Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti held on to their healthy lead in the Mixed Multihull, despite having their weakest day in Marseille so far.

They opened with yet another race win, before clocking two consecutive sixth place finishes in the penultimate day of the Opening Series.

Argentina’s Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco moved up a spot to second overall with their most consistent day of racing, ending with back-to-back second spots.

New Zealand’s Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson came second in the opening race of the day, but a ninth in race nine saw them drop behind the Argentinian pair, though both crews sit on the same amount of points (28).

Tita said: “It was tough conditions, but we managed to survive and we’re still at the top of the results so we’re happy about that. We gained some points overall so we’re happy about that. We’re going to stay focused on tomorrow and will keep pushing.

“We’ve done a great job improving our performance in the light wind which is really good.”

Bosco said: “We had a really good day and we’re really happy. The conditions were tricky and really unstable, but we managed well, so we keep pushing.”

Majdalani said: “If we have more of these conditions, things can shake up quite a lot. If the wind is stronger, Italy are really, really strong, but if its light, anything can happen.”

Wilkinson said: “We had a solid day. There were much lighter conditions, but we’re happy with how we’re sailing. We’ll take it race by race. We’re really enjoying it and after a slow lead in it’s nice to go racing.”

Dawson said: “We got off the start line in good shape and had clear lanes.”

Mixed Dinghy:

The first 470 race of the day was abandoned midway through and was not restarted, meaning the overall standings did not change. Austria’s Lara Vadlau and Lukas Maehr lead the Mixed Dinghy, Spain’s Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman follow behind and Japan’s Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka remain third.

How it works:

Medals for the Mixed Dinghy (470) will be decided by the cumulative results of the 19-strong fleet over 10 races.
The boat with the lowest total will rank first. Athletes will be able to discard their worst finishing position after they’ve completed three races.

At the end of the Opening Series, the top ten boats in the fleet will qualify for the Medal Race, which is worth double points. The score in the Medal Race cannot be discarded. The crew with the smallest overall points total will win gold.

Medals for the Mixed Multihull (Nacra 17) be decided by the cumulative results of the 19-strong fleet over 12 races. The boat with the lowest total will rank first. Athletes will be able to discard their worst finishing position after they’ve completed three races.

At the end of the Opening Series, the top ten boats in the fleet will qualify for the Medal Race, which is worth double points. The score in the Medal Race cannot be discarded. The crew with the smallest overall points total will win gold.