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The sailors at the X-Yachts Gold Cup in Copenhagen enjoyed another day of stunning weather with a light breeze and sunshine, framing a second day of perfect racing. Despite a light southerly breeze that died out mid day at today’s X-yachts Gold Cup in Copenhagen, the international sailing committee of representatives from Finland, Scotland and Spain, still managed to get through two races in the X-35 and sport classes A & B. While the Finnish frontrunner of the X-35 fleet, AUDI e-tron, maintained their lead, the sister boat, Audi Ultra lost their second place to the Swedish, Nautiska Racing, who won one race and got a third place in the other. A Skilled Sailor in all conditions It is well known that light conditions reveal the best sailors, since even minor mistakes can have grave consequences. One wrong turn and you might find yourself placed at the back of the fleet. That however wasn’t the case for the leading boats of sport classes A and B. Here both the Danish X-99, Mille, in sport class A, and Swedish IMX-40, Gertrud, in class B, maintained their lead from yesterday, bearing evidence to the endurance of the classic X-boat design. Both boat designs are more than a decade old. Heya Norway But the newest boats also proved their worth today with the impressive Xp 50, NorXL, from Norway maintaining its lead in the 50+ fleet. The other three Xp 50s from Germany, Russia and Denmark, and one Xp 55 from Russia, only enjoyed one race in today’s sunny conditions, but that left room for swimming in between racing, showing off the impressive boats' sterns from where crew members jumped into the Copenhagen waters. For the final results of today's racing head to: http://www.x-yachts.com/cups/goldcup/2015