KEY POINTS:
Hamish Pepper and Carl Williams just missed a podium finish, ending up fourth in the Star class at the world yachting championships in Cascais, Portugal.
They had already qualified New Zealand an Olympic berth in Beijing in the class.
Strong winds cancelled all races today, with some of
yesterday's standings becoming the final placings.
The Finn Gold Cup was won by Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada of Brazil, with Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz, of Spain, taking their Tornado class.
The Lasers and Laser Radials medal races will be staged tonight, with both Yachting New Zealand Olympic squad sailors in the top 10.
Andrew Murdoch is fourth in the Laser fleet, with the gap between second and fifth a mere five points. Tom Slingsby, of Australia, is well advanced on the fleet with a 12-point margin.
Jo Aleh will sail in the Laser Radial medal race tonight. She is lying in eighth place.
Olympic qualification for New Zealand in these classes is now in the bag with Murdoch and Aleh placed well inside the quota of places up for grabs. The top 29 nations in the Laser and top 19 in the Laser Radial earn an Olympic spot.
The Finn and Yngling fleets will sail two races tonight to wrap up the qualifying to decide the top 10 for the medal race.
Both Barbara Kendall and Jon-Paul Tobin in board sailing, as well as Sharon Ferris and crew in the Yngling, are all in the top seven overall at present.
New Zealand placings
Final results
Star (63 boats): Hamish Pepper and Carl Williams 4th.
Rohan Lord and Miles Addy retired due to injury.
Tornado (49 boats): Brett Sellers and Bruce Kendall 27th, David and Susan Shaw 42nd, Paul Francis and Aaron Duncan 48th
Current standings
Laser Gold Fleet, men's one-person dinghy (149 boats): Andrew Murdoch 4th, Matt Coutts 16th, David Weaver 25th, Michael Bullot 32nd.
Laser Radial Gold Fleet - women's one-person dinghy (109 boats): Jo Aleh 8th, Sara Winther 24th, Miranda Powrie 53rd
Yngling
Women's three-person keelboat (35 boats): Sharon Ferris, Raynor Smeal and Shandy Buckley 6th.
Finn heavyweight dinghy (73 boats): Dan Slater 18th.
RS:X women wind-surfing (73 boards): Barbara Kendall 6th, Hayley Thom 43rd, Kate Ellingham 50th, Steffanie Williams 55th, Justina Sellers 59th.
RS:X Men's wind-surfing (113 boards): Jon-Paul Tobin 7th, Tom Ashley 14th, Antonio Cozzolino 54th, Michael Lichtwark 70th.
470 men's two-person dinghy (112 boats): Carl Evans and Peter Burling 80th, Geoff Woolley and Mark Overington 90th, Steve Keen and Nick Taylor 105th.
470 Women's two-person dinghy (64 boats): Melinda Henshaw and Olivia Powrie 34th, Shelley Hesson and Bianca Barbarich-Bacher 37th, Sarah Bilkey and Rosie Sargisson 56th.
- NZPA