Chances are they will notch a few more over the next 18 months and they will soon head to Europe to measure themselves against the rest of the 49er fleet, starting with Aprils Princess Sofia regatta in Palma.
The majority of New Zealands top sailors will also compete in Palma, including Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders who took out the Nacra 17.
They started the day two points behind Liv Mackay and Micah Wilkinson and, although Mackay and Wilkinson had boat damage, Jones and Saunders revelled in the strong sea breeze to win all four races today.
"It was really good to be racing some good quality opposition," Saunders said. "We are making a few mistakes. We havent raced in a while or done a lot of sailing in the last couple of weeks because Gemma hurt her leg. Its been good to get back into it and we are feeling like we are getting on top of things, finally."
Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox dominated the 470, winning seven of the eight races, but there were some encouraging signs from new womens combination Susannah Pyatt and Brianna Reynolds-Smith who were second overall. The event was also notable for the inclusion of kiteboarding, which was recently included on the programme for the 2024 Paris Olympics, with Sam Bullock dominating. Dave Ridley edged the Laser and Annabelle Rennie-Younger the women's Laser Radial.
Some of the closest racing was in the youth classes, especially with the Oceanbridge NZL Sailing Regatta being used as one of the selection events for the NZL Sailing Foundation Youth Team to compete at this years youth sailing world championships.
The boys 29er was decided over two regattas and Eli Liefting and Jack Frewin emerged by a solitary point over Brayden Hamilton and Pat Morgan.
"[Winning the trials] means so much because its what we have been training for for the last 18 months," Liefting said.
Its how much time Burling and Tuke have before the Tokyo Olympics and they can now look back on a successful start to their new campaign.
"Its been really nice to put together a good performance this week and sail some better races," Burling said. "It definitely felt like we were sailing a lot better by the end of the weekend.
"We have a list of things to work on before racing in Europe and we will just try to progress. Its about trying to get all the little details in place right now and keep pushing hard."
Results after the final day of the Oceanbridge NZL Sailing Regatta at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club today:
49er (16 boats)
1st: Peter Burling / Blair Tuke (NZL) 1 2 1 4 1 (5) 1 3 1 1 2 - 17 points
2nd: Isaac McHardie / William Mckenzie (NZL) 2 4 2 1 5 (6) 2 2 3 4 6 - 31 pts
3rd: Josh Porebski / Trent Rippey (NZL) 5 3 5 3 (10) 1 3 4 4 7 4 - 28 pts
49erFX (4 boats)
1st: Ben Paterson / Sean Paterson (NZL) (3) 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 12 pts
2nd: Crystal Sun / Olivia Hobbs (NZL) 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 (5 RET) 2 5 DNF - 28 pts
3rd: Emma French / Emma Stenhouse (NZL) 2 2 2 2 3 2 (5 UFD) 2 5 RET 5 DNC 5 DNC - 13 pts
29er (8 boats)
1st: Brayden Hamilton / Pat Morgan (NZL) 2 3 1 (4) 2 3 2 - 13 pts
2nd: Eli Liefting / Jack Frewin (NZL) 3 SCP 2 2 3 3 (4) 1 - 14 pts
3rd: James Barnett / Josh Schon (NZL) 4 (8) 3 1 1 2 5 - 16 pts
Nacra 17 (4 boats)
1st: Gemma Jones / Jason Saunders (NZL) 1 1 2 2 (5 UFD) 3 1 1 1 1 - 13 pts
2nd: Liv Mackay / Micah Wilkinson (NZL) 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 (5 DNF) 5 DNC 5 DNC - 21 pts
3rd: Erica Dawson / Henry Haslett (NZL) 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 (5 UFD) - 22 pts
Nacra 15 (4 boats)
1st: Helena Sanderson / Jack Honey (NZL) 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 (5 RET) 1 5 DNC - 17 pts
2nd: Francesco Kayrouz / Carrington Brady (NZL) 2 3 2 2 4 1 1 2 (5 RET) 3 1 - 21 pts
3rd: Hamish McLaren / Rebecca Morgan (NZL) 3 2 3 3 3 3 (4) 3 1 2 2 - 25 pts
420 (16 boats)
1st: Seb Menzies / Blake McGlashan (NZL) (2) 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 - 9 pts
2nd: Mason Mulcahy / Andre Van Dam (NZL) 4 3 3 1 2 1 (5) 2 - 16 pts
3rd: Donguk Kim / Yeongwoo Kim Busan (KOR) (17 DSQ) 4 2 4 5 4 3 5 - 27 pts
470 (7 boats)
1st: Paul Snow-Hansen / Dan Willcox (NZL) (5) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 7 pts
2nd: Susannah Pyatt / Brianna Reynolds-Smith (NZL) 2 3 3 3 3 (5) 2 3 - 19 pts
3rd: Kidong Park / Shin Sang Min (KOR) (8 DNF) 2 2 4 4 3 3 2 - 20 pts
Laser (6 boats)
1st: Dave Ridley (NZL) (3) 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 - 12 pts
2nd: Jing Hwan Lee (KOR) 1 3 2 2 2 (6) 2 1 - 13 pts
3rd: Sangkyu Kim (KOR) (7 OCS) 1 3 4 1 1 5 4 - 19 pts
Laser Radial (22 boats)
1st: Caleb Armit (NZL) 4 (6) 1 3 2 3 1 4 - 18 pts
2nd: Luke Cashmore (NZL) 2 1 2 1 (19) 7 5 1 - 19 pts
3rd: Albert Stanley (NZL) 1 3 3 11 10 (23 UFD) 2 2 - 32 pts
Also
7th: Annabelle RennieYounger (NZL) 12 5 5 13 (18) 1 9 7 - 52 pts
8th: Olivia Christie (NZL) 15 11 6 6 3 (18) 11 3 - 55 pts
9th: Samantha Stock (NZL) 13 14 15 4 (21) 2 4 12 - 64 pts
Kites (4 kites)
1st: Sam Bullock (NZL) (1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 15 pts
2nd: Ben Turner (NZL) 2 2 3 2 2 2 (5 DNS) 5 DNC 5 DNC 5 DNC 3 2 3 4 3 2 - 45 pts
3rd: Justina Kitchen (NZL) 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 2 (5 DNS) 5 DNF 2 3 4 3 4 3 - 50 pts
Full results here
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