The round robin continued for the qualification of the semi finals of the Nations Cup. So far 14 regattas have been contested out of the 30 scheduled.

The main protagonist of the morning regattas, without doubt, was Russell Coutts who, with three victories out of three regattas, beat his compatriots of Emirates Team New Zealand with an advantage of 30 seconds. He also beat the Malcalzone Latino team, which was still without Vasco Vascotto but with John Cuttler at the helm and, in the most spectacular regatta of the day, he beat the Toscana Challenge team captained by Roberto Ferrarese in a flying finish with barely a second's lead.

In the Italian derby between Toscana Challenge and Italian Challenger, Paolo Cian's men won: "It was a difficult regatta", said the Neapolitan helmsman, "characterized by a "patchy" wind but we managed to keep our concentration and calm needed to win". Cian's winning streak also worked against Luna Rossa which lost the regatta on the last side by a margin of 5 seconds. In the next race, however, the Australian helmsman, James Spithill, brought the Luna Rossa team to victory against Mascalzone Latino, winning by a large margin.

Thus the provisional placings are as follows: Italian Challenger with four victories and one defeat, Luna Rossa with four victories and one defeat , the Russell Coutts team with three victories out of three regattas, Emirates Team New Zealand with due victories and due defeats, Mascalzone Latino with one victory and four defeats and at the bottom, Toscana Challenge with no vicories out of four regattas raced.

The regattas will resume tomorrow at midday with the match between Luna Rossa and Team Russell Coutts.