Light winds marked day 3 of Youth Worlds
Light wind conditions were the main protagonist here in Buzios for the third racing day. The crews had to wait ashore with AP displayed in the early day but after 2 hours of waiting girls docked out for racing, followed by mixed crews after.
420 Female
Zeynep Çaçur and Zeynep Ela Koy (TUR) picked up their first bullet to close the gap at the top of the 420 female standings.
The Turkish pair stormed to victory in the day’s opening race, with Maayan Shemesh and Emilie Louviot (ISR) second and leaders Joana Faulhaber Tostes Antunes Gonç and Gabriela Vassel (BRA) fourth.
Çaçur and Koy then came second in the day’s second and final race behind Ana Grubelić and Sara Vuletic (CRO).
It means they now sit 14 points behind leaders Faulhaber Tostes Antunes Gonç and Vassel, who finished fifth in the second race, and three points behind Shemesh and Louviot in second.
Close behind is Kerkezou Iakovina and Giannouli Danai (GRE), who are just a point further back from the Turkish duo, after posting finishes of fourth and sixth.
420 Male
Quan Cardi and Mattia Tognocchi (ITA) took back the lead in the 420 male with a bullet and a third-place finish on the third day of racing.
The Italian duo finished ahead of Miguel Angel Morales Hernandez and Alejandro Martin (ESP) and Dimitrios and Nikolaos Sourlatzis (GRE) to win the opening race of the day.
The pair then followed that up with a third-place finish behind Francisco Sancho and José Vozone (POR) and Joe Leith and Joshua Ferrissey (NZL).
It proved enough to lift them into first with three races remaining, 11 points ahead of both Morales Hernandez and Martin and previous leaders Jean-Philippe Boudard and Zou Schemmel, who picked up 15 points on day three
Two more races are scheduled for both fleets tomorrow, with Male/Mixed crews starting at 11:00 local time and Girls following at 13:30.
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