What a day again - light wind W to NW with a velocity of 3 - 5 m/s in a partly cloudy weather. The base harbour is at Airisto summer center only 30 kilometer from Turku.
The trend of this year seems to continue to the very end... The day started in extremely tricky conditions, light wind with massive wind shifts making the whole day extremely close racing between the fleet.
Mazda took the first win of the day, but every team was very close to each other on every leg. Race two was dominated by Antti Niiniranta coming back after a 2½ year break followed Land Rover and Team Uusikaupunki. Race three was won by Pohjola-Fonecta Finder followed by "always second" Land Rover.
Results after day 1:
1. Land Rover, FIN529, Sami Ekblad (2,2,2 = 6 pts)
2. Mazda, FIN214, Esa Harjulahti (1,4,4 = 9 pts)
3. Pohjola-Fonecta Finder, FIN573, Tomi Hakola (3,6,1 = 10 pts)
4. Patu, FIN289, Antti Niiniranta (4,1,5 = 10 pts)
5. Team Uusikaupunki, FIN316, Henri Jefimoff (6,3,3 = 12 pts)
6. Lainisalo, FIN319, Jan Malmgren (5,8,6 = 19 pts)
7. Elsa, FIN328, Paul Andersson (7,5,8 = 20 pts)
8. Kaiser Soze, FIN662, Juhani Lehtonen (8,7,7 = 22 pts)
But overall three races today in perfect autumn weather with three different race winners. Sunday is still open for the top 5 five boats.