Kate and Greta are the only members of the 13-strong New Zealand team to have medalled at this event, with other results across the classes ranging from 6th to 18th.
Surrounded by friends, family and fellow New Zealand competitors coming off the water, Kate described the final race in a beautiful South-Easterly breeze of 7-11 knots as "stressful".
"We had a nice start, and were pretty well placed at the top mark. But we had to do turns which didnt help us too much and it was hard to come back from there. The Polish girls sailed really well too," she explains.
Emphasising how commendable a top-three placing is at these events, Yachting New Zealand Talent Development Manager Ian Neely says no medal is ever easy to come by at the youth worlds.
"Kate and Greta winning a medal again was a fantastic effort in a really tough week where it was easy for things to go wrong. Its been a difficult week for our team in interesting conditions which havent been that normal for what we usually have in the Gulf," he explains.
With some younger members of the team including 29er and 420 Boys helms Francesco Kayrouz and Josh Berry at their first world event, Ian says theres been some great potential shown for the future.
Along with crews Oscar Gunn and Henry Haslett, the boys finished up their regattas with a 10th and 13th respectively.
Previous youth worlds medallist, Laser Radial sailor George Gautrey had a strong start to the event, but had a few tough days which set him out of medal contention to see him finish in 7th overall.
"He probably had the toughest week of anyone. It was just one of those weeks where anything that could have gone wrong did go wrong," Neely comments.
Other NZL results included Nacra 15 pair Jackson Keon and Tom Fyfe who had a strong performance in their last race, placing 4th to finish up in 6th overall, Laser Radial sailor Olivia Christie who came 18th, 420 girls pair Courtney and Brianna Reynolds-Smith who came 8th, and RS:X board sailor Patrick Haybittle who wrapped up his regatta in 9th.
Sailors will attend the closing ceremony and prize giving tonight.
Provisional results for the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team at the Aon Youth Sailing World Championship:
420 Boys
13th Josh Berry and Henry Haslett: 13,13,14,6, (16),13,15,10,5
420 Girls
8th Courtney Reynolds-Smith and Brianna Reynolds-Smith: 6,4, (16),12,3,13,5,6,9
29er Boys
10th Francesco Kayrouz and Oscar Gunn: 11,11,11,1,4,8, 13,12,2,10,(18),15,17
29er Girls
3nd Greta Stewart and Kate Stewart: (13),4,7,7,6,4,5,3,2,7,6,7,6
Nacra 15
6th Jackson Keon and Tom Fyfe: 3, (21DSQ), 2,10,7,10,6,11,13,8,15,8,4
Laser Radial Boys
7th George Gautrey: 5,2, 5DPI1,8DPI1,13, 26, 19, (49),21
Laser Radial Girls
18th Olivia Christie: 7,18,30,7, (48[UFD],17, 30, 19,11
RS:X Boys:
9th Patrick Haybittle: 4,6,10,11,8,7, (28UFD), 18,11,8,3,8,20
Full results see here:
http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/results/index.php
- This story has been automatically published using a media release from Yachting New Zealand
