Laurie Smith sailing with Ruairidh Scott, Dave Hughes and Monica Morgan leads the Dragon Worlds Warm Up event with three wins from four races.
The pre-event taking place at the Vilamoura Sailing Centre on the south coast of Portugal has completed two days of racing, for the 25 entries.
Smith (3pts) leads from Pedro Rebelo De Andrade (9pts) of Portugal, Jan Secher (12pts) of Sweden and Jan Eckert (13pts) of Switzerland.
The Dragon World Championship by Tivoli Hotels & Resorts 2025 is being held in Vilamoura from 10 to 17 May with the first race Monday 12 May. 52 boats are entered from 17 countries.
Britain has eight entries:
GBR 192 BLUEBOTTLE – Graham Bailey
GBR 375 BLUE HAZE – Ivan Bradburry
GBR 767 FIREFLY -Stewart Reed
GBR 815 ALFIE – Lawrence Smith
GBR 819 FEVER – Klaus Diederichs
GBR 831 JERBOA – Gavia Wilkinson-cox
GBR 832 STORICH – David Tabb
GBR 833 LOUISE RACING – Grant Gordon