Day 3 in Cascias Portugal

DAY 3

Laser Radial

In race one today leader Xu (CHN) rounded the first mark in 21^st place but managed to sail through to seventh. This combined with her win in the second race has maintained her lead in the championship. She now leads by12 points from Edelman(ISR) who also had a poor first race finishing 15^th. She is only 1 point ahead  Tania Elias Calles Wolf(MEX) who sailed consistently to finish with a 2^nd and 6^th.

Race winners for the day were Anna Tunnicliffe(USA), Evi Van Acker(BEL), Lijia Xu(CHN) and Sari Multala(FIN)

YNGLING

The British dominated the first day of the Yngling competition. Shirley Robertson/Anne Lush/Lucy McGregor (GBR) are the first overall, after a first and a second on the races.

They were followed by Sarah Ayton/Sarah Webb/Pippa Wilson (GBR) that finished with a second and a third.

In third place overall the kiwis Sharon Ferris/Raynor Smeal/Shandy Buckley (NZL) that after getting a seventh place on the first race, won the second.