New Zealand's 29er boys crew hit the lead on what was a mixed-bag day for the New Zealand Yachting Trust Youth Team on the third day of competition at the 2015 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in Malaysia.
In shifty conditions which made racing tricky the boy's 29er pair of Jackson Keon and Nick Egnot-Johnson had another strong day. The boys now hold a commanding lead after adding another two race wins to post 5, 1, 1 and take a seven-point lead into the regatta lay day. Their female counterparts in the skiff, Kate and Greta Stewart, are currently in fourth after posting 5, 9, 7 during racing.
Girls' Laser Radial representative Ali Nightingale described a frustrating day where, "it was super shifty and I just couldn't quite figure out what the wind was doing".
She is currently sitting in eighth after placing 11, 18 and her male counterpart George Gautrey is sitting in sixth after posting 9, 16. That theme continued for the 420 boys who "had a bit of a mare," posting 18, 20 to currently sit in 14th overall.
The SL16 mulithulls finally got some racing under way after their supplied equipment was held up arriving to the Malaysian venue in a shipping delay. Kiwi representatives Tam Lindsay and William Mckenzie had a solid day scoring 2, 4, 2, 3. A couple of pitch poles may have been incorporated into their on-the-water experience but considering it was their second day ever sailing an SL16 they put in an impressive performance and currently sit 4th overall.
