Once again, the intrepid teams took to the waters of Table Bay to do battle, and a mighty battle it was. With the leading boat, "Team Colorpress" (Knysna YC), not far enough ahead to be comfortable, and the 2nd placed "Team Intasure Marine Insurance" very much in the hunt, today's racing lived up to all expectations. Held in a 10 knot Northerly wind and sailing a sausage course of approximately 12 miles it was a duel to the end. Needing to insure that "Team Colorpress" didn't win, Andrea Giovannini and Markus Progli applied the pressure ruthlessly, right from the start and forced the leaders to fight for their position all around today's course.

With very light winds out of the west, it was touch and go as to whether there would be a race today. Fortunately, for the sailors, the Compulsory Courses had been sailed and this allowed Di Hutton-Squire, the Race Officer, to set a shorter course of around 6 miles. After bobbing around Table Bay for a couple of hours, waiting for the wind to fill in, the race finally started at 1435. With only 5 knots of wind over the course, it was slow going and imperative for the skippers to start in clean air and get away from the melee at the start and then take advantage of every puff and wind shift.

Day three in the Lipton Cup, started with flat seas and a light southerly breeze. With the weather forecast predicting 15 knots out of the S, the crews sailed onto the race course knowing that the days course would most probably be the final compulsory course, a rectangle. True to form, the Committee and mark laying boats laid the rectangular course and it was time to prepare for battle.

With one day of racing under their belts and a sense of who were the teams to beat and watch out for, the 25 yachts competing in this years Lipton Cup Challenge Cup left the confines of Table Bay Harbour and headed out onto the race course in light NW winds of around 9 -11 knots and lumpy seas, left over from the cold front that passed through the area two days ago. Difficult sailing conditions on little 8 m yachts who are easily stopped by the swell.