Bjorn Hansen finished at the top of the pile after the opening day of the qualifying round ended yesterday. In condition that mirrored the tournament name, the race organizer had to call in the boats four times as conditions turned for the worse with winds at around 40 knots together with very heavy rain made racing impossible.
But Hansen, skippering his Mekonomen crews made the best when the race was on and recorded victories over tour leader Ian Williams (Team GAC Pindar), fellow Scandinavian Jesper Radich (Adrian Lee & Partners) and Kiwi youngster William Tiller (Full Metal Jacket Racing) for a 3-0 finish.
Another skipper with an unbeaten record on the first day was Johnie Berntsson (Berntsson Sailing Team) who recorded wins over Damien Iehl (French Match Racing Team) and Phil Robertson (WAKA Racing Team).
Peter Gilmour also recorded two wins against Williams and Malaysian Match Racing Champions, Jeremy Koo (Abdullah Chan/KRT) but suffered a defeat at the hands of Radich. Tiller also finished with an identical score to Gilmour with victories over fellow Kiwi Robertson and Mathieu Richard (French Match Racing Team).
Koo ended the day with a 0-3 scoreline and will be looking for his first win at the Monsoon Cup in the coming days.
Torvar Mirsky (The Wave Muscat) and Francesco Bruni (Bruni Racing) managed to start positively from their sole flights, registering wins over Koo and Richard. The Frenchman lost both his races and so did Williams but it is still early days and the position could change very fast like the weather at the Pulau Duyong basin.
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