Windsurfers due to return to action after Rio rest day.

Day 3 was a lay day for the windsurfers but with the downtime the RYA took the chance to catch up with the racing so far for team GB reporting that “Windsurfers Nick Dempsey and Bryony Shaw will be looking to make hay in the waves as they resume their Rio 2016 campaigns Thursday 11 August. Dempsey goes into races 7-9 of the RS:X class’ 11-race opening series with a one-point lead at the top of the leaderboard as he bids to become the most successful male Olympic windsurfer of all time by completing the full medal set.

Shaw, meanwhile, will be hoping to get her Rio campaign back on track, after a frustrating six first races on Guanabara Bay. The Beijing 2008 bronze medallist provisionally ended Tuesday’s races in 10^th overall, but after the International Jury awarded points compensation to Marion Lepert (USA) after racing following an incident involving Patricia Freitas (BRA) in race 5, Shaw slipped out of the top 10 and now sits in 11^th place.

Dempsey successfully received redress points himself after being knocked of his board in race six at the end of play on Tuesday (10 August). But on Wednesday (11 August) morning the Dutch, French, German and Polish sailors appealed the International Jury’s decision to award Dempsey average points from his first nine races. Following this appeal hearing Dempsey was instead awarded eight points for race 6 as this was his last known placing before being knocked off his board by LTU. Regardless both Dempsey and Shaw will be looking forward to the a different set of challenges on the water as they move on to one of the ocean courses – the Niterói course – outside of the bay for the first time, where big waves and swell and cleaner wind less affected by Rio’s complex topography will provide new opportunities. Shaw admitted she was looking forward to hopefully a change in fortunes on the outer ocean courses after coming off the water on Tuesday. Dempsey, meanwhile, knew what he was going to be doing on their rest day.