London 2012 470 class gold medallists Jo Aleh and Polly Paine have a three-point advantage over the British duo of Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, while the pair of Alex Maloney and Molly Meech have a commanding lead in the 49er FX class.

The New Zealand team are 17 points ahead of nearest challengers Brazil's Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze but despite being the only pair left with single scores Maloney feels there is still room for improvement.

"It was a tricky out there, a head out of the boat type of day," he said.

"We'll learn from the mistakes we made today.

"Hopefully we'll improve on that but all in all it was a pretty consistent day."

In the Nacra 17 event, Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders solidified their position at the top of the fleet and remain on course for a maiden podium finish with nine fleet races remaining.

Meanwhile in the laser class, Brazil's five-time Olympic medallist Robert Scheidt continued his dominance with one of the race victories, and there was similar success for formidable Briton Giles Scott in the Finn event.

Scott, who has not suffered defeat at a regatta for 18 months, took fifth in race four and he currently leads Australian Jake Lilley.

"People ask me about my form," Scott said.

"It was great to go last year unbeaten, but, ultimately is kind of means nothing."

Reigning Olympic champions in the women's 470 class Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have a three-point lead over nearest challengers Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark ©Getty Images



Both the men's and women's RS:X classes are proving to be tense affairs, as France's Louis Giard held on to his overnight lead, but a mere 11 points separate the top eight racers.

The Netherlands' Dorian van Rijsselberge, defending Miami Champion Byron Kokkalanis of Greece and Britain's Nick Dempsey all remain in close contention in one of the tightest classes at the event.

Britain's defending Miami champion Bryony Shaw also ensured she will start day three on top of the pile after she claimed her third race victory, and her consistency was matched by Spanish duo Diego Botin and Iago Lopez in the 49er class, who have claimed three wins and two second-placed finishes so far.

The laser redial leader is Denmark's Anne-Marie Rindom but Ireland's Annalise Murphy is in hot pursuit following a sixth and a fourth-placed finish in the two races to take place.

Racing is due to continue in Miaimi at 10am local time tomorrow, and the event runs through to Saturday (January 31).

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