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Maria Stella TURIZIO and Maria Carolina RENDANO (ITA) went into the final day with a nine point lead over 2005 Volvo Youth Sailing World Champions Marie LUMEAU and Claire BOSSARD (FRA) but left no doubt that they were going to top the podium. Rounding out their series with two bullets on the final day was an emphatic statement that they deserve the title of 420 World Champions 2005. A final points score of 54, including four bullets, was too much for LUMEAU and BOSSARD who finished the series on 87 points after sailing one of their worst days of the championship, scoring a tenth and a 25.

The news was also bad for Jo BRIGG and Mary ROOK (GBR) who had lead this championship for the first few days. Going into the final day in third place overall just one point behind LUMEAU and BOSSARD and 24 points ahead of the next team they seemed assured of a podium posisiton. But it was not to be. BRIGG and ROOK scored a 15 and a 36 yesterday to end the championship with 103 points and in fourth place. Third place went to their team mates Maria STANLEY and Catherine ALTON (GBR) who have had a relatively inconsistent championship but ended it with a second and a sixth to climb up from fifth and take the final podium spot.

Final Results Women - Top Ten

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	ITA	Maria Stella TURIZIO	Maria Carolina RENDANO	(15)	11	3	1	(21)	1	7	11	4	14	1	1	54
2	FRA	Marie LUMEAU	Claire BOSSARD	7	13	11	(15)	5	12	3	15	6	5	10	(25)	87
3	GBR	Maria STANLEY	Catherine ALTON	26	19	(BFD)	2	3	(46)	1	12	17	10	2	6	98
4	GBR	Jo BRIGG	Mary ROOK	1	2	2	17	4	23	25	(45)	12	2	15	(36)	103
5	FRA	Delphine MACAIRE	Chloe GOUGEON	6	5	18	5	18	(55)	5	7	23	(35)	11	15	113
6	ITA	Benedetta DANTI	Lisa LARDANI	(31)	(31)	20	7	7	3	14	13	16	12	19	7	118
7	POR	Piedade COLACO	Diana NEVES	17	12	13	(BFD)	24	(48)	10	3	2	15	38	14	148
8	GBR	Joanne MACDONALD	Laurie MARSDEN	5	6	22	(BFD)	6	28	(42)	26	7	13	8	30	151
9	BRA	Mariana BASILIO	Gabriela BIEKARCK	23	14	14	(BFD)	25	(58)	18	29	13	1	12	9	158
10	USA	Megan MAGILL	Briana PROVANCHA	43	24	4	12	11	22	2	(60)	10	(45)	20	11	159

In the Open fleet Tomas O DA SILVA and Francisco GOMES (POR) went into the final day with an eleven point lead over the Spanish team of Alfredo CAPODANNO and Vittorio PAPA. The sailed a safe final day finishing second and ninth and thus claiming the title of 420 World Champions. CAPODANNO and PAPA didn't have such a good day with a 20 and a tenth but did enough to hang on to the silver medal position. New Zealand's Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship representatives Peter BURLING and Bruce KENNEDY had a final day shocker to slide from third overall to sixth whilst Pablo SANTURDE and Abelerdo QUEVEDO (ESP) snuck up the final podium position, despite not finishing race nine. With two discard kicking in a fourth in the final race left them tied on points with Thomas and Matthieu RAHIER (FRA). Two second place finishes to the RAHIER's one gave them the final podium spot.

The final race victory went to the Indian team of Farok TARAPORE and Vikas KAPILA who have had a particularly inconsistent series. Six top ten finishes in the final series should have been good enough for a podium spot but not combined with two DSQs and a DNF.

Final Results Open - Top Ten

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	POR	Tomas O.DA SILVA	Francisco GOMES	(14)	(DSQ)	1	1	8	1	12	7	2	9	41
2	ITA	Alfredo CAPODANNO	Vittorio PAPA	3	2	7	(24)	(41)	16	1	1	20	10	60
3	ESP	Pablo SANTURDE	Abelardo QUEVEDO	2	6	19	18	12	(OCS)	5	2	(DNF)	4	68
4	FRA	Thomas RAHIER	Matthieu RAHIER	(34)	7	9	16	(17)	13	13	3	5	2	68
5	FRA	Alex BISHOP	Pierre BOMBRAY	21	3	(42)	27	1	7	7	12	1	(37)	79
6	NZL	Peter BURLING	Bruce KENNEDY	4	1	17	(21)	(21)	10	4	6	21	18	81
7	NZL	Christopher DAWSON	Scott ILLINGWORTH	10	4	11	29	19	(41)	6	(30)	3	6	88
8	USA	Adam ROBERTS	Nick MARTIN	12	9	4	(33)	6	24	8	(43)	6	30	99
9	IND	Farokh TARAPORE	Vikas KAPILA	23	(DSQ)	(DSQ)	2	10	9	3	10	DNF	1	108
10	FRA	Antoine GUILLOU	Vincent GUILLARM	5	(DSQ)	2	26	15	18	(27)	5	24	17	112