24 August 2009

The Be Number 1 pairing of Pippa Wilson and Saskia Clark lie in sixth place at the 470 World Championships in Denmark after two days of racing. The British duo recorded a respectable 3-2-6 today, discarding an eighth-place finish (the second lowest after the current leaders from Holland).

“We had a good day,” said an exhausted Wilson afterwards. “We had two pretty good races and one we had an almost-capsize at the very beginning, so it was a bit of a catch up.”

A 3-2-1 score-line allowed the Dutch duo of Lisa Westerhof and Beijing silver medallist and double world champion Lobke Berkhout to surge into the lead on seven points. Trailing them are eight boats packed together on 14-17 points, including Wilson and Clark.

The qualifying rounds continue tomorrow, when the forecast is for more south-easterly breeze early in the afternoon, but with the wind veering south and dropping later on.