29er, 420, Laser Radial, RS:X, Nacra 15 - World Sailing Youth World Championship 2016 - Auckland NZL - Day 3

Favorable conditions prevailed also on the third day of the Youth Worlds in Auckland and the program of today has already been completed.
In the 420 Boys, the situation remains open. Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin USA stay on top, but Edoardo Ferraro/Francesco Orlando ITA are only one point behind, and Ido Bilik/Ofek Shalgi ISR with a 4 points' backlog have also still an option on the title. Julia Szmit/Hanna Dzik POL reclaimed the first place in the 420 Girls 4 points ahead of Alexandra Stalder/Silvia Speri ITA.
Gwendal Nael/Lilian Mercier FRA lead in the 29er Boys 5 points in front of Crispin Beaumont/Tom Darling GBR. Natasha Bryant/Annie Wilmot AUS extended their lead in the 29er Girls on 9 points. Greta and Kate Stewart NZL are the new first challengers.
Tom Mourniac/Charles Dorange FRA continue with their series of top-3 results and have now a 15 points' lead already. Winning all three heats of the day, Gianluigi Ugolini/Maria Giubilei ITA advanced on rank 2 overall.
Finnian Alexander AUS won both races in the Laser Radial Boys and extended his lead on 18 points. Patrick Doepping DEN and George Gautrey NZL follow at equal points on rank 2. Sandra Lulic CRO remains first in the Laser Radial Girls 2 points ahead of Dolores Moreira URU. Hannah Anderssohn GER, 6 points behind, has still an option on the title.
In the RX:S Boys Windsurfers, Yoav Omer ISR is on a solid track to the title after having won 6 of the 9 races completed so far and an advantage on Sil Hoekstra NED of 19 points. With 13 points, the cushion of Emma Wilson GBR on the persuers in the RS:X Girls Windsurfers - Katy Spychakov ISR and Maria Belen PER - is comfortable as well.
The leading trio in the Nations' Cup are GBR, FRA and ITA. USA are 6th, MEX 27th and CAN 29th.

The ranks of the North Americans:
420 Boys: Will Rodgers/Jack Parkin USA 1st, Patrick Wilson/Arie Moffat CAN 18th, Jose Aguilera Palacios/Juan Martinez Moreno MEX 22nd
420 Girls: Kathryn Hall/Ashton Borcherding USA 4th, Georgia Lewin-La France/Madeline Gillis CAN 12th, Alejandra Montemayor/Casilda Flores MEX 14th
29er Boys: Ryan Ratliffe/Samuel Merson USA 14th, Eric Lyall/Andrew Wood CAN 21st
29er Girls: Emily Bugeja/Astrid Frkman CAN 14th, Louisa Nordstrom/Catherine Mollerus CAN 22nd
Laser Radial Boys: Carrson Pierce USA 7th, Leopoldo Seifert MEX 22nd, Matti Muru CAN 24th
Laser Radial Girls: Sophia Reineke USA is 10th, Lauren Sullivan CAN 31st, Paula Pelayo MEX 39th
Nacra 17 Open: Romain Screve/Ian Brill USA 3rd
RS:X Boys: Mateo Salles MEX 14th, Geronimo Nores USA 18th
RS:X Girls: Mariana Acquilar MEX 11th

All results and the event website, where the daily news will be published soon.