Peter Gilmour may not have competed in a match-racing regatta in nearly five months, but he and his Pizza-La Sailing Team showed little rust in the opening flights of the 40th Congressional Cup.

Gilmour, the overall leader of the Swedish Match Tour Champion- ship Leaderboard, and crew Rod Dawson, Michael Mottl, Alan Smith, Kazuhiko Sofuku and Yasuhiro Yaji sprinted to a 5-0 lead after the day one.

In Gavin Brady’s opinion, Gilmour’s very relaxedef. "He looks like he’s having fun," said Brady, who is tied for second with Jes Gram-Hansen after the first day, each with 4-1 records.

"Gilly got out like this in Japan too, but we almost beat him in the semifinals," said Brady, the helmsman for Oracle BMW Racing. "We get a go at him tomorrow. We’ll see what happens."

Results (Flights 1-5)

Flight 1 : Peter Gilmour def. Allan Coutts (50'') - Kelvin Harrap def. Mattias Rahm (50'') - Jes Gram-Hansen def. Gavin Brady (30'') - Ed Baird def. Scott Dickson (16'') - Terry Hutchinson def. Cameron Appleton (25'')

Flight 2 : Brady def. Rahm (40'') - Gram-Hansen def. Dickson (30'') - Baird def. Coutts (20'') - Gilmour def. Hutchinson (30'') - Harrap def. Appleton (03'')

Flight 3 : Gram-Hansen def. Coutts (21'') - Hutchinson def. Baird (27'') - Gilmour def. Harrap (1'20'') - Appleton def. Rahm (33'') - Brady def. Dickson (1'30'')

Flight 4 : Baird def. Harrap (09'') - Gilmour def. Appleton (15'') - Rahm def. Dickson (09'') - Brady def. Coutts (05'') - Hutchinson def. Gram-Hansen (DNF)

Flight 5 : Gilmour def. Rahm (08'') - Dickson def. Coutts (28'') - Brady def. Hutchinson (19'') - Gram-Hansen def. Harrap (16'') - Appleton def. Baird (42'')