November 7, 2006
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French Pair Dominate
Philippe BOITE and Regis VIATEUR (FRA) dominated the Tempest World Championship contested in very good conditions in Martinique, recording a perfect nine bullets to take the title. Mario SUTER and Christophe MUERI (SUI) won a close battle for the silver medal.
Philippe BOITE and Regis VIATEUR (FRA) dominated the Tempest World Championship contested in very good conditions in Martinique, recording a perfect nine bullets to take the title. Mario SUTER and Christophe MUERI (SUI) won a close battle for the silver medal.
Behind BOITE and VIATEUR, the battle for medals went right the way to the final race. SUTER and MUERI secured silver with a solid 4,3,2 finish, just holding off the challenge from Gerhard ALBRECHT and Hausjörj SCHAFER (GER), who took bronze with a third place in the final race.
Top Ten Results
| Pos | Nation | Skipper | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts |
| 1 | FRA | Philippe BOITE | Regis VIATEUR | (1) | (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | SUI | Mario SUTER | Christophe MUERI | 3 | 2 | (7) | 2 | 2 | (6) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | GER | Gerhard ALBRECHT | Hausjörj SCHAFER | (8) | (5) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | GER | Michael SCHMOHL | Ralph AOSTERTAG | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | (6) | 2 | (32) OCS | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | FRA | Alain LOTAUT | Albert Paul JEAN-CHARLES | 4 | 3 | (6) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | (6) | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | FRA | Mathieu MOURES | Harry ASSELIN DE BEAUVIL | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | (7) | 5 | 5 | (13) | 5 | 37 |
| 7 | GBR | Michael ADAMS | Paul ADAMS | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | (32) DSQ | 8 | 8 | 10 | (11) | 53 |
| 8 | FRA | Gerard MAZURE | Edouard KOCH | (17) | 7 | (19) | 9 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 60 |
| 9 | GBR | Robert DAVIS | Barbara DAVIS | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | (32) DNC | (32) DNC | 15 | 19 | 7 | 76 |
| 10 | GBR | Alan CURTIS | Nick STEWARDSON | 14 | (19) | 12 | 8 | (16) | 13 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 77 |