Southampton based Olympians Hugh Styles and Adam May made a good start in the Tornado fleet and are back on form in second place overall at Kiel Week, Germany.

After scoring a sixth and a seventh place on the first day of racing, they are currently in second behind John Lovell and Charlie Ogletree of America.

Team GBR sailor Paul Goodison scored an eighth and first place in the Laser class and is currently lying 14th overall at this early stage in the regatta. Teammate Mark Howard, from Hampshire, scored the reverse of Goodison's results and is tied on equal points.

Poland's Maciej Grabowski currently leads the class from Fredrik Lassenius of Sweden.

Meanwhile, his old classmate, Olympian Ben Ainslie clocked up two wins in his first day out on the water - again setting a strong tone for the rest of fleet to follow.

Four more days of racing will show how easily he maintains his lead.

In the 470 women's fleet, the early signs of a recent crew swap for team GBR sailor Josie Gibson look to be favourable as she is lying in fourth place overall.

Gibson, who is now sailing with Sue Parkin, scored a 13th, ninth and fourth and is tied on points with third placed Alina Grobe and Vivien Kussatz of Germany.

Russians Vlada Ilienko and Natalia Gaponovich have taken the early lead in the class.

Provisional results

Finn: 1 Ben Ainslie GBR (2 pts).

Laser: 1 Maciej Grabowski POL (2), 2 Fredrik Lassenius SWE (2), 3 Gustavo Lima POL (4), 14 Paul Goodison GBR (9), 15 Mark Howard GBR (9), 24 Dan Holman GBR (16).

2.4m R: 1 Heiko Kroger GER (3), 2 Thierry Schmitter NED (7), 3 Danny McCoy CAN (7), 6 Andrew Millband GBR (10), 7 Valerie Millward GBR (15).

470 men: 1 Eugeny Braslavets/Igo Matvienko (4), 2 Nathan Wilmot/Malcolm Page (8), 3 Mathew Belcher/Daniel Belcher (9), 14 Mark Plummer/Oliver Hawkley GBR (25).

470 Women: 1 Vlada Ilienko/Natalia Gaponovich RUS (6), 2 Natalia Via-Dufresne/Sandra Azon ESP (17), 3 Alina Grobe/Vivien Kussatz GER (19), 4 Josie Gibson/Sue Parkin GBR (19).

49er: 1 Iker Martinez/Xabier Fernandez, ESP (2), 2 Marcin Czajkowski/Krzyaztof Kierkowski POL (3), 3 Tom Fitzpatrick/Fraser Brown IRL (4), 9 Alister Richardson/Peter Greenhalgh GBR (9), 10 Stevie Morrison/Ben Rhodes GBR (9), 14 Chris Draper/Simon Hisocks GBR (13).

Mistral M: 1 Nicolas Huguet FRA (7), 2 Joao Rodrigues POR (8), 3 Przemystaw POL (8), 21 Dominic Tidey GBR (51).

Mistral W: 1 Anna Graczyk POL (13), 2 Anja Kaeser SUI (14), 3 Lai Shan Lee HKG (16), 18 Bryony Shaw GBR (53).

Yngling: 1 Guila Conte/Alessandra Marenzi/Angela Baroni ITA (4), 2 Hannah Swett/Melissa Purdy/Joan Touchette USA (6), 3 Ulrike Schumann/Wibke Bulle/Winnie Lippert GER (6), 15 Cathy Foster/Annie Lush/Jane Norris GBR (33).

Tornado: 1 John Lovell/Charlie Ogletree, USA (6), 2 Hugh Styles/Adam May GBR (13), 3 Yann Guichard/Christophe Espagnon FRA (14), 7 Rob Wilson/Martin Sellars GBR (16).

Europe: 1 Monika Bronicka POL (6), 2 Emma Joensson SWE (7), 3 Petra Niemann GER (7), 41 Elaine Turner GBR (63).