The three New Zealand 49 crews all sit in the top five after the first day of racing for the Sailing World Cup Final in Melbourne.
Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie took out the first two races, while they discard their 11th from the third race to lead the fleet. Just a few places behind them is Josh Porebski and Trent Rippey in third, with Nick Egnot-Johnson and Jack Rogers finishing their first day in fifth.
"The fleet had seven to ten knots of breeze, with fairly unstable pressure and shifts anywhere from the South to the South-East which made racing tricky. It definitely wasn't a one-way track today, and there have been lots of good learnings with some solid race management," comments NZL 49er coach Jim Maloney.
Maloney said the team has had a nice build up to the event in Melbourne, and is enjoying the racing following their training in Auckland.
Nacra 17 pair Olivia Mackay and Micah Wilkinson also had a good start in the 10-strong fleet with their string of results including two thirds and a second, leaving them in third place overall.
