The final day of racing at the 2012 Optiworlds in New Zealand saw the Delta Flag raised at 1041, meaning that racing would start at 1141. It didn't take the 210 sailors long at all to get out onto the water. The wind was very mild, around 10 knots, but the sun came back out again.

Protests from the previous day's racing had been processed and when the updated provisional results were published, there was a change on the leadership board. Ryan Lo had to give up his third position to Javier Arribas who was previously fourth.

Kimberly Lim (left) and Elisa Yukie Yokoyama

New World Champion Kimberly Lim (left) celebrates with team mate Elisa Yukie Yokoyama - photo Matias Capizzano



The first fleet started the race at 1208, but all races were abandoned at 1308. The wind was too light for the strong current and sailors were not able to make progress around the course. At 1350 the Race Committee decided to start race 12 again, but at 1427 the very hard call was made to abandon all races for the day which meant that the World Championship was over, and Singapore's Kimberly Lim was confirmed as the Optimist World Champion. Top boy was Bart Lambriex from the Netherlands.

Top British sailor was Matthew Whitfield in 21st place, while Ireland's Sophie Brown finished second girl, and 13th overall.

Overall results
1 Kimberly Lim (SIN) 70 points
2 Bart Lambriex (NED) 74 points
3 Javier Arribas (PER) 77 points
4 Ryan Lo (SIN) 78 points
5 Francisco Ducasse (CHI) 87 points
6 Ahmad Syukri Abdul Aziz (MAS) 90 points
7 Wade Waddell (USA) 96 points
8 Gabriel Elstrodt (BRA) 109 points
9 Rodrigo Luz (BRA) 112 points
10 Leonard Takahashi-Fry (NZL) 114 points