by Olivia and Sarah Powrie
Windy conditions arrived this morning averaging eighteen knots; however by the starting time the breeze seemed to have settled in to around ten knots in a north-easterly direction.
Business as usual for Andy Maloney (NZL) again today, having another two ‘keepers’ with a first and fourth, stretching his lead to ten points in the Youth Mens fleet. Martin Evans (GBR) held on to second while Cam McKee (NZL) moved on up the score board with a third and first. Tonight the fleets are split into gold and silver.
The second race for the Youth Female fleet saw a few of the top sailors caught out by a big wind shift. Gabrielle King (AUS) took over the lead with a very consistent day, scoring a first and second. Cushla Hume-Merry (NZL) dropped back to second overall, after scoring a second and a seventeenth, while Sarah Gunni (DEN) held on to third place with a third and thirteenth.
The Mens fleet also saw a few upsets with some sailors scoring big as the wind shifted. Scoring the worst result of his regatta so far has done little to upset Michael Leigh’s (CAN) lead, he has a comfortable eleven point lead over Brad Funk (USA), who had to retire from race seven having snapped his mast. He bounced back with a seventh to hold a nine point lead over third place. James Sandall (NZL) had a perfect score today with two firsts to jump back into third.
Provisional Results after eight races (one discard)
Mens
1st CAN Leigh, Michael 10.0pts 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 (10)
2nd USA Funk, Brad 22.0pts 1 3 2 2 5 2 (72 DNC) 7
3rd NZL Sandall, James 30.0pts 6 1 (13) 7 9 5 1 1
4th NZL Andrews, Max 39.0pts 8 (24) 9 5 3 9 3 2
5th AUS Burman, James 42.0pts (18) 4 6 4 4 11 8 5
Mens Youth
1 NZL Maloney, Andrew 14.0pts 3 1 1 1 3 (ocs) 1 4
2 GBR Evans, Martin 23.0pts 10 (12) 1 2 3 1 2 4
3 NZL McKee, Cameron 26.0pts 2 4 (18) 10 2 4 3 1
4 FRA Florent, Blais 28.0pts (8) 2 6 3 4 7 5 1
5 AUS Burton, Tom 31.0pts 10 (bfd) 3 3 2 1 6 6
Womens Youth
1 AUS King, Gabrielle 15.0pts 4 1 1 (7) 4 2 1 2
2 NZL Hume-Merry, Cushla 16.0pts 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 (17)
3 DEN Gunni, Sarah 31.0pts 1 (bfd) 3 2 5 4 3 13
4 FRA de Kerangat, Mathilde 37.0pts (11) 3 7 11 7 3 5 1
5 USA Dennis, Claire 42.0pts 3 7 9 6 2 7 8 (14)
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