Howth Yacht Club's Rocco Wright retained his overnight lead in the non-Olympic ILCA6/Laser Men's Euro event in Hyeres, France.
A second place followed by an eighth means he has a ten-point lead at this early stage of the regatta in a 64-boat fleet.
There are two Senior European titles at stake in the ILCA 6 Men’s competition: the Overall champion and the Under 21 champion, and both are held by Wright (1-2-2-SCP27).
The second place is for Ben Elvin GBR (4-1-9-2) with 7. Alastair Brown GBR (18-8-3-1) completes the Overall podium with 12.
Georgios Yiasemides CYP (9-5-1-19) and Lovre Bakotic CRO (27-7-4-11) complete the provisional U21 podium in places fourth and sixth overall with 15 and 22 points, respectively.
Xavier Leclair FRA (46-3-6-10) is fifth overall with 19 units.
Friday is the last day of the qualifying series, with the first warning signal at 12:00.
The forecast is for even stronger winds.
Six days of races are scheduled in total, with the last ones coming on Monday 21st to decide the new 2022 EurILCA Senior European champions.
Results are downloadable below