#420worlds – There was big winds in Japan as Irish teams close in on the gold fleet cut at the 420 world championships. Malahide's Lizzy and Cara Mc Dowell had three top ten results, including a third, in the Ladies 420 Worlds, to end the day 17th out of 60 boats, while Doug Elmes and Colin O'Sullivan (HYC) had three mid-teen results, placing them 29th out of 72 boats in the 420 Open Worlds.

Fifteen starts kept the Race Committee busy on race day 3 at Castle Bay Karatsu for the 2015 420 World Championships in Japan. Rain and poor visibility this morning opened up to an overcast race track for racing, set against the iconic backdrop of Karatsu Castle. With wind finally arriving, there was an opportunity for the event to catch up on some of the racing missed out during the relatively windless first two days of the event.

Three races for all fleets sees the leaderboards start to shape up. Still one more qualification race to go for the 420 Open and 420 Ladies fleets tomorrow morning, before splitting into gold and silver fleets for the final series. The discard kicked in after race 5, allowing the worst result of teams to come off their scorecard. The shifty winds of the previous two days gradually picked up during the morning as the Ladies fleet raced, and by the time the 420 Open fleet got out to the race track the breeze had increased to 22-24 knots testing boats to their limits. Hong Kong's Gregor / Christensson pairing won race 4 only to have their mast snap during race 5.

France's Yven/Riou pairing currently lead the Ladies Worlds with Greece's Brilakis / Karadimas leading the 420 Open Worlds.

Results here