After a third and two first places today, they are ahead of the British pair Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes (4, 2, 1).
Another British team, John Pink and Rick Peacock (2, 1, 7) are third.
Race 1 got underway in 15-18 knots of breeze, in perfect conditions. By the start of race 2 the wind had increased to 18-20 knots but dropped down to 6-8 knots during the race.
Words of a 3-peat were already muttered to Nathan Outteridge after the first days racing who humbly replied, 'I had a good day today.' Outteridge and crew Iain Jensen of Australia are returning 2-time 49er World Champions.
British sailors Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes also sailed a great first day with fellow countrymen John Pink and Rick Peacock in 3rd overall; each team sharing a win in their 3-race day. At the beginning of the week, it looked like Pietro Sibello of Italy would be out of the competition after an equipment issue that caused his foot to be in a cast. But come race day, Pietro and brother Gianfranco were true to their number 1 ranking and were on the starting line giving the fleet their best at winning the World Championship.
49er World Championships top 10 overall after three races:
1. AUS 1 (Outteridge/Jensen)
2. GBR 4 (Morrison/Rhodes)
3. GBR2 (Pink/Peacock)
4. AUS1134 (Phillips)
5. GER961 (Schadewaldt/Baumann)
6. GBR1096 (Evans/Powys)
7. UKR 1081 (Luka/Leonchuk)
8. AUT5 (Delle Karth/Resch)
9. FRA8 (Dyen/Christidis)
10. DEN1113 (Nielsen)
Overall results:
Full results: www.49erworlds.org
