Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson and team mates Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb sailed a good day in the sea breeze conditions to pull out an eleven point lead over the rest of the Yngling fleet.

Scoring an eleventh place in the first race of the day, the British team quickly followed it up with two first places to extend their lead over the fleet. They are currently lying first, in front of Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe and Debbie Capozzi of America.

Robertson commented, “We had a good day today - it was a better breeze but still quite shifty. We didn’t sail that well in the first race and to be honest were lucky to finish eleventh. In the next two races, Sarah [Ayton] was all over the tactics and we did really well, so we are happy.”

In the Laser fleet, Team GBR sailor Paul Goodison enjoyed the conditions and scored his second race win of the week, which he followed up with a second place. This sees him take the lead over the class and the double Olympic medallist Robert Scheidt of Brazil. Fellow Brit Andrew Commander also had a good day, scoring a third and a first to move up to thirteenth place overall and tied on equal points with team mate Mark Howard, who is one place behind.

A further two races were sailed in the 470 men’s and women’s fleets and an eighth and a thirteenth place saw Team GBR sailors Christina Bassadone and Katherine Hopson move up into fourth place overall. Vesna Dekleva and Klara Maucec of Slovenia currently lead the fleet by three points from Ingrid Pettitjean and Nadege Douroux of France.

In the men’s class, Benjamin and Romain Bonnaud of France maintain their lead over the fleet, with Marinho Alvaro and Miguel Nunes of Portugal lying in second place overall. A ninth and a fourteenth saw Team GBR sailors Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield drop down the fleet into seventh place overall although the points are very close with just five points separating third and seventh place. RYA Development squad sailors Nic Asher and Elliot Willis continue to perform well and are currently in twelfth place with team mates Graham Vials and Bevis Field fifteenth.

The battle continues in the 2.4mR class and there have been a few changes at the top after two further races. Allan Smith had a good day, scoring a sixth and a third, to not only close the gap but overtake team mate, and rival for the 2004 Paralympic spot, Helena Lucas. Smith is currently three points ahead of Lucas, with fellow Brit Andrew Millband just three points behind in fifth place. Dutch sailor Thierry Schmitter has moved back into the lead from Damien Seguin of France.

Elsewhere in the other fleets, Laura Baldwin has moved up into fourteenth place in the Europe fleet after scoring a fifth and a seventh and Andrew Simpson is currently lying in seventh place overall in the Finn class.

The event concludes on Friday 30 April, with twelve races scheduled for all the fleets, except the 49er and Mistral classes who are scheduled sixteen.

Results (after day 3)

Yngling
1, Shirley Robertson/Sarah Ayton/Sarah Webb, GBR (1,3,4,8,(11),1,1) 18 pts
2, Sally Barkow/Carrie Howe/Debbie Capozzi, USA (13,2,(21),5,1,2,6) 29 pts
3, Kristin Wagner/Anna Hoell/Veronika Lochbrunner, GER ((19),1,12,3,8,4,2) 30 pts
Other GBR
22, Dominica Lindsey/Annie Lush/Penny Mountford (16,21,17,25,5,(27),20) 104 pts

470 Women
1, Vesna Dekleva/Klara Maucec, SLO (7,(27),1,4,8) 20 pts
2, Ingrid Pettitjean/Nadege Douroux, FRA (4,8,9,2,(10)) 23 pts
3, Natalia Via Dufresne/Sandra Azon, ESP (1,6,13,5,(14)) 25 pts,
GBR
4, Christina Bassadone/Katherine Hopson ((30),2,4,8,13) 27 pts

470 Men
1, Benjamin Bonnaud/Romain Bonnaud, FRA (2,1,(15),1,5,1) 10 pts
2, Marinho Alvaro/Miguel Nunes, POR (7,3,9,(14),4,2) 25 pts
3, Javier Conte/Juan De La Fuente, ARG (8,10,2,(16),4,2) 26 pts
Other GBR
7, Nick Rogers/Joe Glanfield (4,2,10,6,9,(14)) 31 pts
12, Nic Asher/Elliot Willis ((13),6,13,2,5,13) 39 pts
15, Graham Vials/Bevis Field (4,(BFD),18,8,7,9) 46 pts
55, Guy Tipton/Chris Tattersall (23,23,8,26,(31),31) 111 pts
73, David Edwards/Ben Redwood (25,31,(37),31,36,30) 153 pts

