Laser - World Championship 2010 - Hayling Island GBR - Nice day but tricky sailing

Two more difficult qualifying heats were sailed yesterday at the Laser World Championships in postcard weather and shifty light southeasterlies off Hayling Island, England. The objective was avoiding a fat score early on that almost certainly will come back to haunt the sailors later in the event. But in the fickle and shifty breeze this was a delicate, if not impossible undertaking. When the points were tallied and the discard was taken out, Luka Radelic CRO had claimed the lead in the senior division, ahead of Josh Junior NZL and first-day leader Michael Bullot NZL. Paul Goodison GBR might have slipped to 4th, but his scores (3-1-9-4) are even, just like those of Aron Lollic CRO who might only sit in 10th for the moment, but like Goodison will benefit down the road, provided he remains consistent. The surprise of the day was Malaysia’s Nik Azizan Ashraf Qaedi (129), who stands in 103rd overall with a picturesque score line of 36-46-46-1.
In the junior division, Magus Kaeldso DEN had a magnificent day with 1/2 to leapfrog to the top of the standings, replacing Monday’s leader Francesco Marrai ITA. In third the next Dane with Thorbjoern Schierup DEN. The report and the day’s video.