The Hungarian duo of Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos took three firsts, and never finished worse than seventh during last week’s Flying Dutchman world championship in Portugal. The event was hosted by Clube Naútico de Tavira and a total of 40 boats took part. The best British team finishing in 10th place overall, was John Best and James Cole sailing their three-year-old Mader boat.

Overall Results

1 HUN70, Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos

2 GER87, Hans-Peter Schwarz and Roland Kirst

3 ITA10, Roberto Cipriani and Stefano Morelli

4 NED12, Klaas Tilstra and Adriaan Schmal

5 ESP66, Ginés Romero and Juan Carlos Sánchez-Herrero

6 AUS33, Ian Mc Crossin and James Cook

7 GER33, Hans Genthe and Hauke Drengenberg

8 USA410, Lin Robson and Serge Jorgensen

9 ITA45, Francesco Vespasiani and Marco Ungaro

10 GBR382, John Best & James Cole