Kiwi Olympic champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are back on top after winning the European Championships in Weymouth.
Competing in their third 49er regatta since their post-Rio Olympics hiatus, the America's Cup duo battled back from 22nd to finish ninth in the penultimate final race, which proved enough to secure the gold.
The final race was cancelled due to light winds.
"It's really pleasing for Pete and I," Tuke said. "It has been a really long week, lots of races in a variety of conditions.
"There was quite a lot of wind at the start so we are pretty tired but really stoked to come away with the win from the European championships.
"This has been our third event in a month or so, so we have had a lot of 49er racing lately. We managed to get a few things working a little bit better here.
They finished on 72 points overall, nine ahead of Britain's Dylan Fletcher and Stu Bethell in second.
The rest of the strong New Zealand 49er squad weren't far off the pace, with Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn finishing seventh, Josh Porebski and Trent Rippey in 12th, and Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie coming in 15th.
Meanwhile, Kiwi women Alex Maloney and Molly Meech fell just short of claiming a medal in the 49erFX. The Olympic silver medallists were third in Monday’s (NZ time) medal race and finished fourth overall.
Burling and Tuke are aiming to qualify for Tokyo 2020 to defend the gold medal they won in such dominant fashion in Rio.
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