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In the 49er three races were sailed. The #3 crew on the ISAF World Sailing Rankings, Petro SIBELLO and Gianfranco SIBELLO (ITA) started with a sixth place and came back with two bullets. They are now leading with just one point ahead of European Champions Stevie MORRISON and Ben RHODES (GBR).

VAN ACKER Ahead

The Laser Radials also managed to sail three races today. Belgium Evi VAN ACKER (BEL), the world #1 and last year's winner is three points ahead of Lisa ROSS (CAN).

The Star class sailed two close races were, with the top four overall separate by just one point. With a first and an eighth, the Portuguese team of Afonso DOMINGOS and Bernardo SANTOS share their first place with the German team Marc PICKEL and Ingo BORKOWSKI (GER). Favourites Robert SCHEIDT and Bruno PRADA (BRA), second on the ISAF World Ranking, sailed a to sixth and a 22nd place today, putting him in 13th overall.

In the Yngling the Dutch team with the young Renee GROENEVELD, Marije FABER and Floortje HENDRIKSEN had a successful day. With a fifth, a first and a seventh place they are leading after three races. World #1 crew Ulrike SCHUEMANN, Ute HOEPFNER and Julia BLECK (GER) are third overall with 17 points. Double Olympic gold medallist Shirley ROBERTSON (GBR) and her crew really did not have their day. With a 24th, a Black Flag disqualification and a 20th, she is now third to last.

The two RS:X fleets competed two races apiece. Their first race was in really light and shifty winds of just 3 knots. There was more wind in the second race, up to 8 knots. In the women's fleet Jannicke STALSTROM (NOR) sailed two excellent races and leads with two bullets. In the men's fleet Hong Kong was strong and ended up with two teams in the top three. King Yin CHAN (HKG) leads, with World Champion Casper BOUMAN (NED) showing some form in the light winds to lie in fourth place overall.

COOK Leads

In the Finns Christopher COOK (CAN) sailed to two bullets to hold an eight point lead over Ed WRIGHT (GBR).

In the Men's 470 team Italy with Gabrio ZANDONA and Andrea TRANI were by far and away the strongest team today. With three straight bullets they dominated the fleet. They hold a comfortable overall lead, ten points ahead of Anton DAHLBERG and Sebastian OSTLING (SWE).

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