Kerner, Ledbetter and Herrmann are all tied with 30 points, Martin with 31 points and Silvestri with 32 points, so the regatta might as well start from scratch. The same holds true in the Star class. Two-time Olympic medalists Mark Reynolds and Hal Haenel made up some ground and messed up the leaderboard, winning the first race by a foot and taking fourth in the second race. John Kostecki and Tom Olsen still lead the class but hold a one-point lead over Reynolds and Haenel. And it usually comes down to the last race.
Boats get one point for first, two for second, three for third and so on.
Now that 10 races have been run, sailors can discard their worst two results and probably will be able to discard three results by the end of the regatta. The boat with the lowest overall score at the end is the winner. The next three days also will decide whether local hopefuls Oetgen and Porter III can move into contention. And on the first downwind leg, that's exactly what happened. Oetgen took an outside jibe, or outside the line between marks, and put two boat lengths between himself and Silvestri at the leeward, or bottom mark.