13	2	8	OCS
10	NED	Annelies Thies/Annemieke Bes/Petronella de Jong	49	17	9	10	9	4	22