Annalise Murphy has dropped five places to 15th overall in the 107-boat fleet of Women's Laser Radial European Championships after the second day of racing on Gdansk Bay in Poland.
Howth's Eve McMahon is in 24th and clubmate Aoife Hopkins is 30th.
Tomorrow is another day of qualifying races before the fleets split for Sunday's final series.
Today was another day of great sailing conditions. A shifty NW breeze varying from 8-15 knots brought much longer waves than yesterday, although conditions were still choppy due to the 'unsteady' wind.
Reigning 2019 European champion Anne Marie Rindom DEN (1-4-1-1) scored perfectly today, leading the Radial Women’s championship with 3 points.
Second place for the reigning 2020 World champion Marit Bouwmeester NED (2-3-2-7) with 7. One point behind her is now Polish Agata Barwinska POL (22-1-3-4) on third place with 8 points.
Murphy from the National Yacht Club will be aware of the gap widening with the leaders which she will need to close on Saturday to have a realistic chance of catching her Tokyo 2021 rivals.
Third of overnight leaders Line Flem Host NOR (2-3-7-17) dropped to 7th overall (6th European) with 12 points.
Fourth and fifth places for Maxime Jonker NED and Maud Jayet SUI with 10.
Mirthe Akkerman NED and Emma Plasschaert BEL – both with 14 points–, Wiktoria Golebiowska POL –15 pt– and Ecem Guzel TUR –17 pt– complete the European top 10 list.
Results here