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Three races were scheduled today, in very light and testing conditions. Racing was delayed this morning and the first race started at approx 1400 hours in 2-4 knots of breeze from the south west. The wind gradually increased and the competitors had more moderate wind conditions for the second race in 8-12 knots of breeze, the wind dropped off for the third race back down to 5-7 knots.

Single-handed Dinghy Girls - Laser Radial

In the 31 strong Laser Radial fleet , as was to be expected, it is Paige RAILEY (USA) who has immediately demonstrated her superiority over her competitors after today's opening three races. Whilst Paige claimed two of the three races, it was China's Xu LIJIA who was snapping at Paige's heels all the time, but has been upset in the overall placings due to an OCS in today's third race. But with a scoreline of 2,1 in the first two races, expect Xu to be propelled back up the leaderboard when the discards come into play.

A great opening day for Stephanie ROSSE (SUI) who together with Paige has set herself apart from the rest of the fleet with a 10 point buffer over the third placed Alberte HOLM LINDBERG (DEN).

Pos	Nation	Helm	R2	R2	R3	Pts
1	USA	Paige RAILEY	1	2	1	4
2	SUI	Stephanie ROSSE	4	5	2	11
3	DEN	Alberte HOLM LINDBERG	6	6	9	21
4	ITA	Anita DI IASIO	9	10	3	22
5	GBR	Alison YOUNG	13	3	7	23
6	CRO	Tina MIHELIC	7	12	4	23
7	CHI	Arantza GUMUCIO	3	16	5	24
8	GER	Janika PULS	12	4	14	30
9	POL	Katarzyna PIC	5	13	12	30
10	NED	Anneke BOUWMEESTER	17	8	8	33

Single-handed Dinghy Boys - Laser

With 35 entries, the single-handed dinghy boys event is the largest fleet at the Championship. An excellent start sees Spain's Jorge JOVER just ahead of one of the Championship's pre-race favourites Jean-Baptiste BERNAZ (FRA). There are quite a few experienced Youth Worlds competitors in Korea, and after the first day's nerves settle down, it is likely we will see them start to put in some consistent placings and demonstrate their superior experience.

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	ESP	Jorge JOVER	3	6	2	11
2	FRA	Jean Baptiste BERNAZ	4	1	9	14
3	NED	Rutger VAN SCHAARDENBURG	6	5	3	14
4	DEN	Mikkel BONDE	2	8	5	15
5	USA	Royce WEBER	15	2	8	25
6	NZL	Blair MCLAY	14	11	1	26
7	BRA	Daniel JAKOBSSON	13	9	7	29
8	GBR	Giles SCOTT	7	4	22	33
9	CRO	Ivan TARITAS	5	12	17	34
10	KOR	Sung-Jin PARK	20	7	13	40

Double-handed Dinghy Girls - 420

The double-handed dinghy girls fleet only managed one race today, and all eyes were set to be on sisters Stephanie FLUKES and Emma FLUKES who are trying to defend Australia's longstanding prowess in the event. However, after one race it is the record holders in the double-handed event, France who has set the pace. No nation has won more medals in the double-handed dinghy events than the 19 won by the six times winners of the Volvo Nations Cup, France.Marie LUMEAU and Claire BOSSARD (FRA) have made a strong start and a clear indicator of where they want to be by the end of the Championship, and with this start will certainly be improving on their ninth place overall in Gdynia, Poland last year.

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	Pts
1	FRA	Marie LUMEAU	Claire BOSSARD	1	1
2	USA	Megan MAGILL	Briana PROVANCHA	2	2
3	SIN	Dawn LIU	Siobhan TAM	3	3
4	JPN	Yumi TAKAKHASHI	Kae TSUGAYA	4	4
5	BRA	Mariana BASILIO	Gabriela BIEKARCK	5	5
6	SUI	Cecile MOULY	Diane LONGCHAMP	6	6
7	GER	Jenna WOLF	Teressa HEMMETER	7	7
8	AUS	Stephanie FLUKES	Emma FLUKES	8	8
9	POR	Ana ROCHA	Mariana LOBATO	9	9
10	GBR	Hannah MILLS	Peggy WEBSTER	10	10

Double-handed Dinghy Boys - 420

A huge depth of Youth Worlds' experience in the double-handed dinghy boys event, and as in the girls event, it is the Australian crews who are looking to defend the title held by their nation. Consistent racing from Tomas SILVA and Francisco GOMES (POR) puts them with a nice 5 point margin after the opening day, but it is very early to predict anything. Japan will be delighted with their early show of form from Wataru SAITO and Hiroto YOSHINAGA including a bullet in race 3. An excellent start for the home team of Soo-Hyung SEO and Sung-min JO (KOR) with a bullet in race 1.

It is surprising after this first day, not to see some of the more experienced sailors within the top ten, such as Israel's Amit BROKMAN and Ben ESHEL who finished eighth in Gdynia last year, and Ricky ROBERTSON and Brennan ROBINSON (RSA). So far it is the Youth Worlds rookies who are setting the pace.

