A further three races were sailed and Ainslie won all of the races, putting his score up to five race wins out of five races. He has established a thirteen point lead over nearest rival Marin Misura of Croatia.

Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson and team of Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb also put a number of first places amongst their score line. After a slightly shaky start, the team won two of the three races today to move up to sixth place overall. The German team of Kristin Wagner, Anna Hoell and Veronika Lochbrunner currently lead the class by eleven points from team mates and world silver medallists Ulrike Schuemann, Wiebke Buelle and Winnie Lipert.

Also moving up through the ranks are RYA Team GBR Tornado sailors Leigh McMillan and Mark Bulkeley. The pairing scored a fifteenth, second and sixth, which sees them move up into fifth place overall. Americans John Lovell and Charlie Ogletree currently lead the class from Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz of Spain.

In the 470 women’s class, Christina Bassadone and Katherine Hopson managed to hang on to sixth place overall and scored their best result in the regatta so far, a third place. Whilst in the men’s 470 class, RYA Development Squad sailors Nick Asher and Elliot Willis continued their good form into the second day of the event and are currently placed ninth overall with Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield behind them in eighteenth place.

Current world champion Siren Sundby of Norway dominated the Europe class today and has established a healthy lead over Min Dezillie of Belgium. Team GBR sailor Laura Baldwin continues to score consistently in the 126 boat fleet and is currently lying just out of the top ten in twelfth place overall.

Racing continues through until the 9 April. For further information and full results, log onto the event website www.trofeoprincesasofia.org.

Results, after day 2

470 Women – 36 boats
1, Sofia Bekatorou/Emilia Tsoulfa, GRE (5,4,12,4,5,(BFD)) 30 pts
2, Natalia Via-Dufresne/Sandra Azon, ESP (15,(OCS),7,1,1,9) 33 pts
3, Vladlena Ilienko/Natalia Gaponovich, RUS (3,(18),15,2,10,3) 33 pts
GBR
6, Christina Bassadone/Katherine Hopson (7,7,(16),15,3,10) 42 pts
30, Libby Greenhalgh/Rachel Larmen (34,17,31,(OCS),9,24) 114 pts

470 Men – 71 boats
1, Javier Conte/Juan de la Fuente, ARG (1,1,6,4,1,(12)) 13 pts
2, Paul Foerster/Kevin Burnham, USA (2,(16),3,7,4,1) 17 pts
3, Benjamin Bonnaud/Romain Bonnaud, FRA (8,4,4,1,(14),9) 26 pts
GBR
9, Nick Asher/Elliot Willis (11,2,5,3,10,(12)) 31 pts
18, Nick Rogers/Joe Glanfield (15,(22),10,6,13,3) 47 pts

Europe Women – 126 boats
1, Siren Sundby, NOR (1,(20),1,2,1,1) 6 pts
2, Min Dezillie, BEL ((35),4,4,3,2,2) 15 pts
3, Serena Amato, ARG (6,1,2,2,7,(9)) 18 pts
GBR
12, Laura Baldwin (11,(12),2,5,11,10) 39 pts
41, Andrea Brewster (7,15,22,25,33,(28)) 97 pts
57, Lizzie Vickers (26,33,13,34,19,(41)) 125 pts
111, Natalie Lloyd (55,(62),52,52,50,45) 254 pts
118, Katie Mapplebeck (52,51,57,60,(63),54) 274 pts

Finn – 53 boats
1, Ben Ainslie, GBR ((1),1,1,1,1) 4 pts
2, Marin Misura, CRO (3,(18),2,2,10) 17 pts
3, Jonas Hoegh-Christensen, DEN ((7),5,5,6,2) 18 pts
Other GBR
27, Matt Howard (14,26,25,19,(35)) 84 pts

Tornado – 53 boats
1, John Lovell/Charlie Ogletree, USA (7,1,1,9,6,(11)) 24 pts
2, Fernano Echavarri/Anton Paz, ESP (5,8,9,(18),4,2) 28 pts
3, Santiago Lange/Carlos Espinola, ARG (2,2,3,13,(BFD),12) 32 pts
GBR
5, Leigh McMillan/Mark Bulkeley (4,12,(22),15,2,6) 39 pts
41, Jonathan Hutchcroft/Marcus Lynch (37,36,35,(38),27,38) 173 pts
43, Andrew Walsh/Ed Barney (19,44,40,(49),35,40) 178 pts
47, Leo Farrow/Tristan Lamb (41,43,46,(48),32,42) 204 pts

Yngling – 30 boats
1, Kristin Wagner/Anna Hoell/Veronika Lochbrunner, GER ((14),3,3,5,3,2) 16 pts
2, Ulrike Schuemann/Wiebke Buelle/Winnie Lipert, GER (2,1,2,(20),12,10) 27 pts
3, Annelies Thies/Annemieke Bes/Petronella de Jong, NED (1,4,12,2,(15),13) 32 pts
GBR
6, Shirley Robertson/Sarah Webb/Sarah Ayton (12,8,17,(26),1,1) 39 pts
29, Dominica Lindsey/Annie Lush/Victoria Symmers (21,25,27,28,(30),25) 126 pts

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Source: Sacha Oswald