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Even on the final day for the Olympic classes 2005 the shifting and thermal wind conditions on the Baltic Sea prevailed meaning the sailors had a test of patience before sailing the deciding races in rather fluky wind conditions.

Finally, the starting gun was fired for the Yngling, Laser, Laser Radial, 470 men and women, 49er and 2.4 Metre fleets with the competitors sailing partly shortened courses.

In the Olympic Classes 586 entries from 50 nations participated in Kiel. Racing in the 49er was least affected by the unfavourable weather conditions, with a total of twelve races sailed including the final two yesterday. They proved decisive as 2004 Olympic bronze medallists and number one team in the ISAF World Sailing Rankings, Chris DRAPER and Simon HISCOCKS (GBR) scored a bullet and a fifth to overtake Pietro SIBELLO and Gianfranco SIBELLO and claim victory, their second here at Kiel. 'We are pleased with how we sailed this week,' commented DRAPER, 'The Kiel Regatta is always exciting. The space is limited, the winds are shifty and it makes for some really good, intense racing.'

The SIBELLO brothers had a disastrous day finishing 14 and 16 to drop from the top of the leaderboard down into third. Nico DELLE KARTH and Niko RESCH (AUT) leapfrogged the Italians to claim second whilst 2004 Olympic gold medallists Iker MARTINEZ and Xabier FERNANDEZ (ESP) finished their comeback regatta in a lowly ninth place.

The 49ers mananged to fit in twelve races despite the weather © Mick Anderson/SEASEE.IT

In a closely contested Laser fleet, leader of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings, Paul GOODISON (GBR) went into the final day with a six point lead over Matias DEL SOLAR (CHI). The Brit already had five bullets and went on to add a sixth to claim the Kieler Woche title. A delighted GOODISON commented, 'After such a frustrating start to the season it feels great to finally finish the job and win the Regatta. I had a really good series and although I got in some sticky situations, I managed to recover and finish well.' DEL SOLAR finished third in the last race to ensure his second spot, whilst current Olympic Champion, Robert SCHEIDT (BRA), ended his last Laser race in third, before he now goes on to concentrate on a 2008 Olympic campaign in the Star.

In the Laser Radial, Gintare VOLUNGEVICIUTE (LTU) followed up her eighth place in Hyères with a very narrow victory in Kiel. She edged out 2003 ISAF Youth Sailing World Champion, Paige RAILEY (USA) by a single point. The American had been consistently at the front of the fleet with just two finishes outside the top five. However a disastrous black flag in the penultimate race saw the title slip through her fingers. Petra NIEMANN (GER) sailed one of the most consistent series and was rewarded with third place overall.

The two 470 classes both had one final race yesterday. That proved enough for the American team of Michael ANDERSON-MITTERLING and David HUGHES to claim the men's title. A bullet in the final race gives them their first ever victory in an ISAF Graded event. Sven COSTER and Kalle COSTER climbed up one place into second after finishing behind ANDERSON-MITTERLING and HUGHES in yesterday's race. Overnight leaders Dimitri BEREZKIN and Alexander ZIBIN (RUS) dropped to third after finishing eleventh yesterday.

The finish to the 470 women's series was less dramatic. 2004 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Champions in the 420 Elise RECHICHI and Tessa PARKINSON (AUS) emphatically confirmed their arrival on the senior stage, following a second place at the ISAF Grade 1 Holland Regatta in Medemblik with a clear victory in Kiel. Sabine WALTER and Antje STRUCKAT (GER) held on to second place and Stefanie ROTHWEILER and Vivien KUSSATZ (GER) finished two places above Marcelien DE KONING and Lobke BERKHOUT (NED) in yesterday's race to overtake them and claim third place overall.

Yesterday's final race in the Yngling ended with the second bullet in a row for the Russian team of Ekaterina SKUDINA, Tatiana LARTSEVA and Diana KRUTSKINA (RUS). They finished four points ahead of team mates Vlada ILIENKO, Natalia GAPONOVICH and Ekaterina KOVALENKO (RUS). 2004 Olympic silver medallists Ruslana TARAN, Anna KALININA and Svetlana MATEVUSHEVA (UKR) finished second in yesterday's race to grab third place from Medemblik winners, Sarah AYTON, Annie LUSH and Lisa MCDONALD (GBR).

In the Finn, the biggest struggle for the competitors proved getting out on the water. They only managed to complete five races and this left Gasper VINCEC (SLO) on top, three points ahead of Jonas HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN (DEN). Ivan KLJAKOVIC GASPIC (CRO) claimed third, just a point ahead of Emilios PAPATHANASIOU (GRE). The Greek winner of the ISAF Grade 1 Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères suffered for his inconsistency with two bullets spread between three finishes outside the top ten.

