Irish remain bottom of Star fleet

Ireland's Star class competitors, Mark Mansfield and Killian Collins endured another poor day on the Saronic gulf, as in shifting wind conditions, they pulled their keelboat to 17th and ninth in races 7 and 8, remaining last overall of a fleet of seventeen.

Ireland's Star class competitors, Mark Mansfield and Killian Collins endured another poor day on the Saronic gulf, as in shifting wind conditions, they pulled their keelboat to 17th and ninth in races 7 and 8, remaining last overall of a fleet of seventeen.

Having got to the first marking in race 7, just 26 seconds behind leaders Italy, the Irish pairing, both 6' 5", lost their battle with a contrasting light wind to slip back down the field to last, finishing in a time of 1:15.41.

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