Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have made a mixed start to their 49er world title defence in Argentina.
The regatta, which has attracted 61 boats in the men's 49er fleet and 44 in the women's 49erFX fleet, kicked off in Buenos Aires, Argentina overnight. Another five days of racing are scheduled before the medals are decided.
Burling and Tuke, who were last week named 2015 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, took a race win in their first race of the day, but an 18th followed in race two. Bouncing back they came away from race three with another win to lie fifth overall at this early stage of the series.
Talking last week after victory in the 2015 South American Championships, which served as a build-up regatta, Burling described the venue as tricky where the muddy coloured water made wind puffs hard to read.
"It is a really challenging place to get it right all the time - so it's going to be tough venue to sail the World Championships," he predicted. "It's really rewarding when you get it right."
