DYLAN Fletcher and Alain Sign admit they will be looking for the opportunities as they bid to build on the opening day of their Rio 2016 regatta.

Games debutants Fletcher and Sign had to use all their experience to recover through the fleet after poor start in race one to cross the line in 15th, after a long delay both ashore and on the water waiting for the breeze to build in Guanabara Bay.

After another shorter postponement as the wind dropped, their fortunes improved in race two as they secured their first top 10 finish of the event, again coming back after an iffy first beat.

With only two of their three scheduled races completed yesterday, the 49ers will now try to get four races in the bag today, and Fletcher and Sign are looking ahead.

Fletcher, who lives in Weymouth, said: “It’s exciting to finally start off our Olympics. It wasn’t the ideal start we wanted but we will be looking to build up on that this week and take each race as it comes. Rio is a tricky venue and we are looking forward to the challenge.”

Four time World Champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL) got their event off to the perfect start with two bullets, with Jorge Lima and Jose Costa (POR) in second and Erik Heil and Thom Ploessel (GER) in third.