WEYMOUTH’S Nick Dempsey is preparing himself for his assault on Olympic windsurfing silver today.

The Athens 2004 bronze medallist currently sits second overall, 11 points clear of Germany’s Toni Wilhelm in bronze medal position and 17 points ahead of Polish windsurfer Przemyslaw Miarczynski who lies in fourth place.

Dutch star Dorian Van Rijsselberge has wrapped up the gold medal already with an unassailable lead heading into the final race.

But Dempsey has manoeuvred himself into a great position to at least equal his medal winning exploits of eight years ago.

The 31-year-old’s dad, Mike Dempsey, said: “Sunday he put in a good day at the office.

“He did what he had to do, he’s got himself a buffer of 11 points and I’m a bit more relaxed now, I know he’s perfectly capable of doing it.”

The RS:X Men’s medal race is scheduled to take place on the spectator Nothe course at 1pm.

Meanwhile Team GB’s Bryony Shaw kept her windsurfing medal hopes alive after picking up her first race win of London 2012 yesterday.

With the RS:X Women’s medal race taking place today at 2pm on the Nothe course, Shaw currently sits 11 points off bronze and silver medal positions – with the athletes currently occupying those two positions, Israel’s Lee-El Korzits and Finland's Tuuli Petäjä tied on 38 points – heading into the deciding double-pointer.

Beijing 2008 bronze medallist Shaw currently occupies seventh overall.