In the 49er skiff, Ireland's Tokyo Olympians Robert Dickson (HYC) and Seán Waddilove (Skerries Sailing Club) missed out on a top ten medal race appearance on Saturday in the Princesa Sofia Regatta after a tiller-extension broke leading to a capsize in the first race of the day
The pair went on to score two seventh places leaving them 13th overall, unchanged from their overnight position and just seven points shy of the top ten.
"I feel disappointed that we didn't sail our best and under-performed a bit with too many small errors, particularly at the starts but that's something we can work on," said Dickson after racing. "It’s about strategy and risk management."
"There were lots of good things we can take away from this regatta and also things that we can work on," said Waddilove. "One of our goals before the regatta was how we get back (into) the fleet and catching back up and that's something that we showed we're well capable of."
Séafra Guilfoyle and Johnny Durcan of Royal Cork YC also ended in 13th place for their Silver fleet in the 49er class, finishing the regatta as they started with a ninth place.
France have a strong chance of securing medals in the 49er where Erwan Fischer and Clément Pequin lead into the medal race.
Saskia Tidey
In the 49er FX women's class, there will be no medal race finish for Dun Laoghaire's Saskia Tidey sailing with Freya Black who ended up 11th overall.
Full results here