On the first day of the Sailing World Cup regatta in Hyeres several Americans had a strong day but the strongest belonged to Caleb Paine in the Finn class. Paine started the day with a fifth place finish in the first race but then improved on that in the second race of the day where he finished second. After the first two of nine races Paine is in second and just two points behind the leader.

In the 2.4m category Dee Smith was the top American in the single race on Wednesday finishing in fourth while Daniel Evans made in two in the top ten with a sixth place finish. In the Nacra 17 race the team of Bora Gulari/Louisa Chafee did not finish the race while in the sonar race Alphonsus Doerr/Bradley Kendell/Hugh Freund were ninth.

In the men’s 470 Stuart Mcnay/David Hughes didn’t start off well with an 18th place finish in the first race of the day but an 8th place finish in the second bounced them up to 11th in the overall standings so far. The women’s side went the other way as Anne Haeger/Briana Provancha opened up with a 13th place finish before a DNF in the second race dropped them to 24th overall. Christopher Barnard didn’t have much success in the Laser race where he placed 38th in both races.

Over in the 49er there were three races on Wednesday and Thomas Barrows II/Joseph Morris (US Virgin Islands) were 16th, 31st, and did not finish the final race. They sit in 30th. Finally in the men’s RS:X Pedro Pascual is 39th after finishing 38th, 34th, and 35th while in the women’s RS:X Marion Lepert had a really good day and after going seventh, 26th, and fourth she is in fifth place..

The 2.4m, Sonar, men’s and women’s 470, Finn, and Laser categories have two races on Thursday. Nacra 17 has a whopping four races on Thursday while there are three races in the 49er, and RS:X men’s and women’s categories.

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