Tauranga's Peter Burling and Auckland's Blair Tuke have qualified for the gold fleet at the 49er Worlds, currently being raced in the Bahamas.


Blair and Peter to port
Placing themselves among the top 25 ranked boats at the 49er worlds took three days racing in sometimes challenging conditions with winds gusting to 30 knots during races four and five. The pair capsized their boat in race four, finishing tenth, and finished second in race five.
Peter and Blair are currently placed 14 out of 62 to enter the gold fleet, and now face eight races for the medals which are to be decided in the top 10 medal race on Sunday morning.