2008 Volvo Youth Worlds - Day Three

by SailRaceWin

New Zealand sailors are in the top six places in all classes except the windsurfer after the third day of racing in the 2008 Volvo Youth Worlds in Aarhus, Denmark. There were strong winds for the sailors to deal with again today.

Wellingtonian, Cushla Hume-Merry pulled up to second in the girls Laser Radials, with 3rd and 4th places in the two races on 14th July. Australian Gabrielle King, however, extended her lead in this class with two first places today.

Sam Meech, from Tauranga, meanwhile, had an even better day, with 3rd and 2nd places, and is now 4th in the overall standings in the boys Laser class. However, Cyprus' Olympic representative, Pavlos Kontides, is continuing to run away with the lead in this class, scoring two bullets again today.

Paul Snow-Hansen and Ben Goodwin are lying 4th in the boys two-handed 29er class, after 2nd and 8th places. The leading threesome in this class, with British, American and Australian sailors, are 13 points ahead of them, on overall points, with one discard taken into account.

Alexandra Maloney and Bianca Barbarich-Bacher are 5th overall in the girls 29ers, after 9th and 4th places. Frances Peters and Claire Lasko, from Britain, are the leaders in this class, putting in consistent good results.

Francisco Lardies and David Hazard lie 6th in the SL16 multihull, after 2nd and 4th places in the racing today. Valentin and Romain Bellet, from France, lead overall in the multihulls.

Jazmine Lynch is now 9th in the girls RS-X windsurfers, after 12th and 13th places on the third day of racing, while Josh Nixon is 14th, after 5th and 6th places in the boys RS-X.

Across the board, the British and Australian teams, along with the Kiwis, look well placed in the dinghies. However, results for all three countries are more mixed when it comes to board sailing, showing the different techniques required for this aspect of the sport.

Tomorrow is a lay day with no racing. The event continues Wednesday, 16th July, and finishes on Friday, 18th July.

2008 Volvo Youth Worlds