Bermuda's James Anfossi and Jordan Saints moved up to ninth place from 11th in the International 420 class after the second day of racing in the 40th Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta sailed off the coast of Miami.

Leading the 22-boat class after six races are the American duo of Morgan Kiss, a former Optimist sailor also and a Bermuda Junior Gold Cup competitor, and Katie DaSilva.

Bermuda have sent 11 sailors to the regatta, a competition that has nearly 700 sailors racing from 20 countries.

Hosted by the US Sailing Center in Miami, Florida, Coral Reef Yacht Club, Biscayne Bay Yacht Club and Lauderdale Yacht Club, the event is the largest of 25 US Junior Olympic Sailing Festivals and got underway on Sunday.

The regatta includes four days of competition in Biscayne Bay, featuring fleet racing on four courses for the 420, International 420 (I-420), Laser, Laser Radial, Laser 4.7 and Optimist classes.

Monday's racing got underway in good conditions with the wind ranging between eight and 15 knots on the Optimist course in the northern part of the bay closer to the Key Biscayne Causeway. Further south in the bay where the Laser and 420 courses were situated, it was a steady 16 to 18 knots with gusts up to 22 during the last race of the day.

In the Laser 4.2 class, Mackenzie Cooper dropped to 17th place after finishes of third, 20 and 22, 22 and 20. Leader Maximilian Stein from Germany continued to dominate the 32-boat class.

In the 135-strong Laser Radial fleet, Bermuda's Jason Saints ended the day in 16th place after finishes of 46, 21, 21, 16 and 22 while Ryan Saraiva jumped to 32nd place with finishes of 19, 14, 38, 38 and 48. Chris Sposato moved up to 106th place with finishes of 136, 52, 98, 101 and 81. Leading the Laser Radial class is Florida's Mateo Vargas who is ahead of Brazilian Stefano Mazzaferro by just one point.

In the even bigger 225-boat Optimist class, current Bermuda Opti National Champion, Sam Stan, is currently in 40th place following his finishes of 40, 52, 9 and 23.

Ceci Wollmann holds down the 78th place, Mickey Wollmann is in 120th, Ellie Wollmann is in 127th and Ferdinand Arnold is in 177th place.

Leading in that class are Florida brothers and Bermuda Junior Gold cup participants Christopher and Duncan Williford, edging out Brazil's Gabriel Esltrodt and 2009 Optimist World Champion Sinclair Jones from Peru.

The regatta continues through Thursday.