There was the familiar sight of a Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat member on top of the 49er standings at Kiel Week.
With Olympic and world champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke involved with Emirates Team New Zealand in the America's Cup in Bermuda, Josh Porebski and Tauranga's Trent Rippey are carrying Kiwi hopes in the skiff.
The pair had an excellent day on the water in Kiel, winning two races and claiming a fourth in the other to lead the standings ahead of multiple world and Olympic champion Robert Scheidt and his fellow Brazilian Gabriel Borges.
What made it significant was the fact the conditions were light and shifty, making consistency difficult to achieve.
Burling and Tuke dominated the 49er in the last Olympic cycle, winning all but one regatta they sailed between the London and Rio Olympics, but are undecided about whether they will return to the 49er after the America's Cup.