Yachting: Winther captures bronze medal in Laser Radials at Weymouth

Sara Winther (centre) performed consistently in a range of conditions off Weymouth. Photo / Supplied

New Zealand won a Laser Radial bronze medal through Sara Winther with a further seven crews notching top 10 finishes at the final round of yachting's World Cup for Olympic classes at Weymouth England.

Aucklander Winther, 28, made it to the podium with consistent performances in a range of conditions throughout the six-day series.

She was second overall going into the medal round and held her nerve to place fifth, enough to secure the bronze medal behind Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands, who was first, and Sari Multala of Finland, who took the silver medal.

"It feels really good, especially after the world championships didn't go that well for me," said Winther. "The last two days we were close to the beach and it was really shifty, but for me that's just like Takapuna. I was just at home with it and felt really comfortable with the conditions."

Andrew Murdoch finished fourth overall in the men's single-handed dinghy final with teammate Mike Bullot seventh.

Jon-Paul Tobin finished fourth in the men's RS:X medal race to place sixth overall, as did Dan Slater in the Finn fleet.

Three other Kiwi crews finished eighth overall: Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie in the women's 470, Hamish Pepper and Craig Monk in the Star class and Peter Burling and Blair Tuke in the 49ers.

- NZPA