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New Zealanders collected four medals at the recent Laser masters world championships in Croatia but it was a difficult regatta for most with light winds and cancellations a feature.
Michelle Bain won silver to go with the gold she won at the World Masters Games earlier this year.
Scott Leith (men's Radial master), Michelle Bain (women's Radial master) and Gill Waiting (women's great grand master & 75+) won silver in their resepctive fleets and John Pitman won bronze in the standard great grand master.
The regatta in Split was beset by light winds, including the final day when only one race was possible, and in most instances only seven out of a possible 12 scheduled races were finished due to lack of wind.
For Leith and Bain it followed on from the gold medals they won in their classes at the World Masters Games held at Torbay in April. Leith won the final race of the regatta but it wasn't enough for him to overtake Italy's Alessio Marinelli and add to his six Laser masters world titles.
A record 31 women took part across the four Radial divisions.
Next year's world championships will be in Dublin, Ireland.
Final standings (top 3 in each fleet)
Standard Apprentice:
1. Maciej Grabowski POL 6pts
2. Maxim Semerkhanov RUS14pts
3. Adonis Bougiouris GRE 15pts
Standard Master:
1. Brett Beyer AUS 12pts
2. Peter Hurley USA 16pts
3. Emesto Rodriguez USA 25pts
Standard Grand Master:
1. Allan Clark CAN 11pts
2. Andy Roy CAN 20pts
3. Tomas Nordqvist SWE 21pts
Standard Great Grand Master:
1. Michael Nissen GER 9pts
2. Mark Bethwaite AUS 10pts
3. John Pitman NZL 16pts
Radial Apprentice:
1. Jon Emmett GBR 6pts
2. Anastasia Chernova RUS 17pts
3. Noel Bayard FRA 24pts
Radial Master:
1. Alessio Marinelli ITA 10pts
2. Scott Leith NZL 17pts
3. Wilmar Groenendijk NED 34pts
Radial Grand Master:
1. Martin White AUS 20pts
2. Pierantonio Masotto ITA 27pts
3. Terry Scutcher GBR 36pts
Radial Great Grand Master & 75+:
1. Bill Symes USA 12pts
2. Robert Lowndes AUS 23pts
3. Kerry Waraker AUS 27pts
Women's Radial Apprentice:
1. Anastasia Chernova RUS 17pts
2. Georgia Chimona GRE 30pts
3. Paula Marino URU 31pts
Women's Radial Master:
1. Giovanna Lenci ITA 53pts
2. Michelle Bain NZL 78pts
3. Monica Wilson USA 84pts
Women's Radial Grand Master:
1. Lyndall Patterson AUS 90pts
2. Vanessa Dudley AUS 117pts
3. Anne Loren SWE 238pts
Women's Great Grand Master & 75+:
1. Hilary Thomas GBR 255pts
2. Gill Waiting NZL 258pts
3. Deirdre Webster CAN 293pts
