Hong Kong’s sailors and windsurfers put in some solid displays at the start of the second phase of their respective events at the National Games on Friday.

All six sailors, including the likes of Nicholas Halliday, and men’s skiff pair Russell Aylsworth and Akira Sakai, were hovering around the top places, while windsurfer Cheng Ching-yin also put himself among the front runners after the opening day in the coastal city of Shanwei.

Reigning Asian ILCA 7 champion Halliday did not need his best to finish second and third in the first two races, and ended the day ranked second overall out of 13 sailors.

First was Tang Yuanshuai of Shanxi, who finished first and second in two outings. Jiangsu’s Luo Junsuo was in third, with nine more races scheduled over the next five days.

Fellow Paris Olympians Aylsworth and Sakai came in fourth, second and fourth in three races to stay third overall among 11 pairs, behind only Shanghai and Zhejiang.

In the women’s single dinghy, Stephanie Norton was the only Hongkonger among the pack to finish first in a race at the Guangdong Ocean Sports Training Centre.