Extreme Sailing Series update, Race report on day 1 of Cardiff event (Act 6)

From the following article on the Extreme Sailing Series website:

http://www.extremesailingseries.com/news/view/small-breeze-calls-for-big-tactics-on-day-one-of-act-6-cardiff-presented-by#.UhfFpMhAp8Q

- Swiss dominate on opening day with 2013 newcomers Realteam staking an early claim and circuit veterans Alinghi in second.
- Swapping the tide for turf – Extreme 40 skippers rub shoulders with British and Irish Lions heroes Leigh Halfpenny and Alex Cuthbert.
- Big breeze on the horizon for tomorrow – tune in LIVE from 1600 BST on the official website. Watch the preview here.

Quashing all fears of a shut down in Cardiff Bay on the opening day of the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Cardiff hosted by the Cardiff Harbour festival, the light airs that looked set to characterise the day's racing revved up to a playful breeze across the bay just in time for three all important points scoring races – perhaps spurred on by a wind dance from Red Bull Sailing Teams trimmer Matthew Adams. Out on the course the Swiss dominated, with 2013 newcomers Realteam leading the Act after day one and circuit veterans Alinghi exercising their new weapon and Olympic champion Anna Tunnicliffe, putting them in second. Never far from the podium top spot, Leigh McMillan’s The Wave, Muscat wait in the wings in third as day one of racing concludes. To wrap up the opening days proceedings, the Extreme Sailing Series skippers tonight joined British and Irish lions heroes and two of international rugby’s best-known stars, Leigh halfpenny and Alex Cuthbert at the Cardiff Blues home ground to see for themselves what the Welsh do best.

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Racing light airs in Cardiff (Act 6), photo courtesy Extreme Sailing Series