Light winds on Lake Constance made for a slow day of racing at the 8th annual Match Race Germany, an event of the Swedish Match Tour.

Group B was first on the water today, after a shoreside postponement of more than two hours. When the wind didn’t materialize off of Langenargen, the race committee moved the racecourse south to the Bay of Kressbronn.

In this light conditions, Denmark's Jes Gram-Hansen got off to a fast start, posting a 3-0 record in winds that hardly topped 7 knots. He’s now one-third of the way to winning the Mercedes Benz SLK 200 roadster offered to the skipper who can win 10 straight races.

Group A sailed one flight in the afternoon, which started around 3:00 p.m. With the wind in the Bay of Kressbronn gone, the race committee moved back to Langenargen and conducted the race in a light southwesterly that barely reached 5 knots.

Gavin Brady (NZL), Peter Gilmour (AUS) and Lars Nordbjearg (DEN) each won their only race for 1-0 records. But by the time they finished, the wind had evaporated and racing for the day was canceled.

The 12 skippers competing at Match Race Germany have been split into two groups of six. Each group is scheduled to sail a five-flight round robin, after which the top four in each group advance to the quarterfinals.

The quarters are scheduled as a knockout round, meaning first to two points wins. The four winners advance to the semifinals, also a scheduled knockout round. The winners move on to the final.

Results

Group A

Flight 1 : Gavin Brady def. Bertrand Pacé - Peter Gilmour def. Karol Jablonski - Lars Nordbjaerg def. Tino Ellegast

Group B

Flight 4 : Eric Monin def. Luc Pillot - Jes Gram-Hansen def. Ray Davies - Mathieu Richard def. Michael Dunstan

Flight 5 : Eric Monin def. Ray Davies - Luc Pillot def. Michael Dunstan - Jes Gram-Hansen def. Mathieu Richard