New Zealand sailor Chris Dickson pipped Sweden's Magnus Holmberg to win the Portugal Match Cup, the first event of the 2005-2006 World Match Racing Tour.
The BMW Oracle Racing chief executive and skipper streaked to a 2-0 lead in the final before Holmberg evened the score 2-2, setting upa winner-take-all final.
In a race with two lead changes, a penalty and slick boathandling, Dickson won by less than half a boatlength.
He sailed with fellow New Zealander Zack Hurst, Jann Neergaard, Kazuhiko Sofuku and Paul Westlake.