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	POR	Tomas SILVA	Francisco GOMES	12	4	3	19
2	JPN	Wataru SAITO	Hiroto YOSHINAGA	17	6	1	24
3	AUS	Steven THOMAS	Timothy RECHICHI	13	2	13	28
4	GBR	Tom MALLINDINE	James CLARK	2	7	19	28
5	KOR	Soo-Hyung SEO	Sung-min JO	1	21	7	29
6	SUI	Yannick BRAUCHLI	Simon KOSTER	6	14	9	29
7	GER	Nico KOHLER	Jannik FRITZ	8	1	21	30
8	USA	Adam ROBERTS	Nicholas MARTIN	5	5	22	32
9	ITA	Stefano CHERIN	Matteo VELICOGNA	9	15	10	34
10	ESP	Carlos ACENA	Gabriel UTRERA	4	12	18	34

Windsurfer Girls - Mistral

The 14 strong windsurfer girls fleet sees some high flyers and Olympians in the fleet. Bronze medallist at the 2004 Youth Worlds Laura LINARES (ITA) has had an excellent start. But, she will be hard pushed by Blanca MANCHON (ESP) and Sophie LE PLAGE (FRA). Both are past Youth Worlds performers, with Blanca having the added experience of representing her nation at the Olympics in Athens, where she placed eighth. A bullet for Blanca and a bullet for Israel's Maayan DAVIDOIVCH, who placed fifth overall last years, shows their form. Whilst a small fleet of just fourteen entries, it will be one of the toughtest events to win amongst such a high quality and experienced field.

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	Pts
1	ITA	Laura LINARES	2	2	4
2	ESP	Blanca MANCHON DOMINGUEZ	4	1	5
3	FRA	Anne Sophie LE PAGE	3	4	7
4	ISR	Maayan DAVIDOVICH	1	6	7
5	CHN	Chen CHUN	5	3	8
6	HKG	Hei man CHAN	7	5	12
7	POL	Maegorzata BIATECKA	6	7	13
8	KOR	Min-jung KANG	8	8	16
9	GER	Wiebke SRADNICK	9	9	18
10	NED	Nikki VAN RIEL	10	10	20

Windsurfer Boys - Mistral

17 nations in the windsurfer boys fleet, and it is Poland who takes the double bullet in today's two races with Lukasz GRODZICKI putting in an outstanding performance.

Juan Manuel MORENO (ESP) will be pleased to finish the first day in third overall. He could only manage 14th last year but has had some of the most impressive results of the men's fleet this year, finishing 21st at the Mistral Worlds and second at the European Youth Championship.

A great first day for some of the Asian nations, with Hong Kong and China up in the top 10.

Just outside the top ten and sitting in twelth overall, after a third and an OCS, is Nimrod MASHIAH (ISR). Nimrod is one of the fleet who on form will be at the forefront of the challenge for gold, having taken the silver medal last year after finishing second in the final race.

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	Pts
1	POL	Lukasz GRODZICKI	1	1	2
2	FRA	Pierre LECOQ	5	2	7
3	ESP	Juan MORENO	3	7	10
4	CYP	Andreas SOFRONIOU	2	9	11
5	HKG	Kwok PA MA	6	8	14
6	CHN	Che CHUN	10	5	15
7	GBR	Peter BIRD	9	6	15
8	AUT	Thomas KARGL	12	4	16
9	GER	Anton STADLER	7	10	17
10	AUS	Corey PLANT	4	15	19

Multihull Open - Hobie 16

In only it's third year at the ISAF Youth Worlds, the Multihull open event sailed in Hobie 16s consolidates it's position at the Championship with eleven teams once again set to fight it out for the title. In a unique occurrence for this year's Championship, the gold, silver and bronze medallists from the 2004 ISAF Youth Worlds in Gdynia, Poland are all returning, with Tom PHIPPS and Jon COOK (GBR) the only defending champions in Busan.

This time last year and the French pair of Julien VILLION and Martin BATAILLE did not finish the first race, so they will have been pleased to put that skeleton well and truly behind them and take the bullet today.

A mixed bag of results, with most crews outside of the top three, placing a high and a low result. The form is there, but this fleet has huge experience and as last year, it is already possible to predict that the fight for podium places will go down to the wire.

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	FRA	Julien VILLION	Martin BATAILLE	1	4	2	7
2	AUS	Evan WALKER	Kyle LANGFORD	3	2	3	8
3	ITA	Virrorio BISSARO	Lamberto LEJARI	2	3	6	11
4	GBR	Tom PHIPPS	Jon COOK	6	1	5	12
5	USA	T.J. TULLO	Jerry TULLO	8	5	1	14
6	GER	Lauritz BOCKELMANN	Nils HIESTERMANN	5	8	4	17
7	GUA	Juan MAEGLI	Ana Cristina GUIROLA	4	7	9	20
8	BRA	Felipe FREY	Bruno FREY	9	6	7	22
9	SIN	Melcolm HUANG	Pei Quan CHUNG	10	9	8	27
11	NZL	Rory GODMAN	Kelly GODMAN	7	12 (DNF)	12 (DNF)	31
11	KOR	Hyeon-am KOH	Se-in YUN	11	10	10	31

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