Tauranga sailor Peter Burling is the bronze medal winner, along with Auckland mate Blair Tuke, in the ISAF Sailing World Cup Regatta at Medemblik, the Netherlands.

The NZL Sailing Team 49er sailors contested the event in mainly strong winds and choppy conditions.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. Photo: Delta Lloyd Regatta.

The Kiwis moved up into medal contention as the regatta progressed and finished strong to make the podium.
With a relatively wide points spread among the top three the Kiwis had little chance to climb further up the ladder, particularly when racing on the penultimate day was cancelled, but they gave it their best shot in last night's medal race.
'After opening up a nice lead they capsized on the second downwind near the top mark – they were in a lull and were then hit by a gust,” says Richard Burling, Peter's Dad.

'It cost them a bit as they had their gennaker up.”
They crossed the line in eighth in this race – good enough for the bronze medal overall.

Steve Morrison and Ben Rhodes took the gold medal for Great Britain, while Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen from Australia won silver.
A fleet of 39 competed in the 49er – a high performance skiff – in Medemblik with an even larger fleet expected to be at the next round of the world cup, in Weymouth, UK.

Miranda Powrie of New Zealand finished tenth in the Laser Radial class in Medemblik securing her best ever ISAF Sailing World Cup result.
The focus for the entire NZL Sailing Team now turns to Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta on June 6-9 at the 2012 Olympic venue – Weymouth in the United Kingdom.

Skandia Sail for Gold is the sixth of seven regattas which make up the 2010-2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup and a large Kiwi contingent will be on the start line.

New Zealand's Final Results 2011 Delta Lloyd Regatta

49er
3rd Peter Burling and Blair Tuke

Men's RS:X
53rd Carl Evans

Finn
15th Dan Slater

Laser Radial
10th Miranda Powrie

Women's Match Racing
11th Stephanie Hazard, Jenna Hansen and Susannah Pyatt