Two leaders

Melo and McLay both lead the Laser Radial Youth World Championship in Brazil

Frederico Melo, from Portugal, and Blair McLay, from New Zealand, had another excellent day of regattas and remained side by side in first place at the Laser Radial Youth World. Both won the two races of their fleets and finished the second day of the championship, each with a four point loss. Brazilian sailor, André Ribeiro, from Ceará, was the best between his male compatriots. He got 15th place at the general qualification. Although brazilian Daniel Jakobsson wasn´t classified at the first race of the day, getting only the 23rd place, he still has chances to get the first positions, because his worst result can be discarded tomorrow. New Zealander Cushla Hume-Merry still is the woman in the best position, in 38th place.

According to Frederico, the stonger the wind, the better his race. “I repeated the excellent performance of yesterday because the wind, helped me a lot. With these conditions and since I am fast, I can get to the right side of the course quickly even when I don´t start well” he says proudly. Blair Mclay, his closest rival, has only one goal for the imediate future: “I want to keep my first place until the end”.

New Zealander Cushla Hume Merry is staying stong in the leadership race between women, in 38th place. “I think I´m sailing very well and I hope to keep the best position between female athletes," she says. Brazilian Fernanda Decnop climbed two places and is the leader of female sailors from her country. “I did better than yesterday and my wish is to carry on with this good fulfilment between women,” she explained.

On Wednesday there are two more races scheduled, from 12 p.m., which will finish the qualifying phase. From Thursday, the athletes will be divided in gold fleet and silver fleet. Gold fleet athletes will compete for the first 50 places. For the silver fleet, the battle will be for the following positions. The competition goes on until Saturday, between athletes from 26 countries. The Radial Youth reunites youngsters until the age of 18. They are considered the next generation of laser class.

Results:

Pos	Sail Number	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	Scores
1	POR 175722	Frederico Melo, Male	1	1	1	1	4,0
1	NZL 178663	Blair McLay, Male	1	1	1	1	4,0
3	CRO 181944	Ivan Taritas, Male	6	3	2	2	13,0
4	USA 179144	Blake Warner, Male	3	8	3	5	19,0
5	USA 177002	Fred Strammer, Male	4	5	4	6	19,0
6	AUS 184263	James Burman, Male	10	4	3	3	20,0
7	RUS 182019	Igor Lisovenko, Male	8	2	9	2	21,0
8	ESP 179625	Jorge Jover Garcia, Male	5	5	5	7	22,0
9	NZL 181880	Max Andrews, Male	4	9	5	5	23,0
10	FIN 181661	Pierre Angelo Collura, Male	5	4	8	6	23,0
11	GRE 167693	Antonios Tzortzis, Male	3	3	2	16	24,0
12	ARG 181758	Buiatti Fagalde Federico, Male	2	7	8	7	24,0
13	IRL 173086	Ryan Seaton, Male	11	6	7	4	28,0
14	FRA 183060	Arthur Keller, Male	6	8	9	9	32,0
15	BRA 158503	André Frota Ribeiro, Male	13	7	6	8	34,0
16	USA 180496	Kyle Rogachenko, Male	13	12	6	4	35,0
17	GBR 181671	John Beatty, Male	7	11	7	15	40,0
18	ITA 181442	Luca Nassini, Male	18	10	4	10	42,0
19	IRL 173080	Alexander Mark Dolan, Male	8	10	18	8	44,0
20	FRA 182165	Maxime Cariou, Male	10	6	13	17	46,0
21	GBR 183235	Adam Fox, Male	7	9	21	11	48,0
22	FIN 174668	Mattias Lindfors, Male	12	14	11	11	48,0
23	BRA 174394	Daniel Jakobsson, Male	2	2	dsq	3	60,0
24	FRA 182163	Simon Troel, Male	9	18	12	21	60,0
25	ITA 181946	Claudio Arborea, Male	14	13	23	14	64,0
26	USA 182070	Cam Cullman, Male	17	18	10	21	66,0
27	ITA 179057	Enrico Stazzera, Male	24	12	15	15	66,0
28	GBR 183239	David Jessop, Male	17	21	15	13	66,0
29	EST 180330	Karl Martin Rammo, Male	16	13	21	16	66,0
30	ESP 178053	Bernat Galé Bou, Male	14	16	29	9	68,0
31	POR 172332	João Vidinha, Male	12	23	14	20	69,0
32	FRA 180226	Malo Leseigneur, Male	16	22	12	19	69,0
33	ESP 178029	Rafael Aguirre Caballero, Male	19	15	17	18	69,0
34	BRA 158501	Ernesto Molinas, Male	15	17	14	29	75,0
35	SLO 177574	Luka Domijan, Male	19	16	19	25	79,0
36	BRA 171824	Rodrigo de M.Lopes Monteiro, Male	20	28	20	12	80,0
37	CRO 180045	Ivo Kalebic, Male	26	35	10	10	81,0
38	NZL 173449	Cushla Hume-Merry, Female	15	20	19	29	83,0
39	BRA 166184	Philip Alexander Wender, Male	24	34	11	17	86,0
40	CHI 164141	Cristobal Grez Ahrens, Male	11	19	26	30	86,0
41	AUS 177793	Andrew Peters, Male	dsq	11	13	12	89,0
42	TUR 183173	Necdet Elmasoglu, Male	32	17	27	14	90,0
43	EST 164854	Lauri Vainsalu, Male	27	20	17	26	90,0
44	USA 175591	Tedd Himler, Male	21	15	24	31	91,0
45	ESP 181396	Lucia Reyes, Female	22	25	32	13	92,0
46	USA 179937	Jerry Tullo, Male	26	24	20	22	92,0
47	RSA 168795	Aaron Larkens, Male	22	36	18	18	94,0
48	SUI 180180	Stephanie Rosse, Female	32	19	16	28	95,0
49	ITA 180387	Pietro Cerni, Male	20	25	16	34	95,0
50	USA 178930	Cameron Friedman, Male	18	23	27	27	95,0