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2004 Olympic silver medallists and defending European Champions, Nick ROGERS and Joe GLANFIELD (GBR), continue to look like the team to beat here in Poland. They followed a second place in race four with a bullet to end the day on a perfect four points after the first discard came into consideration after the fourth race.

Javier CONTE and Juan DE LA FUENTE (ARG) mirrored the British pair's results to move clear in second place. Runners up in the ISAF Grade 1 Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères, the French team of Benjamin BONNAUD and Romain BONNAUD, produced the best performance of the day with two bullets lifting them into third. ISAF World Sailing Rankings' leaders, Gideon KLIGER and Ehud GAL (ISR) also had a good day with a 2,1 record leaving them tied on points with the BONNAUD brothers. Lying in second place after the first day, Álvaro MARINHO and Miguel NUNES (POR), scored two thirds and drop to fifth.

Several of the crews are lying low down on the leaderboard after fourteen teams were black flagged in yesterday's first race. Combined with Wednesday's DNF, the BFD on the leaderboard next to the names of the winners of the recent ISAF Grade 1 Holland Regatta in Medemblik, Mathew BELCHER and Nick BEHRENS (AUS), means they drop to 34 overall.

Two crews in the women's fleet are counting the optimum score of four points. The number one team in the ISAF World Sailing Rankings, Hyères and Medemblik winners, Ingrid PETITJEAN and Nadège DOUROUX (FRA), added a second place and a bullet to their opening day salvo of three first places. Sneaking ahead of them on countback is Marcelien DE KONING and Lobke BERKHOUT (NED). They scored two bullets yesterday to make it four in a row and lift them into pole position on the leaderboard. The Israeli team of Nike KORNECKI and Vered BOUSKILA rise to third place overall after a 1,3 record for the day.

2004 Olympic bronze medallists and current World Champions, Therese TORGERSSON and Vendela ZACHRISSON (SWE) are still well in touch, just six points off the leaders after finishing second and fourth in yesterday's two races. Katarzyna TYLINSKA and Zuzanna GLADYS remain the principle Polish team of the competition, taking advantage of the familiar surroundings to finish sixth and third yesterday, to round out the top five.

Winners here in Gdynia last year in the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in the 420, the Australian team of Elise RECHICHI and Tessa PARKINSON recovered from capsizing in the final race on Wednesday, with a 4,6 record yesterday to move them up to seventh overall. They now lie one place ahead of another Youth Worlds' graduate, Pippa WILSON (GBR), sailing with crew Sheena CRAIG (GBR).

After two DNFs yesterday, Siren SUNDBY and Karianne MELLEBY (NOR) recovered to 24 overall with a twelve and sixth place.

Today sees the sixth and final group race scheduled for 1100 hours local time with the weather forecast predicting winds of around 20 knots. The final series of the Championship then gets underway tomorrow with the top placing sailors pitted against each other in the gold fleet.

Top Ten Men After Five Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	GBR	Nick ROGERS	Joe GLANFIELD	1	1	1	(2)	1	4
2	ARG	Javier CONTE	Juan DE LA FUENTE	1	(5)	2	2	1	6
3	FRA	Benjamin BONNAUD	Romain BONNAUD	2	3	(4)	1	1	7
4	ISR	Gideon KLIGER	Ehud GAL	(6)	2	2	1	2	7
5	POR	Alvaro MARINHO	Miguel NUNES	1	1	(6)	3	3	8
6	NED	Sven COSTER	Kalle COSTER	3	(4)	1	1	4	9
7	GRE	Panagiotis KAMBOURIDIS	Aggelos LEMANIS	6	2	2	(7)	3	13
8	FRA	Ronan DREANO	Ronan FLOCH	4	(6)	5	2	2	13
9	FRA	Pallu DE LA BARRIERE	Aymeric CHAPPELIER	4	3	4	(BFD)	3	14
10	FRA	Pierre LEBOUCHER	Vincent GAROS	(6)	1	4	6	4	15

Top Ten Women After Five Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	NED	Marcellien DE KONING	Lobke BERKHOUT	(14)	1	1	1	1	4
2	FRA	Ingrid PETITJEAN	Nadege DOUROUX	1	1	1	(2)	1	4
3	ISR	Nike KORNECKI	Vered BOUSKILA	(15)	2	4	1	3	10
4	SWE	Therese TORGERSSON	Vendela ZACHRISSON	2	3	3	2	(4)	10
5	POL	Katarzyna TYLINSKA	Zuzanna GLADYSZ	4	2	2	(6)	3	11
6	SLO	Vesna DEKLEVA	Klara MAUCEC	(7)	4	2	7	2	15
7	AUS	Elise RECHICHI	Tessa PARKINSON	2	3	(17)	4	6	15
8	GBR	Pippa WILSON	Sheena CRAIG	3	(7)	5	7	2	17
9	GER	Stefanie ROTHWEILER	Vivien KUSSATZ	(6)	5	6	4	4	19
10	GER	Kathrin KADELBACH	Saskia SCHRODER	4	6	3	(10)	8	21