Peter Burling and Blair Tuke conquered a come-back challenge on the final day of the 2015 49er European Championship Regatta to successfully defend their title and further extend their remarkable string of victories in the class.
A protest late on the penultimate day, surrounding a mark rounding incident, saw New Zealand's Burling and Tuke take a disqualification and relinquish the overall lead relegated to third place.
The Australian crew of Nathan Outteridge and Ian Jensen, who lodged the successful protest were leading and five points ahead of the kiwis, however the final day offered plenty of opportunity for redemption with three finals races and a medal race in the schedule.
Racing off the coast of Porto on the large Atlantic swells Burling and Tuke let their sailing speak for itself and started the day with a second place to set the tone. Next they won a race, and went on to deliver another second place in the third.
By then the time limit for a Medal Race had expired, but for Burling and Tuke it would have been a formality anyway, because they had won the fleet racing by 24 points.