Australian sailors have built on their strong starts to the fifth round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup with a number of good performances on day two in Holland sending crews up the leader board.
Competitors were faced with conditions far removed from those on day one, with light breeze delaying racing and then testing the sailors once the action got underway.
The Australian Women’s Match Racing Team crew of Katie Spithill, Jessica Eastwell and Lucinda Whitty has qualified for the repechage round robin and a shot at the quarter-finals after a hard fought five races on day two.
Fellow match racers Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Rayshele Martin will race in the silver fleet on day three after finishing seventh in the opening round robin.
Price and crew, competing in the first ISAF Sailing World Cup event together, had three wins and five losses, narrowly missing out on a spot in the repechage after losing to their fellow Australians in a must win final race.
Australian Sailing Squad crews also continued to impress in Holland, with RS:X competitor Jessica Crisp the best placed in second overall, winning the opening race of day two and then backing the result up with a fifth.
In the RS:X women’s class Allison Shreeve is ninth and Joanna Sterling 21st, while in the RS:X men’s class Jimmy Levy is the best placed Australian in 25th, ahead of Luke Baillie in 39th, Tim Gourlay in 44th and Patrick Vos in 47th.