Wind denied the New Zealand men’s skiff team a medal chance twice at the Paris Olympics yesterday.
But the Kiwi windsurfers have secured their spots in the finals series.
Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie’s medal race was abandoned twice due to breeze, the second time when they were in gold-medal position. They finished third overall.
"It’s unfortunate because the races were going well for us, but we managed to reset well each time," McHardie said.
"We sailed well in the second race and hopefully we can do the same again and things work out well tomorrow."
McKenzie said it was brutal being on the water four five hours, rather than the one that they planned for.
The Kiwis are eight points behind Spanish leaders Diego Botin and Florian Trittel and only three points behind Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove, of Ireland, in second.
Women’s skiff (49erFX) sailors Jo Aleh and Molly Meech are out of medal contention after being 27 points behind third-placed Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler, of Sweden.
In men’s windsurfing, Josh Armit, 22, continued his impressive run, finishing third overall.
That position is enough for him to advance straight to the four-board semifinal, where a top-two placing will secure a spot in the final and podium.
"Conditions were tricky again but I’m happy to just keep chipping away," Armit said.
"For me, it’s just about giving it my best in every race and having fun, and so far it seems to be working out."
Veerle ten Have’s overall ranking of ninth means she will sail in the quarterfinal of the women’s event tomorrow, needing back-to-back top-two results to advance.
Earlier, Tom Saunders and Greta Pilkington began their men’s dinghy (ILCA 7) and women’s dinghy (ILCA 6) classes, respectively.
Saunders is 12th overall after two races, and Pilkington 21st after one race.
