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In the single-person keelboat in the 2.4 Metre, SEGUIN is closely followed by Kieler Woche winner Heiko KRÖGER (GER), who followed SEGUIN in second in all three races, whilst Semaine Olympique Française winner Helena LUCAS (GBR) lies third on ten points after a fourth place and two thirds. Just a point behind her and ten points ahead of fifth place Michael COGSWELL (GBR), 2004 Paralympic bronze medallist, Thierry SCHMITTER (NED) completes a top four which is beginning to edge away from the rest of the fleet.

In the three-person keelboat Sonar, the British and Norwegian teams both scored a victory, a second and a third place yesterday, but a bullet for ROBERTSON, STODEL and THOMAS in the final race breaks the tie in their favour. Israel's Paralympic Champions Dror COHEN, Efrati ARNON and Benny VEXLER started the Championship with a bullet and a second place before an eighth in race three. That slip sees them fall five points behind the leading pair. The German teams of Olaf JAKOBS, Hans-Peter REICHL and Peter MUNTER and Jens KROKER, Holger SCHONENBERG and Tobias SCHUETZ round out the top five on 16 and 17 points respectively.

Three more races in each fleet are scheduled for today, with a reserve day tomorrow before the final two races of the Championship on Saturday.

In a tragic accident the night before the Championship's opening day, 66 year old Solvej FAURBY from Skive, Denmark drowned in the harbour. She was in Sønderborg to attend the Worlds with her husband, who is the Danish Sailing Association's official representative at the regatta. As a mark of respect the opening races were postponed until 1300 hours local time and flags were lowered to half mast. ISAF extends our sincere sympathy and condolences to Solvej's family and friends.

Sonar Top Ten After Three Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	GBR	John ROBERTSON	Hannah STODEL	Stephen THOMAS	2	3	1	6
1	NOR	Jostein STORDAHL	Aleksander WANG-HANSEN	Per EUGEN KRISTIANSEN	3	1	2	6
3	ISR	Dror COHEN	Efrati ARNON	Benny VEXLER	1	2	8	11
4	GER	Olaf JAKOBS	Hans-Peter REICHL	Peter MUNTER	6	4	6	16
5	GER	Jens KROKER	Holger SCHONENBERG	Tobias SCHUETZ	5	9	3	17
6	ISR	Tzur AVI	Peretzman BARUCH	Dahan SHIOMO	4	5	10	19
7	IRL	John C TWOMEY	Brian O'MAHONY	Anthony HEGARTY	11	6	4	21
8	CAN	Ken KELLY	Brian MACKIE	Don TERLSON	10	7	5	22
9	ESP	Enrique VIVES	Jose Maria LASTRA	Francisco PEREZ	8	8	7	23
10	IRL	Paul MCCARTHY	Paul RYAN	Chris THOMAS	7	10	9	26

2.4 Metre Top Ten After Three Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	FRA	Damien SEGUIN	1	1	1	3
2	GER	Heiko KRÖGER	2	2	2	6
3	GBR	Helena LUCAS	4	3	3	10
4	NED	Thierry SCHMITTER	3	4	4	11
5	GBR	Michael COGSWELL	6	9	6	21
6	DEN	Jens Als ANDERSEN	7	6	9	22
7	USA	Nick SCANDONE	12	8	8	28
8	GBR	Megan PASCOE	11	13	5	29
9	CAN	Bruce MILLAR	9	14	12	35
10	NED	Ruud VAN HOLSTEIJN	15	10	10	35