The wind has been capricious on this first day of competition and has blown with very little intensity, which has caused the day to start with a delay and that the Round Robin could not be completed since only three flights of the seven planned could be enjoyed.
The Ceeref of the Slovenian Igor Lah and skippered by the Frenchman Sebastien Col is the first leader by winning the three matches he played. The Slovenian boat already won the Gold Cup two months ago in these same waters, although on that occasion the helmsman was the Australian James Spithill. In this premiere he is still intractable and has surpassed Cameron Appleton's Aqua, Luis Doreste's Puerto Calero Islas Canarias 2 and Karol Jablonski's Team Organika.
The first flight has been completed with a wind that has barely exceeded 6 knots of intensity where the most exciting duel has been starred by José María Ponce's Islas Canarias Puerto Calero 1 and Russell Coutts' BMW-Oracle and with Daniel Calero on board, where the American boat has won the Spanish boat on the same finish line, with which the boat skippered by Ponce has been about to ring the bell. In the other matches the Artemis has surpassed the Team Organika and the No Way Back of Philippe Presti to the Islas Canarias Puerto Calero 2.
The second flight has started with wind from the northeast, very weak and where the Ceeref has surpassed the Islas Canarias Puerto Calero 2 that has had to retire when the 'trim trap' of the keel came loose, which has caused the boat to lose all consistency. Luis Doreste's team had to return to land prematurely. In this flight the Artemis also surpassed the Islas Canarias Puerto Calero 1 in a match where the wind has dropped to 3 knots of intensity, then the Committee has decided to postpone the next two matches.
The third flight has also been marked by the abandonment of the Islas Canarias Puerto Calero 1 after impacting with the bow the stern of the No Way Back, which has meant for the Spanish boat a penalty of one point and the breakage of the false bow, with which the boat of Ponce has also had to return to port prematurely and the victory for the Dutch boat. In the other matches the Aqua has surpassed the Artemis of Dean Barker and the Ceeref to the Organika. The BMW-Oracle has also added a point to be withdrawn the Islas Canarias Puerto Calero 2.
The match race helmsman of the Islas Canarias Puerto Calero 1 José María Ponce, commented upon arriving at port that "we have tried to hurry and we have given a little touch to the Dutch boat, but tomorrow we will be able to compete again without problem". Regarding the fall of the wind, the Canarian skipper explained that "the conditions were not to be able to finish the test, the fact is that we were sailing with a direct course to buoy and the next two matches have been postponed".
The wind has caused the day to start at about one in the afternoon and in the first flight was disputed with a south wind of just six knots and the second and third with a northeast wind also very soft, about five knots and has been falling. For Thursday is scheduled to be able to finish the Round Robin from the fourth flight and with the two pending matches of the second.