All Change at the Top at the 470 Europeans

An outstanding day from Australia's Elise RECHICHI and Tessa PARKINSON moves them to the top of the women's leaderboard with a solid eight point lead over second placed Sylvia VOGL and Carolina FLATSCHER (AUT) who move up one place.

Overnight leaders Amanda CLARK and Sarah MERGENTHALER (USA) had their worst day of the championship scoring 11, 5 and 31 and slip down to third place and the fortunes of Japan's Ai KONDO and Naoko KAMATA were even worse, a 14, 21 and 19 sees them down in sixth place overall.

In the men’s championship, there is also a new fleet leader. Sven and Kalle COSTER (NED) now top the leaderboard but are on equal points with Gideon KLIGER and Udi GAL (ISR). The leaders from the previous two days, Javier CONTE and Juan DE LA FUENTE (ARG) had by far their worst day of the Championship, with 19, 28 and 14 scores. The Argentinean team are still however just four points behind the leaders so there is much left to sail for.

Snapping at their heels, are triple world champions Nathan WILMOT and Malcolm PAGE (AUS), who were the day's most consistent performers. WILMOT and PAGE finished sixth in the rist race of the day before picking up two bullets to put themselves back in contention. Tied on points with Pierre LEBOUCHER and Vincent GARROS (FRA) in fifth the top of the men's leaderboard is very tight, with just ten points separating the top nine boats.