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Rhodes and Morrison: 49er stars
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Ben Rhodes and Stevie Morrison joined Britain's firing sailors as they moved to the top of the standings after three races in the 49ers, while Ben Ainslie and the Yngling girls are still challenging for golds after four races.
Britain's sailors are expected to come back with some gold, and the 49er class crew added to the other two stars in the team as they took the lead after the opening three races.
The 2007 world champions finished in fourth place in a solid opening race in Qingdao, before coming home in third in the next and fifth in the final race of the day.
After trailing down at eighth halfway through the final race of the day, the British pair came back to clawed back three places to finish 52 seconds behind the winning Italian team.
It all meant that the British pair finished the day with 12 points on the board, to give them the lead ahead of the Italian duo - brothers Piero and Gianfranco Sibello who placed third, ninth to go along with their race three victory.
Denmark sat in third place on 16 points after the first three of the scheduled ten open races that precede the final medal race.
Yngling stars
The girls of the Yngling boat continue to impress as Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson held on to their lead after a second consistent day in Qingdao.
The three blondes sailed home in fourth and seventh in the third and fourth race in their class to ensure they stayed on top approaching the half-way point in their title race.
Ayton, Webb and Wilson had a nervy time when trailing way back in 14th place during the second race, and although they brought it back to seventh it was their worst result in Beijing do far.
Despite finishing two minutes behind winners Norway though, they still managed to stretch their lead at the top over Finland to seven points.
Ben Ainslie narrowed the gap behind himself and leader Zach Railey of America by winning the fourth race in the Finn class by six seconds.
The two-time Olympic gold medallist finished fourth in the opening race but then came from 39 seconds behind in the last race to win and move up to 16 points, five behind the American leader.
