Open de España Match Race - Day 2: Cameron Dunn, Jesper Radich tied at the top

Unfortunately, the weather forecasts turned out to be correct and we had a frustrating day with very light and shifty winds that tested everyone's nerves and skills. After a three-hour delay the race committee was finally able to start the day's races that saw no clear winner.

Although the skippers of Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team and Desafío Español are tied at the top with 6 points, their distance from the other two America's Cup skippers is a mere point. Philippe Presti of Luna Rossa and Bertrand Pacé are tied at third place with 5 points. Both of them had a very good day and managed to close the gap from the leaders.

Given tomorrow's race between the two leaders everything is at stake.

Open de España leaderboard
Provisional rankings after 41 matches out of 66
1. Cameron Dunn (Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team) 6 points
T. Jesper Radich (Desafío Español) 6 points
3. Bertrand Pacé (BMW Oracle) 5 points
T. Philippe Presti (Luna Rossa) 5 points
5. Adam Minoprio 4 points
T. Manuel Weiller 4 points
7. Rasmus Viltolf 3 points
T. Santiago López-Vázquez (Desafío Español) 3 points
T. Jose Maria Ponce 3 points
10. Juan Luis Páez (Desafío Español) 1 point
T. Gustavo Benavent 1 point
12. Daniel Maestre 0 points

Adam Minoprio sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Cameron Dunn sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Cameron Dunn sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Jesper Radich sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Unfortunately, such exciting moments were very rare due to the light winds. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Jesper Radich sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Jesper Radich sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Cameron Dunn sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Cameron Dunn sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Santiago Lopez-Vazquez sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Jesper Radich sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Bertrand Pacé sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Bertrand Pacé sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Philippe Presti sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Philippe Presti sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Philippe Presti sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Philippe Presti sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Bertrand Pacé sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Bertrand Pacé sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Bertrand Pacé sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing

Bertrand Pacé sailing during the second day of the Open de España. Calpe, 8 September 2006. Photo by Pierre Orphanidis / Valencia Sailing