Tauranga RS:X windsurfer Sven Pedersen is placed 16^th of 34 entries after day two of the 41^st Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship event in Zadar, Croatia.

The day's racing was marred by light winds, leading to some long stints on the water for the sailors.

Sven Pedersen.

'Winds were a steady three to six knots,” says New Zealand team manager Ian Neely. 'Consistency at this stage is the name of the game – it was a very hot and long day with seven hours on the water for some.”
Tomer Simhony and Ellie Copeland sailing for New Zealand in the SL16 multihull event consolidated on their day one performance adding a fourth, a sixth and a fifth in the three races sailed.
This is enough to see them retain their place in second overall, while Lowy and Andrade of Brazil have asserted themselves as a force to be reckoned with out in front, clean-sweeping three wins today and opening up a nine point gap on the kiwis.

Simhony and Copeland are three points clear of third place at the end of day two.
Over on the 29er course Jack Simpson and Logan Dunning-Beck have moved from 11th on the board up into third place after a good set of race results overnight.

They came off the water with a fifth, a second and a seventh from the second day of racing.
With a total of five races now sailed in the 29er skiff event each pair is able to discard their worst race score – for Simpson and Dunning-Back this is a 22nd from day one – which aids their dramatic climb up the overall standings.

They're now just one point off second place, but have plenty of sailors hot on their heels in this competitive fleet, so they will be looking to continue their good form.
Points are tight and competition is hot in the boy's 420 event where New Zealand's pair, Alex Munro and Brad Moss, is demonstrating they can foot it with their international rivals.

Just three races have been sailed in total in this class, the Kiwis adding a fourth place to the score card overnight and climbing from 13th to seventh in the standings.
It's been a pumping battle for the windsurfers in the light winds at this regatta so far and Georgia Schofield has put in another solid day for New Zealand in the girl's RS:X fleet. Two races were staged overnight in which she placed eighth and seventh putting her in sixth place overall at the end of day two.
Racing continues again tonight in Croatia after which the event hits the midway mark and a rest day for sailors on Tuesday, following which they get back to business.

2011 Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships, Zadar, Croatia
NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team standings after day two

2nd Tomer Simhony and Ellie Copeland (Open Multihull – 14 entries)
6th Georgia Schofield (Female RS:X Wind surfing – 20 entries)
16th Sven Pedersen (Male RS:X Wind surfing – 34 entries)
21st Verity Judge and Gemma Jones (Female 420 – 31 entries)
7th Alexander Munro and Brad Moss (Male 420 – 34 entries)
3rd Jack Simpson and Logan Dunning-Beck (29er – 23 entries)
13th Michael Cate (Male Laser Radial – 50 entries)
32nd Molly Meech (Female Laser Radial – 41 entries)

NZ team manager: Ian Neely
Coaches: Shelley Hesson and Jim Maloney