The GP 14 Sailing World Championship at Skerries Sailing Club has been won for the fifth time by Englishmen Ian Dobson and Andy Tunnicliffe of Burwain Sailing Club.
Dobson had led the series from the outset until his winning streak almost disappeared during the seventh race of the championship today, Friday, when he was hounded into fourth place by arch-rival and fellow Englishman Matt Mee.
The result was that Mee and Dobson were on equal points, and Dobson only carried off the Worlds by dint of the discard rule.
Final GP14 World Championship Overall Standings are below
Ireland's hopeful, Corkman Colman Grimes of the host club, had climbed to fourth overall, a position he held for several days until Friday's tricky windy conditions caused him to slip a place to fifth.
Three times Olympian, Ger Owens, of Royal St George Yacht Club was Ireland's other great hope but, despite winning a race outright (the only one of the Irish to do so) he finished fourth of the Irish behind Grimes, Ross Kearney of Royal North of Ireland YC (7th), Hugh Gill of Sutton Dinghy Club and Jane Kearney of Royal North of Ireland.
A total of 212 sailors sailed 106 boats and represented five countries in the six-day Skerries event.
Final GP14 World Championship Overall Standings are below