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Youth Worlds Day 2: Defending Champs Lift The Tempo

Published Wed 18 Jul 2018

Australia’s reigning Youth World Champions in the 420 class, Otto Henry and Rome Featherstone, and recently-crowned Laser Radial World Champion, Zac Littlewood, have climbed their respective leader boards on Day 2 at the Youth Worlds at Corpus Christi and each sit in second spot.

Will Cooley and Evie Haseldine are mid-fleet in the Nacra 15. PHOTO: Jen Edney/World Sailing

29er boys crew Henry Larkings and Miles Davey began the day in first place in their fleet and, despite scoring 6, a discarded 10 and 7, are still well positioned in third overall.

Henry Larkings and Miles Davey are in the hunt. PHOTO: Jen Edney/World Sailing

But the day belonged to Henry and Featherstone, who captured two 2s in the breezy conditions to improve their fortunes from 8^th overnight to 2^nd, seven points behind Americans Joseph Hermus and Walter Henry.

Littlewood, who won the world title at Kiel in Germany last month, scored 4 and 2 to move up from 3^rd to 2^nd, just two points shy of leader Josh Armit of New Zealand.

Elsewhere, Australian Youth Team sailors are fighting hard, with Nacra 15 crew Will Cooley and Evie Haseldine battling to stay among the top half of the fleet, 29er girls crew Alice Buchanan and Dervla Duggan in a similar struggle, Maddie O'Shea sailing consistently to be 12th the Laser Radial girls fleet and RSX windsurfers Amelia Quinlan and Alex Halank looking to improve as the regatta progresses.

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How the Aussies are placed:

29er boys -

Larkings/Davey – 1, 2, 2, 6, (10), 7 – 3rd

29er girls –

Buchanan/Duggan – 12, (UFD), 8, 8, 13, 21 – 14th

420 boys –

Henry/Featherstone - 8, 7, 2, 2 – 2nd

Nacra 15 –

Cooley/Haseldine - 14, 7, (DNF), UFD, 10, 14 – 14th

Laser Radial girls –