Only the Laser Radial Open and RS:X Men's and Open windsurfer fleets got any sea time in the morning as the famed Fremantle strong breeze - known locally as the "Fremantle Doctor" – failed to materialise.

Many of the sailors had been hoping to consolidate their fleet rankings ahead of the weekend finals races.

Laser sailor Simon Grotelueschen from Germany said: "We sail in the south of France and it's different in every region.

"I like the specific conditions here in Perth but I'm used to not being able to race."

In the RS:X Men's windsurfer fleet, Dutchman Dorian van Rijsselberge came third and second in today's two races to head the fleet.

French skipper Julian Bontemps and Ivan Pastor of Spain are tied for second and there is also a tie for fourth place between New Zealand's Jon-Paul Tobin and Richardo Santos from Brazil.

In the RS:X Open event Marina Alabau from Spain is ahead of Australian Jessica Crisp and Flavia Tartaglini of Italy after six races.

The RS:X finals are being held on Sunday.

The other class to get in two races this morning was the Laser Radial Open.

Two Finnish skippers now lead the overall fleet with Sari Multala in first place and Tuula Tenkanen second, while Denmark's Alberte Holm Lindberg follows in third place after eight races.

The finals of the Laser Radial Open will be held on the Bathers Bay in-shore course tomorrow.

It is the first of eight finals being held over the weekend and spectators lining the Fremantle foreshores will have a spectacular close-up view of the racing.