Micky Beckett secured his second consecutive Princess Sofia Trophy win as the British Sailing Team brought home four golds and two silvers from the iconic Palma regatta.
Beckett dominated the ILCA 7 fleet over the six days of competition, building up such a points lead that he wrapped up the win with a day to spare.
The Princess Sofia Trophy regatta is the season opener for the Olympic classes, and this year more than 1,300 athletes took part including 73 from the British Sailing Team and British Sailing Squad.
With just over a year until Paris 2024 the British Sailing Team shot out of the blocks, with Sam Sills, Emma Wilson, John Gimson and Anna Burnet, Connor Bainbridge and Ellie Aldridge all joining Beckett on the podium.
Six medals across the ten Olympic classes saw Britain top the overall medal table for the event.
Sills and Wilson both exorcised their medal race demons to take gold in the men's and women's iQFOiL, the new foiling windsurfer for Paris 2024.
In the Nacra 17 fleet Tokyo 2020 silver medallists Gimson and Burnet went into the final race in second with an eight-point gap to leaders Vittorio Bissaro and Maelle Frascari of Italy.
But a stellar second in the medal race saw them jump into the top spot overall to claim their first regatta win since being crowned world champions in 2021.
Rounding off the medals were kite foilers Aldridge and Bainbridge, who both went one better than their bronze medals from the 2022 regatta.
"Our team had some outstanding performances and, as always, some areas to work on in what will be a very important year with country qualification on the line and an Olympic Test Event coming up," said British Sailing Team performance director Mark Robinson.
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