Slow progess for sailors

It was another long day on the water for the remaining Irish sailors with just one race completed in both the Star and Laser Radial classes.

With both classes now behind schedule the concern would be that the Opening Series of ten races will not be completed before the Final Medal Race.

Once again the small sailed Laser Radial failed to complete more than one race before conditions turned against them. Ciara Peelo placed 24th in Race 6, which she now discards as her lowest result.

Peelo is 19th overall and 22 points behind the Swiss boat in 10th place however she will need all four remaining races to help her climb the fleet.

In the Star class Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne placed 10th in Race 4 and lie 11th overall. They are just 1 point outside the top ten boats and just 14 points off the leaders, Poland's Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Dominik Zycki. At this early stage in the Opening Series all four races count.

With just four races completed in the Star class the option of discarding their lowest results (12th) does not yet come into play. Despite three top ten places O’Leary & Milne are just outside the top ten in 11th place.