 sailing day one today is another sunny day here in ystad and the first day of the sailing competition is underway eight boats two boats per country and three sailors in each boat preparation is crucial to succeed as a crew everybody needs to know their role and place in the small sailing boat before departure the crews mops up every drop of water in the boat to make it lighter each country has its own tactic to win and was not very keen to reveal anything prior to the competition norway has won several times and last year was no exception the norwegians believe in their team and sees sweden as its biggest competitor sweden believe that this year will be their year finland wants revenge on the swedes from last year who beat them with less than a ship length they are hoping for the best but the most important thing for them is to have fun denmark has a new crew but is eager to give the norwegians a fight for the gold the sailing competition will continue tomorrow and todays results will come up later today  