Heinrich Bayern with Tom and Andy Martin continue to lead after day 4 of the 18ft European Championship on Lake Garda.
The German team added a 3, 1, 1 to their scoreline to take afive point lead after seven races completed.
The Australian team of Keagan Leslie York with Phil Marschall and Auguso Williams, with a 2, 3, 2, were close but made no impression on the leaders.
In third are another Aussi team that of Fang Warren were also close, but a retirement in the first race of the day blunted their overall performance.
Jordan Girdis 5, 5, 9, moved into fourth as Simon Nearn 24, 21, 19, crashed-out to tenth.
Britain’s Luke Goble with Cam Barr and Cam de Nardis stay in 7th, still scoring steadily with a 7, 10, -11.
2024 18ft Skiff European Championship – After race 7 & discard (23 entries)