#etchells – At the Etchells World Championship in Rosignano, Italy the top Irish boat was Richard Burrows and crew from Howth who finished 12th in the 41–boat fleet. (download results below as a pdf file). There was no wind and no race for the final day of racing organised by Yacht Club Cala de' Medici.
After 8 races out of the nine scheduled the winner was "The Martian" skippered by American helmsman Marvin Beckmann, from Houston, sailing with tactician Steven Hunt and Ezra Culver.
Burrows club–mate Stephen Quinn sailing Fetching was 30th overall.
In the final results the second ranked boat is "Raging Rooster" skippered by American Peter S. Dunkan with Olympic champion Judson Smith and bowman Thomas Blackwell.
"Swedish Blu" skippered by European champion Ante Razmilovich (Hong Kong) together with American Chris Larson and Stuart Flinn got the third place.
