Race 4 got away in 10-15 knots with Lebrun leading round the top. Dirk Gericke, from Germany, smacked the right hard, was second at the top and held on to get third with Behrens coming through to second.

There was slightly more wind for Race 5, which proved a bit trickier for some. Petersen and Lebrun were in the lead but went hard right up the second beat and went from first and second to sixth and eighth. This left Behrens and Greg Wilcox, from New Zealand, in front and they left them fleet a long way behind. Germany’s Andreas Pich crossed in third.

Lebrun then led the whole way in Race 6. Wilcox and Petersen were fighting for second, with a small gap to the others. Mogens Johansen, from Denmark, sailed a great second beat and caught right up and then on the last run passed both, while Wilcox passed Petersen when he fell out of the pressure.

Wilcox: “It was quite shifty but not too bad. More pressure lines than shifts.”

Jørgen Holm: “We had a nice day. It was really shifty but actually quite fair, with quite often the same people in front but it was really tricky and you had to be awake but a good day good to try to get out even if the weather forecast was not the best.”

Lebrun: “It was quite a tough day today because of the stormy weather and a start at 0800, which is pretty unusual for us. I think are most of us were still feeling a bit sleepy for the first race which was pretty windy. And then the wind was still a bit stronger for the second race with most of the fleet going to the left side, but I managed two wins.”

After three good races the fleet made it back to shore before the forecast storms hit with very strong winds, heavy rain and even hail. The fleet returns to the water on Wednesday at 13.00. The regatta continues until Thursday.

Results after Day 2 (6 races, one drop)
1 FRA 11 Valerian Lebrun 7
2 GER 77 Soenke Behrens 13
3 DEN 21 Bo Petersen 16
4 NZL 599 Greg Wilcox 20
5 DEN 1565 Mogens Johansen 33
6 GER 7 Andreas Pich 37
7 GER 852 Michael Nissen 45
8 FRA 1859 Yann Vilein 45
9 GER 75 Dirk Dame 47
10 GER 5 Ralf Tietje 49

Full results here: https://www.racingrulesofsailing.org/documents/2292/event

Photos: Emilio Santinelli/Circolo Vela Arco