The Star fleet was also only able to sail five races and being unable to start yesterday victory was left in the hands of 1996 Olympic Champion in the Finn, Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ and crew Dominik ZYCKI (POL). George SZABO and Eric MONROE (USA) and Benny ANDERSEN and Mogens JUST (DEN) followed in second and third respectively. Russell COUTTS (NZL) ended his Olympic class comeback in seventh with crew Beat STEGMEIER (SUI).

They were also unable to race in the Tornado leaving the gold medal with leaders of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings, Roland GÄEBLER and Gunnar STRUCKMANN (GER). This gave Germany their one win in the Olympic classes. Andrey KIRILYUK and Valery USHKOV (RUS) finished second whilst third went to Johannes POLGAR and Florian SPALTEHOLZ (GER).

Hong Kong and Poland dominated the two Mistral classes, with the Asian windsurfers eventually coming out on top. HO Chi Ho (HKG) took the honours in the men's fleet with five bullets from the eight races propelling him to a comfortable win. Piotry MYSZKA and Lukas GRODZICKI made it a Polish two and three.

The women's fleet was incredibly tight. CHAN Wai Kei (HKG) won from Agata BRYGOLA (POL) by the tiniest of margins after having been given redress in the first two races. CHAN Wai Man (HKG) completed an excellent regatta for Hong Kong's windsurfers by taking third place.

In the 2.4 Metre Paralympic class, the battle between Heiko KRÖGER (GER) and 2004 Paralympic bronze medallist, Thierry SCHMITTER (NED) went right down to the wire. The pair finished tied on points and with identical results - four bullets, four second places and one third. Eventually it was KRÖGER who took gold thanks to his bullet in the final race. Hyères winner, Helena LUCAS (GBR) was nine points back in third place.

Top Ten Results

470 Men

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	USA	Michael ANDERSON-MITTERLING	David HUGHES	3	2	3	(6)	1	2	12	11	1	35
2	NED	Sven COSTER	Kalle COSTER	7	6	5	(11)	2	9	5	1	2	37
3	RUS	Dimitri BEREZKIN	Alexander ZIBIN	(16)	12	4	2	1	1	4	5	11	40
4	AUS	Mathew BELCHER	Nick BEHRENS	2	1	1	(5)	2	17	3	14	10	50
5	ARG	Matias BUHLER	Marcos LAMAS	1	2	1	1	(20)	OCS	7	4	6	54
6	GER	Christopher LORENZ	Friedrich GEBERT	5	10	(12)	3	4	6	6	12	8	54
7	IRL	Gerald OWENS	Ross KILLIAN	(9)	4	8	1	8	8	1	ZFP	4	55
8	FRA	Vincent AILLAUD	David LECHENE	3	9	6	(OCS)	6	5	10	16	3	58
9	GER	Lucas ZELLMER	Heiko SEELIG	1	5	2	(16)	13	14	2	6	16	59
10	CRO	Pavle KOSTOV	Petar CUPAC	(ZFP)	5	7	9	5	7	13	2	22	70

470 Women

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	AUS	Elise RECHICHI	Tessa PARKINSON	1	(OCS)	1	1	1	4	4	(5)	4	16
2	GER	Sabine WALTER	Antje STRUCKAT	9	1	5	3	4	1	(9)	(16)	1	24
3	GER	Stefanie ROTHWEILER	Vivien KUSSATZ	8	7	4	(10)	6	2	(OCS)	1	5	33
4	NED	Marcelien DE KONING	Lobke BERKHOUT	4	2	2	12	(17)	5	(OCS)	2	7	34
5	SIN	Liying TOH	Lee CHING TOK	(10)	9	7	2	8	7	1	9	(21)	43
6	AUT	Sylvia VOGL	Carolina FLATSCHER	5	6	(17)	6	3	6	5	(18)	16	47
7	AUS	Lauren JEFFRIES	Friederike ZIEGELMAYER	6	(15)	10	4	(16)	10	2	13	3	48
8	USA	Amanda CLARK	Sarah MERGENTHALER	2	4	(OCS)	16	2	3	20	(20)	2	49
9	GER	Kathrin KADELBACH	Saskia SCHROEDER	7	(DSQ)	3	7	10	8	(17)	6	9	50
10	DEN	Henriette KOCH	Lene SOMMER	15	8	6	(20)	(OCS)	11	3	4	8	55

49er

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	GBR	Christopher DRAPER	Simon HISCOCKS	3	1	1	1	1	(8)	(11)	3	2	1	1	5	19
2	AUT	Nico DELLE KARTH	Niko RESCH	4	2	(DNF)	1	3	2	3	(12)	1	6	3	6	31
3	ITA	Pietro SIBELLO	Gianfranco SIBELLO	1	1	4	2	4	(5)	1	2	5	3	14	(16)	37
4	DEN	Peter HANSEN	Sören HANSEN	(DNF)	5	2	8	3	2	2	6	(14)	2	4	9	43
5	GBR	Stevie MORRISON	Ben RHODES	2	4	2	(8)	5	7	8	9	10	5	(23)	2	54
6	ESP	Alberto PADRON	Javier De La Plaza	2	3	1	3	(OCS)	4	10	8	11	11	5	(24)	58
7	GER	Jan Peter PECKOLT	Hannes PECKOLT	15	2	9	9	(OCS)	7	4	1	4	8	2	(20)	61
8	GER	Marcus BAUR	Max GROY	4	6	7	(14)	1	4	7	7	23	(DNF)	9	4	72
9	ESP	Iker MARTINEZ	Xabi FERNANDEZ	1	14	4	6	(OCS)	1	6	4	19	10	13	(19)	78
10	CAN	Gordon COOK	Ben REMOCKER	6	12	(DNC)	16	9	3	(22)	5	7	14	11	10	93

Finn

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	SLO	Gasper VINCEC	2	3	(3)	1	2	8
2	DEN	Jonas HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN	(ZFP)	2	6	2	1	11
3	CRO	Ivan KLJAKOVIC GASPIC	3	9	9	3	(21)	24
4	GRE	Emilios PAPATHANASIOU	1	12	1	11	(14)	25
5	POL	Rafal SZUKIEL	9	11	7	(16)	8	35
6	DEN	Søren HOLM	(BFD)	7	8	6	15	36
7	SWE	Daniel BIRGMARK	6	10	(BFD)	8	17	41
8	CHN	Bo LIU	14	18	11	5	(45)	48
9	DEN	Thomas LAURSEN	17	13	13	7	(19)	50
10	GBR	Edward GREIG	8	17	12	15	(20)	52

Laser

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	GBR	Paul GOODISON	(2)	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	11	1	23
2	CHI	Matias DEL SOLAR	(11)	4	3	2	6	3	1	6	3	3	31
3	BRA	Robert SCHEIDT	1	2	1	1	(2)	1	16	8	4	5	39
4	POL	Maciej GRABOWSKI	5	1	6	10	1	(ZFP)	5	22	1	12	63
5	GER	Alexander SCHLONSKI	3	1	19	10	3	(OCS)	3	2	8	16	65
6	AUS	Tom SLINGSBY	2	3	7	1	(19)	ZFP	4	14	26	7	77
7	DEN	Anders NYHOLM	1	1	(12)	8	1	3	8	BFD	12	2	84
8	FIN	Roope SUOMALAINEN	3	5	2	(14)	2	1	11	33	10	25	92
9	GBR	Keir CLARK	1	12	(17)	11	5	13	21	1	15	14	93
10	NED	Marc DE HAAS	5	7	1	11	6	(OCS)	7	24	6	28	95

Laser Radial

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	LTU	Gintare VOLUNGEVICIUTE	10	6	(14)	4	3	2	2	11	8	10	62
2	USA	Paige RAILEY	1	2	2	(7)	1	4	3	7	1	BFD	63
3	GER	Petra NIEMANN	2	7	1	8	6	19	(20)	14	3	5	69
4	SWE	Karin SÖDERSTRÖM	2	4	1	3	5	(6)	5	29	2	2	76
5	NOR	Elin SAMDAL	3	7	13	5	(20)	15	3	15	6	14	83
6	IRL	Ciara PEELO	(18)	9	3	10	4	2	1	23	18	13	96
7	GBR	Laura BALDWIN	(OCS)	13	6	7	1	26	2	2	23	16	97
8	CZE	Fenclová VERONIKA	11	3	6	8	2	(17)	6	10	ZFP	8	101
9	AUS	Krystal WEIR	1	4	13	3	8	(21)	18	4	17	15	110
10	RUS	Natalia IVANOVA	4	9	4	4	2	1	(10)	OCS	ZFP	4	111

Mistral Men

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	HKG	HO Chi Ho	1	1	2	1	3	(3)	1	1	10
2	POL	Piotr MYSZKA	1	(5)	1	3	4	4	2	3	18
3	POL	Lukas GRODZICKI	2	(10)	3	3	1	2	5	2	18
4	HKG	CHENG Kwok Fai	3	4	(4)	2	2	1	3	4	19
5	POL	Kamil LEWANDOWSKI	6	3	(8)	4	1	1	4	6	25
6	POL	Maksymilian WOJCIK	2	1	3	1	(5)	4	7	10	28
7	POL	Milosz WOJCIK	4	2	1	2	4	(7)	13	5	31
8	GER	Toni WILHELM	4	2	2	7	3	(10)	6	17	41
9	GER	Moritz MARTIN	3	4	5	4	(7)	5	14	8	43
10	HKG	MA Kwok Po	5	3	4	6	7	(BFD)	9	11	45

Mistral Women

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	HKG	CHAN Wai Kei	RDG	RDG	1	2	2	1	(3)	(2)	9
2	POL	Agata BRYGOLA	(6)	1	3	(4)	1	2	1	1	9
3	HKG	CHAN Wai Man	(5)	3	2	3	3	3	2	(11)	16
4	GER	Wiebke SRADNICK	1	4	6	1	(13)	(12)	8	7	27
5	FRA	Marie NOESMOEN	8	(8)	(10)	5	5	5	4	4	31
6	GER	Anika SCHONEVILLE	(10)	5	4	(10)	9	9	7	8	42
7	POL	Iga PERZYNA	(14)	(15)	7	12	4	4	5	12	44
8	POL	Agnieszka KISZKO	(16)	9	9	7	8	7	(11)	5	45
9	FRA	Maeva PARENT	3	6	(15)	8	12	11	9	(14)	49
10	POL	Malgorzata BIALECKA	(15)	10	14	(16)	6	6	6	10	52

Star

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	POL	Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ	Dominik ZYCKI	3	6	1	(10)	3	13
2	USA	George SZABO	Eric MONROE	4	3	4	(9)	6	17
3	DEN	Benny ANDERSEN	Mogens JUST	14	1	5	(22)	2	22
4	GER	Alexander HAGEN	Kai FALKENTHAL	7	9	(13)	4	4	24
5	DEN	Christian MONBERG	Martin LEIFELT	1	5	11	(13)	10	27
6	GER	Erich HIRT	Christian PAUCKSCH	15	7	(15)	2	8	32
7	SUI	Russell COUTTS	Beat STEGMEIER	13	(DSQ)	2	11	7	33
8	ITA	Luca MODENA	Michele MARCHESINI	9	16	7	3	(19)	35
9	GER	Philipp ROTERMUND	Nils HOLLWEG	10	4	(DNF)	8	13	35
10	CRO	Marin LOVROVIC	Marin LOVROVIC	(BFD)	14	9	7	5	35

Tornado

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	GER	Roland GÄBLER	Gunnar STRUCKMANN	2	2	2	1	1	(4)	8
2	RUS	Andrey KIRILYUK	Valery USHKOV	1	5	1	(5)	2	1	10
3	GER	Johannes POLGAR	Florian SPALTEHOLZ	4	1	(8)	3	5	5	18
4	GER	Tino MITTELMEIER	Niko MITTELMEIER	(10)	6	5	2	3	2	18
5	RUS	Alexey CHEKRYGIN	Sergey BOCATKIN	3	7	3	4	4	(9)	21
6	AUT	Thomas ZAJAC	Thomas CZAJKA	5	3	(7)	6	6	3	23
7	BEL	Carolijn BROUWER	Sebastien GODEFROID	6	4	4	8	10	(11)	32
8	GER	Christina LOWEG	Florian LOWEG	7	8	11	7	7	(DSQ)	40
9	UKR	Stanislav GOLIMBIEVSKY	Olexander MENINKOV	11	(13)	10	9	9	7	46
10	GER	Jens-Hendryk THIELE	Daniel SÜLBERG	12	9	(13)	11	12	6	50

Yngling

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	RUS	Ekaterina SKUDINA	Tatiana LARTSEVA	Diana KRUTSKINA	3	5	1	(13)	2	(16)	10	1	1	23
2	RUS	Vlada ILIENKO	Natalia GAPONOVICH	Ekaterina KOVALENKO	1	4	2	5	6	(12)	1	8	(10)	27
3	UKR	Ruslana TARAN	Anna KALININA	Svetlana MATEVUSHEVA	8	2	5	(10)	8	(18)	4	2	2	31
4	GBR	Sarah AYTON	Annie LUSH	Lisa MCDONALD	7	3	(10)	3	5	(10)	3	4	7	32
5	RUS	Anna BASALKINA	Vladislava UKRAINTSEVA	Calina LUKASHOVA	4	9	3	(15)	1	9	6	3	(9)	35
6	NOR	Karianne EIKELAND	Lise BIRGITTE FREDRIKSEN	Alexandra KOEFOED	2	12	(12)	8	10	1	2	(12)	3	38
7	ESP	Monica AZON	Graciela PISONERO	Sandra AZON	9	(OCS)	7	2	(11)	3	5	6	6	38
8	GER	Kristin WAGNER	Anna HÖLL	Christina HÖLL	5	6	8	7	(13)	5	(12)	9	5	45
9	FRA	Marion DEPLANQUE	Anne LE HELLEY	Catherine LEPESANT	(16)	1	9	11	4	4	(15)	5	12	46
10	GER	Ulrike SCHÜMANN	Runa KAPPEL	Ute HOEPFNER	6	7	(14)	1	(15)	7	9	13	8	51