Onerahi youngster makes swift move in title race

Day  Three of the Splash World Sailing Championship sailed off Takapuna Beach in Auckland, delivered more exciting conditions for the fleet of 73 youth sailors, including two young Northlanders.
Taipa's Ben Lutze lost his first placing, moving to seventh. But Onerahi's Michael Cate moved up to third.
The Splash Dinghy is a fast, modern single-handed dinghy designed for sailors under the age of 19. Favoured for its ability to build confidence in mostly teenage sailors, the boat is a step up from the Optimist, and a precursor and training vessel for the Laser class raced by both men and women at the Olympic Games.
The line up at the 2010 Splash World Sailing Championships includes 73 youth sailors from 12 countries.
New Zealanders have been world champions in the class in 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009, and in 2009 New Zealand sailors also won the Nations Cup at the Splash World Champs held in Europe.
Racing finishes  tomorrow afternoon and will be followed by a prizegiving ceremony.