Laser World Championships - The pressure cooker penultimate day

12:59 PM Sat 4 Sep 2010 GMT

'Paul Goodison,GBR - Laser Worlds 2010 Day 5' Paul Wyeth / RYA

Laser World Championships - It's the penultimate day and in both senses the pressure is building nicely. Out on Hayling Bay there was already 13-14kts of ESE'ly breeze and the promise of some brisk gusts by afternoon. After the rash of black flags yesterday there are a number of sailors who will be on a knife edge today, notably Paul Goodison and Michael Bullot who both need to be digging very deep to try and get their title challenges back on track. Theirs might seem like a big ask, but who would have predicted that all three top challengers would ...

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