12 Aug 2010

NZ sailors consolidate positions at Weymouth

10:45 am on 12 August 2010

New Zealand sailors have consolidated their positions at the halfway point of the final round of the Olympic Class World Cup series off Weymouth in England.

With 3 of the six race days completed Andrew Murdoch is second in the Laser, while Sam Meech is 4th and Josh Junior 7th.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are second in the 49er, Jon-Paul Tobin 4th and Tom Ashley 8th in the boardsailing, Sara Winther is 6th in the Laser Radial, Dan Slater 6th in the Finn, and Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk 9th in the Star.

This is the venue to be used for the 2012 London Olympics.