A fresh Mistral wind prevailed again on the last day of the Skiff Junior Worlds on the Gulf of Marseille. While the 49er Goldfleet held two more races, the 49er Silverfleet and the 49erFX heats were cancelled.
Keanu Preitner/Niklas Haberl AUT won therefore the Open title in the FX with a 10 points' lead on Wilma Bobeck/Malin Tengström SWE, who grasped the Women's title. After excellent first races and early leaders, Lucy Wilmot/Nathan Housberg USA finished finally on the 12th place overall.
In the 49ers, Robert Dickson/Shaun Waddilove IRL won another race and defended their first place overall. As best of the day (1/5), Max Stingele/Linov Scheel GER advanced on rank 2 ahead of Daniel Nyborg/Sebastian Olsen DEN on 3rd at equal points. Not racing in the fresh Mistral, Harry Melges/Finn Rowe USA remain 29th, Dylan Jones/Jonathan Kelly CAN 45th among the 52 teams.
All ranking lists on the event website, and in addition the final report.

Apparently, there was not enough wind for the 470 Junior Worlds Medal Races yesterday on Lake Bracciano ITA, as the Saturday results on the website remained unchanged.
With this, Benedetta di Salle/Alessandra Dubbini ITA are the new World Champions ahead of Theres Dahnke/Birte Winkel GER and Paola Amar/Marine Riou FRA with Silver and Bronze. Madeleine Rice/Laura Slovensky USA lost 3 places in the last race and finished on rank 18.
In the Men fleet, Hippolyte Machetti/Sidoine Dantes FRA defended their last-year title followed by Giacomo Ferrai/Giulio Calabro ITA on rank 3 and Balasz Gyapias/Zsombor Gyapias HUN on 3rd. Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin USA finished on rank 5.
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Fresher winds of up to 15kn prevailed yesterday for the first time during the last three Qualification Series races to select the 10 best for today's Medal Races.
Hippolyte Machetti/Sidoine Dantes FRA extended their lead in the 470 Men on 14 points and are on a safe way to the title. Thanks to two race wins, Giacomo Ferrari/Giulio Calabro ITA moved up on rank 2 with a 5 points' advantage on Balazs and Zsombor Gyapias HUN on rank 3. Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin USA start to the Medal Race from rank 5 with a 9 points' backlog on the podium.
Leader change in the 470 Women where Benedetta Di Salle/Alessandra Dubbini ITA are now on rank one with a 7 points' lead on Theres Dahnke/Birte Winkel GER. Closely behind follow Paola Amar/Marine Riou FRA and Marine Lefort/Lara Granier FRA. Madeleine Rice/Laura Slovensky USA lost 9 places and are out of the top-10 on rank 15.
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After the unplanned lay day on Thursday, the wind hesitated to fill in yesterday as well, but late in the afternoon, 2 races per fleet could be completed.
Hippolyte Machetti/Sidoine Dantes FRA extended their lead in the 470 male fleet with a race win on 8 points. Daniel Göttlich/Linus Klasen GER remain 2nd. With a bullet, Ido Bilik/Tamuz Cherutei ISR moved up on rank 3. Best of the day (2/2) were Yanis Saie/Lukas Haberl AUT new on 4th with a 10 points' backlog on rank 1. Still with a chance for a Medal are Yves Mermod/Cyril Schüpbach SUI on rank 6 with only 5 points behind rank 3. Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin USA lost 4 places and are now 13th.
In the 470 Women, Theres Dahnke/Birte Winkel GER on top of the rankings extended their lead on 7 points. Benedetta Di Salle/ Alessandra Dubbini ITA follow on rank 2 with an advantage on the 3rd Yahel Wallach/Omer Bilia ISR of 4 points. As best of the day (3/2), Marine Lefort/Lara Granier FRA joined the Israeli on rank 3. Even 7 places down are Madeleine Rice/Laura Slovensky USA now on rank 13 as well.
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Late ... and too little wind on Lake Bracciano ITA yesterday and racing was cancelled for the day.
Leaders after three races sailed so far are Theres Dahnke/Birte Winkel GER in the 470 females 3 points ahead of Yahel Wallach/Omer Bilia ISR. Madeleine Rice/Laura Slovensky USA are on rank 6.
In the 470 males, Hippolyte Machetti/Sidoine Dantes FRA are 2 points ahead of Daniel Göttlich/Linus Klasen GER and Enric Noguera/Fernando Davila ESP at equal points. Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin USA are 9th.
The ranking list and the daily news.

A moderate thermal breeze prevailed also yesterday on Lake Bracciano with a thunderstorm filling in in the late afternoon. Both fleets completed two races.
Theres Dahnke/Birte Winkel GER defended rank 1 in the 470 Girls with Yahel Wallach/Omer Bilia ISR new on rank 2 with a race win. Linoy Korn/Shahar Tibi ISR follow on the 3rd place at equal points. Madeleine Rice/Laura Slovensky USA are on rank 6.
Hippolyte Machetti/Dante Sidoine FRA moved on top of the 470 Boys thanks to a race win with a 2 points lead on Daniel Göttlich/Linus Klasen GER now on 2nd. Enric Noguera/Fernando Davila ESP, best of the day (2/2) advanced on rank 3. Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin USA are 9th.
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The 470 Junior Worlds on Lake Bracciano (Rome) began yesterday in moderate 11kn winds, but after one race, the boats had do go ashore as a thunderstorm was approaching.
In the 470 female juniors, Theres Dahnke/Birte Winkel GER were the winners ahead of Madleine Rice/ Laura Slovensky USA and Benedetta di Salle/Alessandra Dubbini ITA.
In the male juniors, Daniel Göttlich/Linus Klasen GER and Hippolyte Machetti/Sidoine Dantes FRA were the winners in their groups. On rank 3 followed Thomas Ponthieu/Eliott Michal FRA and Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin USA.
The ranking lists and the daily news.

The 470 Junior World Championship begins today on the Lago di Bracciano, the drinking water reservoir of Rome, situated in the mountains behind the Italian Capital with usually a good thermal breeze around 12-15kn. 28 female teams from 11 nations adn 4 continents are enrolled with France, Italy and Israel as favorites. Missing are the Spanish team, normally among the best world-wide in the 470s. Madeleine Rice/Laura Slovensky represent the USA.
52 male teams from 20 nations and 3 continents are on the entry list. Four USA teams are on the entry lists: Eduardo Mintzias/Trevor Bornarth, Cormac Murphy/Adam Fried, Tyler Paige/Gonçalo Ramos and the former 420 ISAF Youth Sailing World Champions Wiley Rogers/Jack Parkin.
Here all lists of participants.
The event website.