Medal hopes make a move at 2017 Youth Sailing World Championships
by David Sygall 13 Dec 2017 02:03 GMT
9-16 December 2017
Henry and Featherstone - 2017 Youth Sailing World Championships © Jesus Renedo
420 Boys sailors Otto Henry and Rome Featherstone are in pole position after securing a second and a first placing on the second day or racing at the 2017 Youth Sailing World Championships at Sanya, China.
The pair finished behind Americans Thomas Rice and Trevor Bornath in race three, but scored a bullet in the next race to leap into the lead by four nett points in the 26-boat fleet.
Another Australian duo, brother and sister Shannon and Jayden Dalton, are in second position in the Nacra 15, four nett point away from leaders Lucas Claeyssens and Anne Vandenberghe of Belgium.
Elsewhere, Laura Harding and Eleanor Grimshaw are 13th in the 420 Girls, Henry Larkings and Miles Davey are 6th in the 29er Boys, Jasmin Galbraith and Chloe Fisher are 29er Girls, Caelin Winchcombe is 15th in the Laser Radial Boys and Elyse Ainsworth is 16th in the Laser Radial Girls.
Windsurfers Alex Halank and Hailey Lea are 22nd and 18th, respectively, in their RS:X events.
Racing continues today on the waters off Hainan Island in the far south of China.
Results can be found here
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