She scored only two results out of the top five to win the championship by two points from the defending champion Sari MULTALA of Finland. Third overall was Sarah MACKY of New Zealand with the bronze European medal going to Trine ABRAHAMSEN of Denmark, who finished fourth overall.

In very hot, lightish conditions in the Balearics, consistency was clearly the key to a top spot and the first five positions were only truly decided on the final day. MACKY commented about the conditions. ”It has been really really hot, I found it so hard to keep hydrated I was having to drink during the races.`

Current World Champion Sarah BLANCK (AUS) finished sixth overall in a regatta where starting seemed to let her down, often seeing her play catchup in the final few races of the regatta.

One young sailor who had a good regatta was Great Britain’s Laura BALDWIN, who in finishing ninth, had the best placed British result since Shirley Robertson retired from the class to pursue other interests.

A delighted Baldwin commented, `I am speechless! I have been working really hard over the winter training in Palma and have familiarised myself with the conditions. I have also spent two weeks training with some of the top international Europe sailors and this has really pulled my game up. I have exceeded my expectations at the event and am thrilled with the result.`

Full results can be found on the event website at the address below.

Pos Nation Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 NOR SUNDBY, Siren 17 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 15 4 21
2 FIN MULTALA, Sari 19 2 2 2 1 9 1 1 2 BFD 8
3 NZL MACKY, Sarah 27 1 2 9 4 4 4 6 4 24 2
4 DEN ABRAHAMSEN, Trine 40 5 4 9 3 5 3 8 31 3 10
5 GER PETZKE, Christiane 52 6 6 6 5 2 6 23 16 16 6
6 AUS BLANCK, Sarah 56 1 1 6 2 14 7 16 22 9 27
7 GER NIEMANN, Petra 64 7 10 1 OCS 9 2 4 18 14 17
8 DEN LIVBJERG, Signe 65 7 19 12 6 6 2 18 3 18 12
9 GBR BALDWIN, Laura 69 4 7 1 9 12 13 32 44 8 15
10 FRA BRAIN, Solènne 69 10 8 5 15 7 1 9 38 RDG 32

Source: Event editor