He now leads by five net points over the rest of the field after posting second- and first-place finishes on Wednesday.
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Elsewhere, Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark are sixth in the women’s 470 while the men’s pairing of Chris Grube and Luke Patience are 11th.
A second-placed finish in the seventh race of the regatta, his first of the day, had him in charge overall, but finishes of fifth and eighth thereafter have left him eight points off the pace set by Dorian van Rijsselberghe of Holland. One net point separates Italy’s Flavia Tartaglini and France’s Charline Picon.
Japan’s Ai Kondo Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka lead the women’s 470, with Slovenia’s Tina Mrak and Veronika Macarol in second after a protest disqualified New Zealand’s Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie from the first of two races.
It was another strong day for Americans Annie Haeger/Briana Provancha, highlighted by a second-place finish in the later race.
Scott added: “I was caught a little bit off guard at the top of the slipway but it was very nice to have a quick chat with Her Royal Highness and she wished me words of good fortune for the rest of the week”.
Weather delays on Wednesday postponed the third of three Nacra 17 races to the next day.
Team USA’s Bora Gulari/Louisa Chafee capsized their catamaran in the day’s first race, and had an all-around rough afternoon on the water with finishes of 21, 12, 21, and 4.
Fleets of both genders raced in the two-man dinghy class this afternoon to begin opening series competition.
Helmsman Sime Fantela and crew Igor Marenic of Croatia moved into top spot after a 55-second trouncing of New Zealand’s Paul Snow-Hanson and Daniel Willcox, who sat in third after two races.
The 29-year-old launched his campaign for the Olympic Finn title on Tuesday – and is top of the leaderboard after six of 10 preliminary races. A win here would ensure Britain have claimed the Finn gold at every Games going back to 2000.
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The highlight of Olympic sailing opening series competition occurred in the second of the two races that were run, when Samuel Albrecht/Isabel Swan of Brazil gave the host country its first race victory in any class.
