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The ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta Skandia Sail for Gold is underway at the Weymouth Olympic Sailing venue, and after yesterday’s light winds, racing is now back on schedule and kiwi talent is starting to show through.
Paul Snow Hansen and Jason Saunders have come away from day two of with two race wins in the men’s 470, jumping them up the overall leader board to second. Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski are the only other crew to win a race so far, taking the bullet in the third 49er race on day one.
World Championship silver medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are on similar pace, only finishing one of yesterday’s races outside the top ten. Andrew Murdoch claimed his spot inside the top ten, claiming a second place finish and other results inside the top ten to leave him 8th overall after four races.
SAIL FOR GOLD STANDINGS- DAY 2
2.4mR
8th Paul Francis(15, 5,17,10)
11th Brett Willcock (8, 6, 18, 17)
470 (men’s)
2nd Paul Snow Hansen and Jason Saunders (9, 4, 1, 1)
470 (women’s)
4th Jo Aleh and Olivia (Polly) Powrie (5,15, 3, 8)
49er
11th Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski (7, 6, 1, 7, 9, 10)
19th Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (3, 10, 14, 10, 7, 8)
Finn
12th Josh Junior (10,19, 11, 23)
28th Matt Coutts (11,34, 32, 31)
38th Rob Coutts (19, 40, 39, 38)
Laser
8th Andrew Murdoch (15, 2, 10, 5)
13th Andy Maloney (15, 8, 17, 4)
19th Sam Meech (11, 17, 20, 8)
Laser Radial
54th Sara Winther (19, 26, BFD, 19)
RS:X (men’s)
11th JP Tobin (19, 6,14,9)
RS:X (women’s)
11th Natalia Kosinska (9, 10, 14, 17)
26th Steffanie Williams (25, 31, 21, 16)
Skud 18
7th Tim Dempsey and Jan Apel (13, 7, 6, 10)
Star
10th Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner (8, 7,12, 11)
Women’s Match Racing
2 Win, 7 loss- Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen, Susannah Pyatt
