Irish Olympic campaigners have completed day two of the 53rd Semaine Olympique Française de Hyeres on the Cote D'Azur.
Finn Lynch dropped from 18th overall on day one to be 33rd overall yesterday after four races sailed in the big Laser fleet of 128 boats.
Howth rival for the single Paris 2024 slot is Ewan McMahon in 34th.
Howth's Aoife Hopkins in the ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) lies in 31st place overall in her 64 strong fleet.
The Lasers have a maximum of 10 races, or two per day over five days, ending in a top ten medal race on Saturday.
The massive regatta has some added significance in this quadrennial as Hyères is just 50 miles from Marseille which is the Paris 2024 Olympic regatta venue.
49er
In the 49er class, Tokyo reps Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove, of Howth and Skerries have moved up from 23rd after day one to be 18th overall in their 61 boat fleet. Royal Cork's Séafra Guilfoyle and Johnny Durcan are 29th.
The clear leaders in the two 49er men's fleets are both running old rigs in Hyeres, for some different reasons, and one major one that's the same; reliability. Last year the 49er class announced a change from Mylar sails to North Sails 3di, and the accompanying new rig means a shallower spinnaker too.
Poland's Dominik Buksak and Szymon Wierzbicki, the overall leaders, have gone back to their old mast and sails after broken spreaders on the new mast in the first race in Palma at the beginning of April cost them a place in the gold fleet.
They had another strong day, that included a third race win and a lowest of fourth in six races over two days.
The 49ers have a maximum of 15 races, three on each day over five days, with a medal race on Saturday.
49erFX
In the 49er FX class, Norway's Helene Noess & Marie Ronningen took the overall lead in style after winning the first three of the four races yesterday. The Royal Irish's Saskia Tidey of Dun Laoghaire who is competing for Team GB is lying 17th with new partner Freya Black in a fleet of 38.
Full results here