Thomas and Tuke extend

Three Australian team now top the leaderboard in the 29er Worlds Gold fleet

The Australians hit their stride today taking the top three positions going into the second day of the finals. Steven Thomas (AUS) and Blair Tuke (NZL) have 9 points and a 20 point lead on fellow countrymen Lauren Jeffries and Nathan Outteridge with 29 followed by younger sister Haylee Outteridge and Iain Jensen with 32.

Americans Judge Ryan and Matt Noble started off well with a 7-3 but had a mishap when Ryan fell out of the boat in race 4 and were OCS in race 5 dropping them to 11th overall. Meanwhile the top youth team position is held by Max Richardson and Alex Groves of GBR who hold 4th overall..

The Ora filled around noon today and was a steady 13-18 with puffs to 20 knots. While the Gold and Silver fleets were able to complete 4 races, the Bronze and Emerald were only able to finish 3 a piece.

Adam Larvin and Ed Chapman of GBR lead the silver fleet, Stefan Gieser and Felix Meggendorfer of Germany the bronze and Nicklas Olrik and Jakob Lynnerup of Denmark lead the 53 boat emerald fleet.

Racing continues tomorrow and Saturday with the final series and to determine the 29er World Champions on Saturday.

Gold fleet results:

Pos	Crew	Sailno	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Tot
1	Steven Thomas, Blair Tuke	AUS 1	1	3	2	2	1	9
2	Lauren Jeffries, Nathan Outteridge	AUS 1727	5	1	9	6	8	29
3	Haylee Outteridge, Iain Jensen	AUS 34	2	2	6	1	21	32
4	Max Richardson, Alex Groves	GBR 3	9	5	10	8	2	34
5	Kevin Fischer, Glenn Gouron	FRA 1634	4	12	1	21	7	45
6	Tom Durham, George Hand	GBR 24	8	19	18	4	3	52
7	Hannah Nattrass, Jamie Woods	AUS 11	10	9	15	10	9	53
8	Mark Walraven, Kaj Bocker	NED 1715	7	4	14	15	14	54
9	David O'Connor, Rhys Mara	AUS 12	15	16	7	7	11	56
10	Pepe Bettini, Fernando Gwozdz	ARG 1308	6	21	5	17	10	59
11	Judge Ryan, Matt Noble	USA 28	3	7	3	23	ocs	62
12	German Billoch, Gaston Cheb Terrab	ARG 1183	14	13	8	5	23	63
13	Bleddyn Mon, Nick Redding	GBR 4	16	23	13	3	12	67
14	Maxwell Fraser, David Liebenberg	USA 46	18	11	22	12	5	68
15	Riccardo Camin, Lorenzo Franceschini	ITA 35	13	6	23	24	4	70
16	Mara Agustina Torre, Tomas Wagmaister	ARG 433	11	10	21	13	15	70
17	Belen Tavella, Franco Greggi	ARG 1184	20	8	4	25	18	75
18	Nahuel Martinez, Damian Saponara	ARG 1319	12	24	11	14	17	78
19	Micael Sielecki, Tomas Ocampo	ARG 25	25	15	17	16	6	79
20	Henry Lloyd Williams, Sam Batten	GBR 1702	22	20	19	11	13	85
21	Oliver Toole, Hans Henken	USA 1734	19	14	16	20	16	85
22	Nicolas Chateau, Julian Chateau	FRA 1395	24	18	12	9	ocs	89
23	Annemiek Bekkering, Miguel Karsters	NED 6	17	dnf	20	18	20	101
24	Justus Schmidt, Max Boehme	GER 1665	21	17	24	19	22	103
25	Helle arum Nielsen, Caspar Buettner	SUI 962	23	22	25	22	19	111