Australian sailors have had a mixed bag of results today as Madison Kennedy and Mark Spearman took to the Singaporean seas for the second day of competition.

After a lengthy delay due to storms and lack of wind early on, Kennedy claimed fifth and 10^th in her two races, while compatriot Spearman finished 18^th and 14^th at the National Sailing Centre. 

Kennedy started solidly as she claimed fifth place in the opening race taken out by Denmark’s Celine Carlson, with competition leader Constanze Stolz of Germany closely following her in second to consolidate her lead at the top.

Although forced to do a penalty turn in the second race, Kennedy remained strong and claimed 10^th in the 29 strong field, as she pushed her way up to 11^th in the overall standings.

“It was really good today,” said Kennedy.

“I had a shocker yesterday so I focused on getting good, clean starts and then hoped for the best. I am pretty happy with my results.”

Spearman fought hard but couldn’t match his fourth place he claimed in the first race but, like Kennedy, remains in 11^th overall.

The West Aaustralian was particularly unlucky in the final race of the day as he got caught on the wrong side of a big wind shift and drifted back into traffic after holding fifth position for a fair portion of the race.

At the head of the men’s competition Netherlands Antilles sailor Just Van Aanholt became the only competitor to have made the top ten in each of the four races so far, today coming fourth and seventh to strengthen his position up front.

After four races, the pair will have a well earned rest as they have a bit of time to experience the sights and sounds of Singapore.

“The rest day tomorrow will be a good distraction,” said coach Ben Callard.

“It will be good for the team to get out of the village and have a relaxing afternoon.” 

With a potential total of 16 races to be sailed in the competition, a few good results could see the Aussies push up the fleet and make a run for the medals when they head back out on course on August 20.