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109 boats have congregated in the women's Europe class, which has been an Olympic class for single handed female crews since the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992.

Racing got underway on day one in perfect conditions of 10-15 knots of wind. Racing took place in two groups and after two races it was Siren Sundby of Norway and Sari Multala of Finland that came out on top, both scoring two race wins in their respective groups.

Racing continues through until Tuesday 3 September. Twelve races are scheduled with racing taking place in groups (that are reallocated at the end of each day) until the 1 September, the groups will then be split into gold, silver and bronze and competitors will sail in a final series of racing from the 2-3 September. The winner of the gold group will be crowned the 2002 Europe class world champion.

Results after two races

Position	Sail No.	Helm	R1Y	R1B	R2Y	R2B	Total Points
1	NOR846	Siren SUNDBY		1		1	2
2	FIN790	Sari MULTALA	1		1		2
3	AUS57	Sarah BLANCK	2		3		5
4	DEN3	Signe LIVBJERG		4		2	6
5	DEN11	Trine Julie ABRAHAMSEN		7		3	10
6	IRL1	Maria COLEMAN		3		8	11
7	CAN39	Magalie BONNEAU-MARCIL		5		6	11
8	CHN107	Shen XIAOYING	4		8		12
9	NZL115	Sarah MACKY		9		4	13
10	GER14	Christiane PETZKE	11		4		15