Singapore’s Darren Choy notched three wins from as many races in the first day out at sea for the Byte CII category, while Najwa Jumali had a commendable performance after finishing third overall, as the Asian Youth Games sailing campaign got underway.
420 sailors Justin Liu and Sherman Cheng captured a bronze medal at the 2009 Kieler Woche (Kiel Week) event, the world’s largest sailing event.
Justin Liu and Sherman Cheng, Singapore's 2006 Asian Games, 2007 SEA Games and 2007 Junior Europeans 420 Champions, are tied with British champions Phil Sparks and Ben Gratton for the lead in the 420 category after a day's racing at Kiel Week.
Singaporean Leonard Ong, Colin Chen, Victoria Chan and Elizabeth Yin turn in creditable performances at a major international sailing event in Germany.
Singapore's junior sailors finished in third and fourth place at the inaugural Optimist Team Racing Championship.
The results for day 5 varied among the top few sailors, where some did extremely well while others had a bad day. Although two races were sailed today, the last race was taken off the scoreboard due to a redress which involved the issue of raising the wrong flag.
The Byte CIIs continue to be led by Darren Choy, who at eighteen points is still not quite safe from second-placed Terence Choo.
Favourable wind conditions allowed racing on both courses to get off to a good start on Day 3 of the Singapore Sailing Championships.