Sail Melbourne - Australian crews in with a chance

10:32 AM Tue 14 Dec 2010 GMT

'470m / Matthew Belcher &
Malcolm Page (AUS)
2010 Sail Down Under Series' Jeff Crow/ Sport the Library &copy

Australian crews have had a positive day?s racing at Sail Melbourne with Aussies leading the 470 and Laser classes, moving up the ladder in the 49er fleet and making promising starts in the Laser Radial and RS:X fleets. Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page ended day two of racing with a two point lead over Americans Stuart McNay and Graham Biehl following their third, first and second place finishes in light breeze off of Sandringham Yacht Club. 'It was nice to get back on schedule, and we?ve now had four good races over the last two days,' said Page. 'From here ...

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