Racing in a fleet that’s attracting some of the world’s best sailing talent, day two of the ETF26 Mar Menor regatta saw Live Ocean Racing drop to 6^th on the leaderboard.

Just two days into event one for 2024 and all signs point to the fact that the competition has gone up another notch.

Skipper Liv Mackay reports breeze of 14-17 knots in Mar Menor where the eight strong fleet sailed another five races, including two upwind starts and three reaching starts.

Live Ocean Racing’s scorecard from today reads 7, 7, 6, 6, 8, which sees them slip to 6^th overall in the standings.

Mackay says, “It was a challenging day for us on the water today. Tomorrow we’ll be looking to come back out strong, to keep improving our boat handling as a team with the aim of getting some low scores on the board on day three.”

Frank Cammas and the Entreprises du Morbihan (FRA) crew consolidated on their early lead holding strong in the top spot, while Team Rockwool Racing 1 and Nicolai Sehested (DEN) had a good day out and sit ten points behind the lead. Toroa Racing (GBR) rounds out the top three.

Tomorrow’s schedule includes another five races on what will be day 3 of 4 in the regatta.

Live Ocean Racing day two results: (provisional after day two)

Race 6 – 7TH
Race 7 – 7TH
Race 8 – 6TH
Race 9 – 6TH
Race 10 – 8TH
Overall position: 6TH

Full results here

Racing runs over four days from April 16-19, 2024.

How to follow the action;
@itsliveocean on Instagram for Live Ocean Racing updates

2024 Events for Live Ocean Racing

April 16-19, GP Mar Menor, Mar Menor (Spain)
May 22-25, GP Hyères, Hyères (South of France)
June 26-29, Foiling Week, Malcesine (Italy)

About Live Ocean Racing 

Live Ocean Racing is a New Zealand racing team committed to action for the ocean. Established by Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, Live Ocean Racing will bring together a talented and diverse team to compete at the highest level. With innovation and purpose baked into our DNA, we race on and for the ocean.