The 1st practice session got underway with a slight head wind which saw the lap time averages around 44 to 45 seconds on the 1650 metre circuit. However as the session went on both Pierre Lundin of Sweden and Uvis Slakteris of Latvia break the 43 second mark to finish the session ahead of Erik Stark the current world champion and Rupp Temper of Austria who was showing good speed in the rougher water conditions.
The 2nd practice saw Erik Stark in his Molgaard hull back to where he has been for most of the season, top of the leader board with the first lap time of under 43 seconds. Infact the 1st three positions were taken by Sweden with Pierre Lundin and Johan Österberg ahead of Peter Morin of France with local South African driver Attie Tromp.
