Up to 20 knots of breeze at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik yesterday were to the liking of Tom Slingsby AUS who was assessed a DPI, but used a third and a 13th place finish to climb to the top of the leader board in the Gold fleet of the Laser Standard. He has a slim two-point lead over Nick Thompson GBR and is 14 points ahead of Julio Alsogaray ARG. Todays racing promises to be intense as the points are tight and the the qualification for the medal race is at stake.
In the Laser Radial Marit Bouwmeester NED scored a first a second and a fifth to further pad her lead over Vera Fenclova CZE whos 11 points behind. In third Evi Van Acker BEL who won Race 8. The report.