SAP 505 World Championship 2011 win to defending World Champions

7:20 AM Fri 1 Apr 2011 GMT

'The fleet spread out across course 1 on Catseye Bay - SAP 505 World Championship' Christophe Favreau ?

SAP 505 World Championship, Hamilton Island, Queensland, Final day. With one race to sail Wolfgang Hunger and Julien Kleiner (GER), the reigning champions, held a three-point advantage over Mike Holt/Carl Smit (USA), with a drop in place. Hunger and Kleiner, lighter in weight than their foes, were hoping for medium to light airs, while Holt said 'bring on the big breeze.' At the final gun, Wolfgang Hunger and Julien Kleiner (GER), the reigning champions, had taken out the 2011 SAP 505 World Championship. It was Hunger's fifth 505 world title win (he also owns two 470 world titles) and Kleiner's ...

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by Di Pearson