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Offshore Double Handed World Championships - Kiwis fifth in Final

by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com/nz 30 Sep 2025 20:32 PDT 22 September - 1 October 2025

The New Zealand team of Anna Merchant and Aaron Hume-Merry have placed fifth of ten boats in the Final of the inaugural Offshore Double Handed World Championships, sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Merchant and Hume-Merry were the final team to qualify for the Final - by winning the Repechage event, to take the 10th place in the Final.

Sail identical SF30s, the Final race finished off Cowes overnight (NZT).

The Final was won by the France 1 team followed by: Great Britain 2; Uruguay; Norway and New Zealand.

Australia Liz Wardley and Lincoln Dews was 8th in the 10 team Final,

Full story to follow.

Results can be found here.

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