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With races five and six completed yesterday the first discard of the Championship has come into force. FERRIS, SMEAL and HOLTUM seem to be thriving on the lights winds and shifty conditions that have so far dominated the Championship. They added to the bullet they scored in race four on Tuesday with a fourth place, followed by a bullet in the day's final race. This puts them provisionally top of the leaderboard, although several protests have been lodged after race six.

The Kiwis are counting 23 points after six races, just two behind them are previous leaders Sally BARKOW, Carrie HOWE and Debbie CAPOZZI (USA). The winners of the ISAF Grade 1 Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères back in April scored a bullet in yesterday's first race to secure their lead, before dropping to twelfth in race six and therefore falling back to second overall. Ulrike SCHÜMANN, Runa KAPPEL and Ute HÖPFNER (GER) have moved up into third place after finishing fifth and seventh yesterday. However a slight gap is beginning to open out between the top two and the rest with ten points separating the German team from BARKOW, HOWE and CAPOZZI.

2004 Olympic gold medallist Sarah AYTON has made rapid progress after switching to helm this year. With her crew Annie LUSH and Lisa MACDONALD (GBR) she won the ISAF Grade 1 Holland Regatta in Medemblik in May and is making steady progress on Lake Mondsee. A sixth and a ninth yesterday sees them in fourth place overall, a point ahead of the Australian team of Nicola BETHWAITE, Karyn GOJNICH and Helen IMPEY.

Winners of the recent ISAF Grade 1 Kieler Woche in Kiel, Germany, Ekaterina SKOUDINA, Diana KRUTSKIKH and Tatian LARSTEVA (RUS) struggled yesterday with finishes of 16 and 13 seeing them fall out of the top five to sixth overall. It was also a tough day for defending champions, Trine PALLUDAN, Ida HARTVIG and Christina OTZEN (DEN) who fall back to twelfth overall after finishes of 11 and 26.

2004 Olympic silver medallists, Ruslana TARAN, Anna KALININA and Svetlana MATEVUSHEVA (UKR) are in ninth overall, whilst top team in the ISAF World Sailing Rankings, Kristin WAGNER, Anna HOLL and Christina HOLL (GER) are way down in 22nd.

Maarten JAMIN, Gert Henk BAKKER and Jansje HOFSTRA (NED) remain on top in the open fleet after a third, a second and a fifth place yesterday. Torn OTTE, Maryke VON OGK and Ester OTTE (NED) move up two places to second overall, whilst Rudi MAYR, Wolfgang DAURER and Sarah ZADRAZIL (AUT) lie third.

The Championship has a lay day today with the final races due on Friday and Saturday, with two races scheduled for each day.

Top Ten Women After Six Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	NZL	Sharon FERRIS	Raynor SMEAL	Ashley HOLTUM	11	6	(16)	1	4	1	23
2	USA	Sally BARKOW	Carrie HOWE	Debbie CAPOZZI	3	8	1	(18)	1	12	25
3	GER	Ulrike SCHÜMANN	Runa KAPPEL	Ute HÖPFNER	9	(14)	6	8	5	7	35
4	GBR	Sarah AYTON	Anne LUSH	Liza MACDONALD	(23)	3	15	9	6	9	42
5	AUS	Nicola BETHWAITE	Karyn GOJNICH	Helen IMPEY	13	12	4	3	(29)	11	43
6	RUS	Ekaterina SKUDINA	Tatiana LARTSEVA	Diana KRUTSKIKH	12	7	2	(25)	16	13	50
7	RUS	Anna BASALKINA	Galina LOUKACHOVA	Vladislava UKRAINTSEVA	19	2	10	7	13	(27)	51
8	GER	Ines PINGEL	Heike HAVERLAND	Wibke BÜLLE	2	20	(29)	6	14	10	52
9	UKR	Ruslana TARAN	Svetlana MATEVUSHEVA	Ganna KALININA	7	13	14	11	(17)	8	53
10	NOR	Karianne EIKELAND	Lise Brigitte FREDRIKSEN	Alexandra KOEFOED	1	19	11	(20)	18	5	54