Given the grey skies and variable wind speed of 6 to 12 knots, most sailors were looking to simply get off to a steady start.

However, Rose did more than that and controlled the fleet to seal two comfortable victories ahead of defending champion Dolores Moreira Raschini, of Uruguay.

Moreira Raschini had beaten her at the 2017 Youth Radial World Championships in Medemblik, The Netherlands, in August.

After the race, the American acknowledged the pressure surrounding the event but seemed to be feeling confident in her abilities.

"The Youth Worlds comprises of the top sailors in every country from around the world so that makes me a little nervous," she commented.

"These sailors qualified to be here and deserve to be here as much as I am.

“Just knowing that puts a little of pressure on.

“However, I'm also not scared of them.

“They're still a threat to me but I deserve to win as much as they do.

“As long as I work harder and smarter than them, I can beat them."

Defending champion and Rio 2016 Olympian Raschini kept in sight of Rose and posted a third and second place finish to sit within three points of the leader.

Annabelle Rennie-Younger of New Zealand and Argentina’s Luciana Cardozo are tied in third on 15 points.

The boy’s laser radial fleet is currently being led by Italy’s Guido Gallinaro after a second and seventh place finish in his two races.

New Zealand sailor Josh Armit won the opening race but could only finish 12th in the second after a poor start, putting him fifth overall.

"It's a tough competition and great to be sailing against all these great guys,” Armit said.

“The second race I didn't have that great of a start and struggled from there to work back through the pack."

The boy’s 29er fleet is led by the Norwegian team of Mathias Berthet and Alexander Franks-Penty after they won two races out of three.

Franks-Penty expressed his pride in his team’s performance.

"We were very nervous at the start because we didn't have a good feeling in the practice day,” he commented.

“I think we managed this pretty well today.

"We hit the good shifts and that was pretty important.

“Our starts were very clean and good.

"All in all, it's been a perfect day for us, it couldn't have gone any better."

Sweden's Kasper Nordenram and Linus Berglund and France's Théo Revil and Gautier Guevel are behind the Norwegian duo in second and third respectively.

Whilst the Norwegian team can be proud of their exploits in the boy’s 29er fleet today, Margherita Porro and Sofia Leoni of Italy will be even prouder after winning all three of their races in the girl’s 29er fleet.

Russian pair Zoya Novikova and Diana Sabirova occupy second spot in the table with France’s Maiwenn Jacquin and Enora Percheron completing the top three.

There were good results for Chinese racers in both the boy’s and girl’s RS:X event with Ting Yu leading the way in the girl’s ahead of Britain’s Emma Wilson whilst Hao Chen is just one point off Israeli sailor Yoav Cohen in the boy’s.

Cohen won two of the three races today with Chen taking victory in the third.

Spain’s Fernando Gonzalez de la Madrid Trueba occupies the final spot on the podium.

There was more success for Israel in the boy's and girl’s 420 with Ido Bil and Noam Homri leading the pack in the boy’s whilst Linoy Korn and Yael Steigman currently occupy the first position in the girl’s event.

Belgium pair Lucas Claeyssens, who is just 13 years old, and Anne Vandenberghe were in firm control of the Nacra 15, winning two races out of three.

Belgium currently hold the record for the youngest competitor at the Youth Worlds through Henri Demesmaeker, who sailed at the competition in 2012 when he was just 11 years old.

However, Claeyssens could become the youngest medallist at the event if he continues his good form.

Racing is scheduled to resume at 11:00 local time tomorrow.