A day of consistency, consolidation and concentration was enough for Russell Coutts and the crew of Torbjorn Tornqvist's Artemis to increase their grip on the overall Breitling MedCup Circuit title in brisk easterly winds on the Bay of Hyères. Although the Swedish flagged Judel-Vrolijk design has not won a regatta yet this season, their main focus was on building their margin over Caixa Galicia, their nearest rivals for the overall 2007 title. Once again there was little that Roberto Bermudez de Castro and his team aboard the black hulled Botin & Carkeek design Caixa Galicia could do to puncture the supremacy of Artemis in the 15-21 knot, onshore breeze which kicks up a nasty choppy swell over the shallow waters of the bay, the day belonged to the English and the Irish. Stuart Robinson's British boat Stay Calm was the top scorer for the day with a second and first, to Eamon Conneely's Patches which won the first race and then took fourth in the second windward-leeward.
