A second day of light and shifty moderate winds completed two more qualifying rounds at the Laser/ILCA 4.7 Youth World Championships at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
According to provisional results, the 149 boat boy's division is being led overnight by Spain's Joan Ravie followed by Alexandros Eleftheriadis of Greece with Daniel Cardona Balsa (ESP) staying third.
The top Irish performer in the boys fleet is Howth Yacht Club Optimist ace Rocco Wright who took a seventh in race four to be 51st overall.
Ravie showed real class to take two first-place finishes to move to the of the leader board.
A lighter breeze of 8-10 kts started the day at 245 degrees and backed around through to 150 as the day progressed.
The girl's division is led by Croatia's Petra Marednic with Emma Mattiv (ITA) in second and Spain's Claudia Adán Lledó (CRO) is lying third. The top Irish girl is Anna O'Connor in 36th place in the 80-boat fleet.
The reigning ILCA 4 Girls European Champion and leader from the opening day, Annemijn Algra (NED) slipped to sixth.
229 boys and girls are competing from 31 different countries for the overall prize that is being hosted jointly by the harbour's National Yacht Club and Royal St. George Yacht Clubs.
The organisers say it is one of the largest international sporting events taking place in Ireland this year.
Both boys and girls divisions have completed a full schedule of four races on separate Dublin Bay race courses
Both divisions compete for another day in the qualifying series and a further three days in the finals series to eventually decide who will be crowned the 2021ILCA 4.7 World Champion.
Boys results are here for and girls here
Racing continues from 10:30 am with three final qualifying races