The NZL Sailing Team has secured two gold medals at the 2015 Princess Sofia Regatta, with successful title defences in the 49er for Tauranga's Peter Burling and Blair Tuke – and Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie in the Women's 470.

The NZL Sailing team has secured two gold medals at the 2015 Princess Sofia Regatta. Photo: supplied.

In the 49er skiff, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke's win was characteristically dominant, finishing 18 points clear of the fleet. With this Princess Sofia Regatta gold in the bag, the pair have further extended their winning streak to 17 major wins in a row.

In today's race there was an outside chance that German crew of Erik Heil and Thomas Plossell could claim the top spot and as a result the kiwis went into today's medal race with the focus of ensuring that didn't happen.

'Fun little match race today to finish off the week,” says Burling. 'Stoked to take the win in Palma.”

Aleh and Powrie will also be awarded the regatta's top Trophy by Her Majesty Queen Sofia for the best team during the week.

The 2012 Olympic gold medallists went into today's medal race with a seven point lead over the French in second with the British close behind, just two further adrift. But this order remained unchanged after today's race.

Jo Aleh explains it wasn't an easy win today. 'It was a race of many parts, it all looked a little bad a few times, but we kept at it, after rounding the first mark in seventh with the French in second, we had a bit of work to do.

'We got back into the race on the first downwind and rounded the last top mark in fourth, with the overall title still just safe. Then the downwind went a little crazy and it was boats coming out of everywhere! We just held our nerve and just snuck in front of the pack to cross the finish line in third after a few good gybes to take out the regatta by three points. Tight.”

She continues, 'Happy with our week here, nice to get back into racing, it's been great hanging out with the rest of the NZL Sailing Team, and looking forward to the rest of this trip.”

The second kiwi crew in the 49er medal race – Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski – crossed the line in second place to conclude the regatta in fifth overall.

In the Finn medal race Josh Junior also finished in second place which edged him into seventh overall as his final result from the week in Palma de Mallorca.

Meanwhile, Tauranga's Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech placed fifth in the 49erFX medal race and finish the regatta in ninth.

Next on the Olympic sailing circuit is ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres and the majority of the NZL Sailing Team crews in Palma will travel on to France to prepare for the regatta which kicks off on April 22.

2015 Princess Sofia Regatta New Zealand's final results

1^st Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie – Women's 470

1^st Peter Burling and Blair Tuke - 49er

5^th Josh Porebski and Marcus Hansen – 49er

7^thJosh Junior – Finn

9^th Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech – 49erFX

12^thGemma Jones and Jason Saunders – Nacra 17

14^th Paul Snow-Hansen and Daniel Willcox – Men's 470

12^thMichael Bullot – Laser

18^th Thomas Saunders – Laser

25^thSara Winther – Laser Radial

43^rd Susannah Pyatt – Laser Radial

55^th Andrew McKenzie (Aon Fast Track) – Laser

58^th Antonio Cozzolino – Men's RS:X