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Marcelien DE KONING and Lobke BERKHOUT (NED) have started their 2005 Worlds as they will hope to continue with two bullets from two races. Ranked at number 11 on the ISAF World Sailing Rankings DE KONING and BERKHOUT have had a solid season so far not finishing lower than seventh at any of the ISAF graded events they have entered and having missed out on the Olympic place in 2004 to Lisa WESTERHOF and Margriet MATTHIJSSE they will be fighting hard to maintain their lead.

Christina BASSADONE (GBR), sailing with Katherine HOPSON finished a credible seventh in Athens last year and since then she has teamed up with Saskia CLARK. BASSADONE and CLARK have shot out of the starting blocks in San Francisco with a third and a second to lie second overall after the first day. There is quite a gap down to the next team which is Queenslanders Lauren JEFFRIES and Rike ZIEGELMAYER (AUS). Unable to compete at the 470 North Americans as they waited for their boat to clear customs, JEFFRIES and ZIEGELMAYER did not have as much time to prepare on the water as they would have liked but have made a solid start to their first 470 World Championship. At 23 years of age, JEFFRIES and ZIEGELMAYER are relative newcomers to the senior circuit but have performed well so far this season. A second place at Exper Olympic Garda - Eurolymp and top ten finishes at the ISAF Grade 1 Holland Regatta and Kieler Woche has helped them climb to number 30 on the rankings and they are lying in third place overally after finishing fifth and ninth yesterday.

Two points behind JEFFRIES is 2004 Olympic silver medallist in the Europe Lenka SMIDOVA with crew Elizabeth KRATZIG (CZE). Defending champions Therese TORGERSSON and Vendela ZACHRISSON (SWE) have not had the start they would have liked and are way down the pan counting an OCS from race 1.

The 64 men's teams will each day be divided into two fleets both of which completed two races yesterday. Defending champions Nathan WILMOT and Malcolm PAGE (AUS) are competing at their first graded event since the Olympic Games in Athens last year and go into day two just where they would like to end the championship, at the top. A second and a bullet on day one sees them lead with three points. Just behind them are Nicolas CHARBONNIER and Oliver BAUSSET (FRA) who finished second in both races.

Fresh from the victory at the 470 Junior Worlds in Russia just three weeks ago, Sime FANTELA and Igor MARENIC (CRO) have started their campaign to do the double with a bang. A bullet in the first race and fourth in the second puts them equal third with Gildas PHLIPPE and Nicolas LEBERRE (FRA).

Women's Top Ten

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Points
1	NED	Marcelien DE KONING	Lobke BERKHOUT	1	1	2
2	GBR	Christina BASSADONE	Saskia CLARK	3	2	5
3	AUS	Lauren JEFFRIES	Rike ZIEGELMAYER	5	9	14
4	CZE	Lenka SMIDOVA	Elizabeth KRATZIG	4	12	16
5	POL	Katarzyna TYLINSKA	Marta KASZALOWICZ	18	3	21
6	ESP	Natalia VIA DUFRESNE	Laia TUTZO	8	13	21
7	GBR	Lucy MACGREGOR	Julia SCOTT	2	20	22
8	SIN	Liying TOH	Lee Ching TOK	7	16	23
9	AUT	Sylvia VOGL	Carolina FLATCHER	9	14	23
10	BRA	Isabel FICKER BARZAGHI	Laura ZANNI	14	10	24

Men's Top Ten

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	Group	Race 1	Race 2	Points
1	AUS	Nathan WILMOT	Malcolm PAGE	white	2	1	3
2	FRA	Nicolas CHARBONNIER	Olivier BAUSSET	blue	2	2	4
3	FRA	Gildas PHILIPPE	Nicolas LEBERRE	white	1	4	5
4	CRO	Sime FANTELA	Igor MARENIC	blue	1	4	5
5	ARG	Matias BUHLER	Marcos LAMAS	white	3	5	8
6	AUS	Matthew BELCHER	Nick BEHRENS	blue	8	1	9
7	GBR	Nick ROGERS	Joe GLANFIELD	blue	7	3	10
8	FRA	Benjamin BONNAUD	Romain BONNAUD	white	11	2	13
9	ITA	Gabrio ZANDONA	Francesco DELLA TORRE	white	7	6	13
10	ISR	Gideon KLIGER	Udi GAL	blue	3	11	14