Three more races at the Melges 24 Worlds in Harbor Springs, Michigan, USA, saw Anthony Kotoun and Wah Gwan (USA) take the lead.
Day One leader Gamecock (USA 871), skippered by Peter McClennen, began Wednesday exactly where the team had left off, winning Race 4. Then Anthony Kotoun and Wah Gwan (USA 865) took over winning Races 5 and 6.
With a seventh now discarded, Wah Gwan counts 2-3-6-1-1 for 13 net points and leads the championship by four points after six races.
Behind Wah Gwan, the fight at the top remains tight. Gamecock holds second place with 17 net points after scores of 3-5-2-1-(13)-6. Geoff Fargo’s Sentinel (USA 856) trails by just one point in third, with 18 points.
Peter Duncan’s Shiitake (USA 864) sits fourth with 23 points, while Brian Porter’s Full Throttle (USA 849) completes the top five with 25 points.
Best placed British entry is Stuart Simpson’s Team Barbarians in 14th overall with 12, 17, (22), 4, 18, 16, and now leading Corinthian. Other British entry Zhik Race Team is 20th overall with (25) 20, 18, 11, 23, 12 finishes.
“We really enjoyed the racing today,” Simpson said. “The conditions did what they said on the tin and were very close to the forecast. The breeze came in a little stronger than we expected, almost as strong as yesterday, which we enjoyed.”
“We managed to win the pin in two races, and that really helped,” he said. “The first race was a dream for us. We won the pin, reached the windward mark first and finished fourth overall. That was a real feather in the cap for the team.”
Team Barbarians is sailed by Stuart Simpson, Bernard Fitzpatrick, Sam Hunt, Mark Hassett and Fred Kemp.
With the forecast looking less favourable later in the week, the race committee plans to make the most of Thursday’s conditions with early starts.