The first day of the Danish Open 2007 brought three skippers to the front after the first five flights of the Round Robin have been completed.

Jesper Bank (DEN), Jesper Radich (DEN) and Bjorn Hansen (SWE) all recorded three victories out of five. Ian Williams (GBR), Sebastien Col (FRA) and Sten Mohr (DEN) all scored two victories apiece.

There was a northerly breeze of 5-8 knots which was very shifty during the early matches. Competitors also had to contend with a south running current.

During the morning flights the racing was close especially the matches between Hansen and Bank and then Hansen against Mohr. In both matches Hansen emerged as the victor after skilfully getting penalties onto his opponents.

In the match between Hansen and Mohr, Mohr lead all the way and whilst trying to offload his penalty at the finish line infringed Hansen by not giving him room. A second penalty to Mohr sealed his fate and handed the win to Hansen. Today brought a flurry of protests, 15 in all bringing about 5 penalties given by the on water umpires.

Not all the teams had the chance to race today on the sunny waters off Skovshoved harbour. After the first five flights the crews were changed and unfortunately at the same moment the wind vanished.

After an hour of waiting for wind the crews were sent ashore and at 5pm sailing was stopped for the day.

Results

Flight 1 : Sten Mohr def. Ian Williams - Jesper Bank def. Jesper Radich - Björn Hansen def. Sebastian Col

Flight 2 : Jesper Radich def. Ian Williams - Björn Hansen def. Sten Mohr - Jesper Bank def. Sebastian Col

Flight 3 : Jesper Radich def. Björn Hansen - Sebastian Col def. Sten Mohr - Ian Williams def. Jesper Bank

Flight 4 : Jesper Radich def. Sebastian Col - Jesper Bank def. Sten Mohr - Ian Williams def. Björn Hansen

Flight 5 : Sebastian Col def. Ian Williams - Björn Hansen def. Jesper Bank - Sten Mohr def. Jesper Radich