Discard Day duly shuffled the fleet on the third day of the 2026 Fireball Worlds at Torbay. The new leaders all dropped a maximum point discard after six races.
New leader is DJ Edwards and Vyv Townend who added a 5 and 1 to lead with 12 pts, second Georgia Booth and Oliver Davenport, recovering from even further down the fleet with a 1, 2, are now tied on 20 pts with Simon Kings and Jono Loe after their 2 and 6 score.
In fourth place are Dave Hall and Paul Constable after a 3 and 4 with 31 pts, fifth are former leaders Peter Gray and Richard Pepperdine, a 19 and 12 putting them on 32 pts.
Rounding out the top six are Heather Macfarlane and Chris Payne of Australia, winners of race 4 who have 48 pts.
Ten races scheduled, lay day Wednesday, racing completed on Friday 31 July.
2026 Fireball Worlds – Leaders after 6 races, 1 discard (84 entries)
1st GBR DJ Edwards / Vyv Townend – – 12 pts
2nd GBR Georgia Booth / Oliver Davenport – – 20 pts
3rd GBR Simon Kings / Jono Loe – – 20 pts
4th GBR David Hall / Paul Constable – – 31 pts
5th GBR Peter Gray / Richard Pepperdine – – 32 pts
6th AUS Heather Macfarlane / Chris Payne – – 48 pts
7th GBR Vincent Horey / Tim Riley – – 51 pts
8th GBR Dave Wade / Iain Blake – – 53 pts
9th FRA Charles Le Calvez / Collin Ludovic – – 54 pts
10th GBR David Winder / Ben Rayner – – 65 pts
11th FRA Yoann Fouassier / Jean Robillard – – 73 pts
12th IRL Ed Butler / Quinten Lauwers – – 74 pts
13th GBR Katie Byne / Rich Bailey – – 75 pts
14th GBR Finlay Lomas‑Clarke / Oliver Rayner – – 80 pts
15th IRL David Evans / William Draper – – 82 pts
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