Mistral sailor Sheena MCKINNON showed great skill sailing back in with a sail ripped totally in half with both halves flapping furiously in the blustery winds. While the juniors went home after lunch other fleets stayed out to complete their three races, keeping to the race schedule.

Despite the blustery conditions racing was intensely competitive especially on the Laser and Laser Radial courses. The New Zealand Olympic Europe class representative in Athens Sarah MACKY who has now made the switch to the new women’s single-handed equipment is sailing a Laser Radial and found the testing conditions 'very difficult'.. Sarah appears to be adjusting well, currently in fourth place.

In the largest of the Junior fleets, New Zealand’s world championship Optimist team members, Paul SNOW-HANSEN and Carl EVANS are showing the way at the head of the fleet. This regatta has certainly had a variety of conditions already and it’s only the second day.

Top Three by Class

Laser

Pos	Nat	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	NZL	David WEABER	7	4	1	5	2	3	15
2	NZL	Michael BULLOT	8	7	3	3	4	1	18
3	NZL	Andrew MURDOCH	14	2	OCS	1	1	2	20

Laser Radial

Pos	Nat	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	NZL	Mark ORAMS	9	1	1	1	1	1	5
2	NZL	Sara WINTHER	7	3	2	3	3	4	15
3	NZL	Miranda POWRIE	8	6	9	2	2	2	20

49er

Pos	Nat	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	NZL	Jake BARTROM	Craig PRENTICE	3	1	1	1	1	7
2	NZL	Scott KENNEDY	Chris KITCHEN	1	3	2	3	2	11
3	NZL	Allan COUTTS	Alastair GAIR	2	3	2	2	DNF	13

470

Pos	Nat	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	NZL	Derek SCOTT	Dave HEALY	1	ocs	2	1	1	9
2	NZL	Geoffrey WOOLLEY	Sarah BILKEY	2	1	1	DNF	DNC	12
3	NZL	Karen LAMBERT	Sally GARRETT	3	2	3	DNF	DNC	16

Mistral

Pos	Nat	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Nett
1	NZL	Matthew MCCORMICK	1	1	1	1	1	1	5
2	NZL	Michael LICHTWARK	2	2	2	3	5	3	12
3	NZL	Sheena MCKINNON	3	3	3	4	4	4	17