Europe
1, Siren Sundby, NOR (1,1,(21),1,1) 4 pts
2, Sarah Macky, NZL ((24),4,1,1,1) 31 pts
3, Shen Huangi, CHN (2,(11),9,4,2) 17 pts
GBR
14, Laura Baldwin (10,(16),12,5,7) 34 pts
52, Lizzie Vickers (24,17,(40),23,22) 86 pts
81, Andrea Brewster (36,(37),37,28,34) 135 pts
78, Natalie Lloyd (43,27,44,38,(OCS)) 152 pts
89, Katie Mapplebeck (44,(45),35,45,44) 168 pts

Laser
1, Paul Goodison, GBR (1,(7),2,1,2) 6 pts
2, Robert Scheidt, BRA (1,(4),3,2,1) 7 pts
3, Gustavo Lima, POR (1,2,3,(10),1) 7 pt
Other GBR
13, Andrew Commander (3,13,(19),3,1) 20 pts
14, Mark Howard ((25),3,8,2,7) 20 pts
20, Dan Holman (3,11,(18),11,4) 29 pts
36, Ed Wright (9,12,(19),2,17) 40 pts
50, Charles Baillie-Strong (7,14,(28),17,10) 50 pts
55, Keir Clarke (14,(27),14,16,8) 52 pts
69, James Smith (29,(33),11,16,7) 63 pts
71, Andy Brooks (12,16,24) 52 pts
74, James Gray (21,18,23,12,(15)) 66 pts
106, Tim Hulse (23,27,27,25,17) 92 pts

Finn
1, Emilios Papathanasiou, ESP (4,2,1,(13),2) 9 pts
2, Mateusz Kuszneirewicz, POL (2,15,(30),6,1) 24 pts
3, Marin Misura, CRO ((22),8,2,10,8) 28 pts
GBR
7, Andrew Simpson ((37),1,8,7,32) 48 pts

2.4mR
1, Thierry Schmitter, NED (1,(OCS),1,1,4) 7 pts
2, Damien Seguin, FRA (2,(3),3,2,1) 8 pts
3, Allan Smith, GBR (3,(7),2,6,3) 14 pts
Other GBR
4, Helena Lucas (4,2,4,7,(8)) 17 pts
5, Andrew Millband (5,6,(9),8,2) 21 pts
9, Megan Pascoe (8,8,8,(9),7) 31 pts
11, Michael Cogswell (11,1,(12),12,12) 36 pts
13, Brian Harding (9,12,15,14,(16)) 50 pts
16, Val Millward (15,(OCS),DNF,13,10) 59 pts
17, Simon Wright (12,13,17,18,(19)) 60 pts
18, Andrew Previte ((20),16,18,15,17) 66 pts

Tornado
1, Mitch Booth/Herbert Dercksen, NED (3,(6),1,4,3,2) 13 pts
2, John Lovell/Charlie Ogletree, USA (1,8,7,1,1,(11)) 18 pts
3, Olivier Backes/Laurent Voiron, FRA ((15),5,4,6,4,1) 20 pts
No GBR boats competing

49er
1, Alberto Padron/Javier De La Plaza, ESP ((20),2,3,2,4,12,4) 27 pts
2, Piero Sibello/Gianfranco Sibello, ITA (3,1,14,10,3,1,(15) 32 pts
3, Jorge Lima/Francisco Andrade, POR (3,1,14,10,3,1,(15)) 32 pts
No GBR boats competing

Mistral Men
1, Fabrice Hassen, FRA (1,3,5,1) 10 pts
2, Joao Rodrigues, POR (3,4,1,2) 10 pts
3, Samual Launay, FRA (4,2,2,4) 12 pts
No GBR boats competing

Mistral Women
1, Amelie Lux, GER (2,5,1) 8 pts
2, Olga Maslivets, UKR (3,2,7) 12 pts
3, Charline Picon, FRA (3,2,7) 12 pts
No GBR boats competing

Source: Sacha Oswald - RYA