It was another profitable day on the water off Aarhus, Denmark for some of New Zealand's best sailors, including a trio who grew up learning the intricacies of sailing at the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club.
Gemma Jones and Tauranga's Jason Saunders are doing a good job of taming the new foiling Nacra 17 cats, sitting in second after three days of the sailing world
championships test event ahead of next month's Nacra world championships.
The pair, who finished fourth at last year's Olympics, are only four points behind Denmark's Lin Cenholt and Christian Lubeck after collecting a seventh, second and fourth on Friday.
Fellow Kiwi and Jason's younger brother, Tom Saunders (Tauranga), remained third in the Laser, picking up a win and a 10th place in the two races overnight. Olympic bronze medallist Sam Meech (Tauranga) continued his climb up the leaderboard to sit in seventh after falling back to 43rd after receiving a black flag disqualification on the first day.
It was a typically gritty display from Saunders who loves nothing more than getting into a competitive match race.