New Zealand is well placed to secure two gold medals at Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia IBEROSTAR Regatta.
Both Andy Maloney (Laser) and Josh Junior (Finn) lead their fleets and are well clear on points after an eventful and rainy day in Palma. Just the medal races remain, and all Josh Junior needs to do to win gold is show up and complete the race.
Lying equal with Great Britain's Giles Scott going into the day Junior is now in a commanding position with a 19 point unassailable lead in the men's heavy-weight dinghy Finn fleet. He simply needs to sail tomorrow's medal race to win his first European event and end Scott's three-year unbeaten run.
A 5th and a 12th on the water today was enough to see him step out the point differential when other strong contenders didn't some through the day unscathed, including Scott who retired from race ten with a broken rudder fitting.
"It's been a pretty tricky, cold day but I went into today having all really good scores and Giles [Scott] had one really big race that he was dropping," explained Junior after racing. "So I tried to have a good first race and I did that. Giles won it but I ended up fifth."