New Zealand sailors are back in the hunt for medals at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in the Netherlands with three crews lying in the top two across three classes with just two days of racing remaining.
Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie are 10 points clear in the women's 470, Andy Maloney has climbed to second in the Laser event and the men's 470 pairing of Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox have also improved to second after some excellent races overnight (NZT).
It was another freezing day on the water but conditions allowed for a full schedule of three races in each fleet at what is the second of five regattas that make up the Eurosaf Champions Sailing Cup.
Aleh and Powrie took two seconds and a race win to open a commanding lead on their closest rivals.
"After we got over the shock of the cold, or went numb, we managed to get through three races,'' they said. "The wind was a little shifty and crazy, with some big rain squalls coming through all morning. We had some mixed races, with the results showing a 2, 1, 2, however, we were up and down at times and made a few more mistakes than we would have liked.''
