DORSET'S contingent of British sailors endured mixed fortunes on the penultimate day of the World Cup Series Enoshima.

A start line battle with China’s Peina Chen didn’t pay off for Bryony Shaw in the women’s RS:X, and a ninth saw her slip from second to fourth overall.

Christchurch's Emma Wilson’s fourth in the medal race put her sixth overall.

A similar fate befell Weymouth-based Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey, who crossed the 49er FX line in eighth. They too slipped from the silver medal position to end the regatta in fourth.

Sophie Weguelin and Sophie Ainsworth were sixth in the medal race, ending the regatta in eighth overall.

A pair of 22nds plus a 27th saw Ali Young, the leader of the Laser Radial class at the start of the day, slip to eighth overall and out of contention for a medal.

Britain’s Hannah Snellgrove fared better, posting a 17th and a 13th to start the medal race in fourth, three points off third-placed Emma Plasschaert and six off Josefin Olsson in second.  

The Finn class medal race will feature Giles Scott, Ed Wright and Ben Cornish. Scott and Wright are both in with a shot at a medal, lying second and third overall.

Portland-based Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre are also in medal contention from fifth in the women’s 470.

The men’s 470 medal race will not feature any British sailors after Martin Wrigley and James Taylor ended the regatta in 18th and Luke Patience and Chris Grube scored 22nd.