KEY POINTS:
Sailor Dean Barker underlined his dominance en route to securing his fifth national match racing championship crown in Auckland yesterday.
The Team New Zealand America's Cup skipper made no race of the final, beating Briton Ben Ainslie 3-0 in the best-of-five contest.
Barker had led the regatta from the outset and dropped his only races in the last two flights of round robin two, to Ainslie and Adam Minoprio.
That left Barker with a record of 17 wins and two losses as he qualified in top spot for the semifinals, where he eliminated Laurie Jury.
Ainslie saw off Rod Davis in their semifinal.
Results:-
Standings after round robin two: Dean Barker 17 wins/2 losses 1, Ben Ainslie 15/5 2, Rod Davis 14/5 3, Adam Minoprio 13/7 4, Laurie Jury 13/7 5, Phil Robertson 11/9 6, Josh Junior 6/14 7, Reuben Corbett 7/13 8, Jessica Smyth 6/14 9, Adrian Short 5/15 10, Jan Dawson 2/18 11.
Semifinals: Barker bt Jury, Ainslie bt Davis.
Final: Barker bt Ainslie 3-0.
Petite final: Jury bt Davis 2-0.
- NZPA
