The 29er World Championship Race Committee successfully completed the full qualification series after three intense days at Kiel, Germany.
The 276-boat 29er fleet will be split into Gold, Silver, Bronze, Emerald, Purple and White fleets for the final series from Tuesday.
Top of the overall standings, are the Swedish team of Henric Wigforss and William Drakenberg with 12 pts. Second are the Argentinians Felix Llauro and Lucas Cozar with 13 pts.
In third are Germany’s David Plettner and Moritz Aigner on 14 pts, and fourth Alexandre Mostini and Raphael Allain of France with 15 pts.
In the women’s rankings, the leading female crew are the Danes Emmeli Gramkov and Sofie Andersen in 26th overall.
Great Britain’s Jac Bailey and Ben Sinfield, who finished qualification with a 3 1 1 6 4 1 -7 2 scoreline, are now fifth tied on 18 pts with Nelsen Meacham and Oli Stone of New Zealand.
Other leading British positions; 13th Ben GREENHALGH and Tom SINFIELD on 34 pts, 16th Dirk ROGERS and William McEWEN on 37 pts, and 35th Will Stratton-Brown and Will Ahlheid on 54 pts.
29er World Championship2026 (276 entries)
Leaders after Qualification stage 8 races 1 discard
