ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships 2011 - RS:X only race on Day 4

4:20 PM Tue 12 Jul 2011 GMT

'Mateo Sanz (ESP) shines on day four with two bullets in the boy's RS:X - ISAF Youth Worlds 2011' Sime Sokota/ISAF Youth Worlds

In a rare move, there was sailing on the scheduled rest day in the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships 2011 in Zadar, Croatia.

Not to get too carried away, only two events were sailed - the Girls and Boys Windsurfer (RS:X) - which sailed two races on the fourth race day of the competition, to catch up with races lost over the opening three days due to light winds. The rest of the fleets enjoyed a day of rest.

Normally the rest day is used that, and in past Youth Worlds regatta organisers have been criticised for not racing on the rest or lay day, even though being well behind schedule - and to make matters worse, the lay day has often had the best sailing conditions of the regatta. It seems that in Croatia, there has been a welcome break with this 'tradition'.

However true to form, today, the rest day, had the best breeze of the regatta - with moderate winds prevailing instead of the sub-5kt winds that have plagued the first three days of racing.

Race Day 4 - 2011 ISAF Youth Worlds, Zadar, Croatia - Sime Sokota/ISAF Youth Worlds Click Here to view large photo

Youth Olympic Games gold medallist, Siripon Kaewduang-Ndam (THA) and Spain's Mateo Sanz won both of their races today in the RS:X Boys and Girls.

Kaewduang-Ndam won both of her races and has closed the gap on RS:X Girls leader Veronica Fanciulli (ITA) to two points. In Race 5 the Thai girl opened up a 58 second lead at the windward mark. She was able to relax throughout the remainder of the race and comprehensively took the race victory. And it was business as usual for her as she won Race 6 by a health margin.

The Thai RS:X sailor said, 'The wind here is quite light, just like Thailand and I am really satisfied with my work today.'

View an interview with Siripon Kaewduang-Ndam here: