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Going into the weekend BONSINK held a six point lead at the top after six races, whilst Hielke DIJKSTRA (NED) was back in third places overall, just behind Andy MALONEY (NZL). The final three races of the Championship saw the top sailors competing against each other in the gold fleet and initially DIJKSTRA struggled. He finished 19 in race seven and with BONSINK placing twelfth and MALONEY second, it looked as if his title hopes were fast disappearing.

MALONEY struggled in the following two races, twice finishing outside the top ten to end up in third position overall. Whilst DIJKSTRA took a bullet in race eight, BONSINK finished eighth. This meant any score better than twelfth in race nine would see BONSINK claim the title. However he fell to 14th overall, DIJKSTRA powered to another win and took the title by the narrowest of margins.

Top Ten Results

Pos	Nation	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	NED	Hielke DIJKSTRA	2	2	3	3	7	(44)	19	1	1	38
2	NED	Mark BONSINK	1	2	9	1	3	2	12	8	(14)	38
3	NZL	Andy MALONEY	3	6	1	3	2	(17)	2	14	11	42
4	NED	Steyn SCHILTKAMP	4	1	6	7	(24)	5	6	12	4	45
5	BEL	Laura MAES	5	3	2	13	1	8	5	(24)	16	53
6	NZL	Blair TUKE	7	(OCS)	4	7	5	19	1	6	7	56
7	NZL	Ersin BUCKLEY	4	6	2	(OCS)	9	6	7	13	9	56
8	POL	Grzegorz NADOLNY	6	(21)	5	17	4	1	21	4	6	64
9	NED	Daan FRERIKS	2	5	7	10	18	14	(32)	7	8	71
10	NZL	Matthew JACOBSON	11	7	(24)	20	12	4	9	5	5	73