It was prime sailing today from Luke Ramsay and Mike Leigh in their international 470. The guys posted two finishes in the teens to bump them up to 21st overall. The first race saw the guys over the line in 17th and the second in 16th. Constant improvement is what we like to see! Tomorrow they have one final race giving them the opportunity to post an overall score in the top 20. Conditions were breezy today with the wind finally filling in enough for the fleet to head out at 1400hrs, let's hope for the same tomorrow but with an earlier start.

Conditions at the 2012 470 Worlds in Barcelona today were described as "washing machine" with unsettled wind direction, patchy pressure and a confused sea all over the course. Lucky for Canada they pulled up their sleeves and got elbow deep, moving up to 22nd position overall. In their 9th race, Ramsay and Leigh were the fourth boat to cross the line, but not as far ahead in the next race.

As the duo put it they, "Had a good day at the worlds today, but unfortunately had to do penalty spins in race 2," which forced the guys across the line as the 23rd boat in the 10th race.

It was full on today! Falmouth delivered a day that can only be described as extreme, when you see the best in the world chicken gybing at the reach mark, and catastrophic capsizes prevalent you know the conditions are TOUGH! But it was the "TOUGH" men in the fleet that battled it out for supremacy.

Greg Douglas, once again showed that when it gets tough he is as game as anyone, a 15th in the first race on the day was followed up by a 2 and a 7th as the conditions ramped up to their fullest. Douglas said, "I saw the forecast this morning and put a little post on Facebook that I was going to teach the old boys how its done today and the wind picked up, the waves got big, it was a really good one out there today. In the second race coming around the reach Ed capsized at the gybe and then Ben got inside me at the gybe, but getting passed by Ben Ainslie was not the worst."

Curve balls left, right and centre in Boltenhagen, Germany, at the beginning of the Laser Radial worlds. Oscillating wind, uncharacteristic sea conditions and heavy breeze make for tons of excitement as the leader board shuffles from race to race. Canada's Isabella Bertold had a great second day, finishing 16th over all, but a fleet of hungry boats forced her out and she slid to 25th overall in today's racing.

Well there you have it folks, Mike Leigh and Luke Ramsay have qualified for a spot on the start line at the 2012 London Olympics! A huge congrats to the guys who had another great day sailing in Barcelona at the 470 World Champions. Sitting comfortably at 17th overall and qualifying for the Gold fleet, Leigh and Ramsay are a glow with excitement for their well earned opportunity to represent Canada this summer at the Games.

Sailing two races today, they were the 24th boat to cross the line in the first race giving them even more drive to make it to the front of the fleet for the second race, where they nailed a top ten finish, coming in 9th.