Aussie Paul McCartney sailing with Will Sargent and Eddie Reid, dropped their UFD, and move into the overall lead after three further races were completed at the SB20 World Championship.
Their 1, 3, 5 scoreline gave them 26 points for day 2 after 7 races, and a one point lead from Britain’s John Pollard, with Henry Wetherell and David Chapman (5, 1, 10).
Third is now Morgan Peach with Owen Bowerman, Erini Marios and Arran Holeman (7, 2, 7) tied on 32 pts with Paul Loiseau of France (4, 5, 3).
Fifth is Mike Buchanan (2, -21, 1) with 35 pts and sixth the day 1 leader Bart Tytgat of Belgium (11, -28, 6).
Racing continues at the ONE°15 Marina in Singapore, with 55 crews competing until the 25 January.
SB20 World Championship 2025 – Leaders after 7 races (53 entries)
(Provisional)
1st AUS 3819 Paul McCartney – – 6 -54 10.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 5.0 – – 26 pts
2nd GBR 3834 John Pollard – – -20 7.0 2.0 2.0 5.0 1.0 10.0 – – 27 pts
3rd GBR 3661 Morgan Peach – – 2 3.0 11.0 -23 7.0 2.0 7.0 – – 32 pts
4th FRA 3580 Paul Loiseau – – 4.0 5.0 -13 11.0 4.0 5.0 3.0 – – 32 pts
5th SGP 3836 Mike Buchanan – – 18.0 8.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 -21 1.0 – – 35 pts
6th BEL 3762 Bart Tytgat – – 3.0 2.0 6.0 15.0 11.0 -28 6.0 – – 43 pts
7th NED 3702 Martijn Buitenhuis – – 5.0 17.0 4.0 6.0 10.0 -19 15.0 – – 57 pts
8th GBR 3823 William Borghesi – – 17.0 14.0 1.0 5.0 21.0 -31 2.0 – – 60 pts
9th GBR 3818 Charlotte Borghesi – – 9.0 16.0 7.0 10.0 12.0 12.0 -28 – – 66 pts
10th MAS 3361 Muhammad Uzair Amin – – 7.0 1.0 26.0 -32 9.0 18.0 8.0 – – 69 pts
11th SGP 3660 Daniel Ian Toh – – -27 13.0 8.0 25.0 6.0 14.0 4.0 – – 70 pts
12th MAS 3826 Khairulnizam bin Mohd Afendy – – 13.0 9.0 20.0 8.0 8.0 13.0 -24 – – 71 pts
13th NED 3812 Marco Van Driel – – 10.0 -30 21.0 18.0 13.0 4.0 17.0 – – 83 pts
14th SGP 3800 Agoston A. Sipos – – 21.0 4.0 14.0 -54 28.0 10.0 9.0 – – 86 pts
15th SGP 3236 Ewan McEwan – – 19.0 10.0 -22 22.0 18.0 8.0 12.0 – – 89 pts
16th FRA 3245 Paola Amar – – 14.0 21.0 9.0 24.0 3.0 20.0 -28 – – 91 pts
17th SGP 3750 Nils Razmilovic – – 1.0 -54 5.0 7.0 19.0 7.0 54 – – 93 pts
18th SGP 3031 Loh Jia Yi – – 15.0 12.0 15.0 20.0 -30 9.0 23.0 – – 94 pts
19th FRA 3763 Ed Russo – – 11.0 20.0 12.0 4.0 -25 25.0 25.0 – – 97 pts
20th GBR 3835 Charles Whelan – – 16.0 22.0 25.0 16.0 15.0 6.0 -54 – – 100 pts