The favorites were mainly clear winners in the Round of 16 yesterday. Only the World Champion Ian Williams GBR (3-2 vs Evan Walker AUS), Sally Barkow USA (3-2 vs Johnie Berntsson SWE) and Björn Hansen SWE (3-2 vs Phil Robertson NZL) had tighter duel to qualify for the Quarter Finals. Taylor Canfield ISV, the impressive all-female Team Magenta of Sally Barkow USA has to deal with a very strong opponent. The other pairings are: Iker Martinez ESP vs Matthias Rahm SWE, Björn Hansen SWE vs Niklas Dackhammer SWE, Yann Guichard FRA vs Ian Williams GBR. The results, the video of the day and the daily news.

Yesterday, the 4th and 5th ranked per Group did meet for sail-offs to determine the participants for the Round-of-16 with the Quarterfinals that started shortly after. Eric Monnin SUI, Joachim Aschenbrenner DEN, Hans Wallen SWE and Mans Holmberg SWE were defeated and were forced to leave the competition. .
The results of the Quarterfinals sailed so far are: Taylor Canfield vs Sam Gilmour AUS 2-0, Yann Guichard FRA vs Michael Hestbaek DEN 2-0, Ian Williams GBR vs Evan Walker AUS 2-1, Johnie Berntsson SWE vs Sally Barkow USA 2-1.
The results, the news and the video of the Sail-offs.