Jordi Xammar and Marta Cardona are pulling away from the fleet at the French Olympic Week, extending their lead to 10 points after finishing third and first in the day's two races.
Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris continue to hold second place, a position they have occupied since day one. Wrigley described the day as "quite similar to yesterday. Same sort of direction and quite windy. But a little bit lighter and a lot sunnier, which is nice. And we had two good races."
Harris was candid about how demanding the conditions have been. "Quite tricky wind, like it was quite shifty and quite patchy. But yeah, really good fun in the waves. Yeah, I mean, it's been two pretty big days of big wind, big waves," she said. "It's kind of been fun, hard work, and I feel pretty battered. But it's been good racing and good fun."
The biggest movers on the day were French crew Matisse Pacaud and Lucie de Gennes, who finished second in both races to climb to third overall. They sit just two points behind Wrigley and Harris, and two points clear of compatriots Manon Pennaneac'h and Pierre Williot in fourth.
Also catching the eye is the Swiss pairing of Yves Marmod and Maja Siegenthaler, who have been sailing inside the top 10 throughout the regatta. The pair returned to racing in 2026 after a post-Olympics break, competing at the Europeans in Portugal and Trofeo Sofia in Palma before arriving in France.
"That's our third proper race after our comeback. We start to feel better and better in the fleet. These last two days we had perfect conditions with around 20 knots and full planning," said Marmod. "It was super nice to be also sailing in the top of the fleet. We look forward to finishing the event strong and hope to sail in the medal race on Saturday."
There were minimal points changes across the rest of the top ten. The gold fleet is rounded out by Afrodite Zegers-De Kleine and Filippos Koulouris. Leading the silver fleet are Germans Simon Diesch and Anna Markfort, who won the French Olympic Week last year but have not sailed to their usual standard here.
