The opening Act of the Extreme Sailing Series more than lived up to all the pre-season hype and expectation, where the new teams got stuck in on the Singapore stadium racecourse - but couldn't quite topple the old order - with three returning teams from 2013 taking honours.

The boys from the USA are hammering the competition with brothers Geronimo and Maximo Nores in first and second and Steven Cramer in third at the Techno 293 North Americans.

The pressure turned up a notch on the second day of racing at the Extreme Sailing Series 2014 curtain raiser in Singapore, with the wind, and the heat from the city, cranking up.

American brothers, Maximo and Geronimo Nores have started the Techno 293 North American Championship brightly with the pair in first and second.

The much-anticipated opening Act of the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series began on Thursday 20 February in Singapore under the gaze of the cities soaring skyscrapers, where eight races produced six different winners.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is launching a new ISAF Sailing World Cup, including an annual Grand Final, with the first events taking place in December 2014.

Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club's George Gautrey pulls off a fantastic regatta to win the ISAF Grade 3 NESPRESSO Youth
International Match Racing Championships 2014.

Witih one final race sailed at Takapuna, a second place for Glenn Ashby (AUS) was enough for him to be crowned 2014 A Class Catamaran World Champion