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.