Australian crews hold top spot in two Olympic classes after Day 1 racing at Kieler Woche in Germany, with the nation’s Rio silver medallists in the Nacra17 and 470 making the most of the moderate to strong breeze.

470 World Champions Mat Belcher and Will Ryan maintained their outstanding recent form with a win and a two, while Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin christened their new boat with a run of three first placings to start the regatta.

“It was really great to get racing again and we had a pretty solid day on the water,” Darmanin said. “We got three bullets today, which was a nice way to start the regatta. The last one we really had to work for. Jas said we’re going to send it and I just hung on for dear life.”

Waterhouse said the pair was keen to race after a stint of winter training at home.

“We’re happy. This is a brand new boat … we let it fly today. We’re happy the boat teethed in well,” he said.

Olympic gold medallist Nathan Outteridge, sailing for the first time with sister Haylee Outteridge in the Nacra17, were disqualified in the second race for an incident on the last downwind, in which their boat sustained some damage, though they are expected to be back on the water for Day 2. Another Australian Olympic gold medallist, Tom Slingsby, sailed to an 8 in his first race at at international regatta in the Finn and crossed the line first in the second race before receiving a BFD.

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FULL RESULTS

AST AND ASS REPRESENTATIVES AT KIEL

Nacra 17

Jason Waterhouse/Lisa Darmanin - (1), 1, 1 - 1st

Paul Darmanin/Lucy Copeland - 4, 7, (15) - 13th

Conor Nicholas/Hayley Clark - (DNS), 15, 13 - 33rd

Nathan Outteridge/Haylee Outteridge - 6, (DSQ), DNC - 34th

470

Mat Belcher/Will Ryan - 1, 2 - 1st

Chris Charlwood/Josh Dawson - 6, 14 - 15th

470W

Nia Jerwood/Monique de Vries - 10, 14 - 13th

Dana Tavener/Katherine Shannon - 23, 13 - 17th

49er

David Gilmour/Joel Turner - 11, (16), 11 - 25th

Kurt Hansen/Harry Morton - (27), 17, 7 - 27th

Lachy Gilmour/Ryan Donaldson - 22, (31), 19 - 50th

Finn

Jake Lilley - 13, 14 - 10th

Jock Calvert - 20, 23 - 18th

Oli Tweddell - 7, BFD - 42nd

Lewis Brake - 35, BFD - 60th

Laser Radial

Mara Stransky - 7, 4 - 9th

Zoe Thomson - 11, BFD - 53rd

Elyse Ainsworth - 12, BFD - 55th

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