GILES Scott was crowned the overall champion in the Finn class after the third and final instalment of the RYA Olympic Classes National Ranking Series took place at Hayling Island.

In the heavyweight class, it was the Portland-based world and European champion who made light work of the challenging fleet as he cruised to victory and the series crown.

Competing against a 16-strong fleet, the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year nominee took a clean sweep of race wins to finish four points clear of former British Sailing team member Andrew Mills. Peter McCoy finished third.

Two great weekends of racing at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy in October had set the stage for a thrilling series finale at Hayling Island, where event honours were at stake in the Finn, 470, 49er, 49erFX and RS:X fleets.

Sailors completed the full schedule of racing on Saturday in 15-20 knots and glorious sunshine, while 30-35 knots on Sunday prevented any further action from taking place.

Portland’s Luke Patience and Elliot Willis also had an unblemished scorecard in the 470 fleet, taking all five race wins on Saturday.

Anna Burnet and Flora Stewart finished the weekend in second overall, enough to give the Podium Potential sailors the overall series crown.

Mike Wood, who has competed across the three events with stand-in crews Eilidh McIntyre and Katie Tomsett, claimed the National Ranking title with a fourth-place finish.

In the RS:X 9.5 windsurfing event, Weymouth’s Nick Dempsey rounded his series off in impressive fashion with three race wins resulting in event victory and the overall title.

Connor Bainbridge finished five points behind to come second in both the weekend and overall standings.

Bryony Shaw topped the billing in the RS:X 8.5 fleet with three bullets, while second-placed Izzy Hamilton claimed the series title.

Meanwhile, the three Paralympic classes concluded their series in Weymouth and Portland with three races held on Saturday and only one race on Sunday.

Portland’s Megan Pascoe came out on top in the 2.4mR class with all four race wins to take weekend victory ahead of Paralympic champion Helena Lucas.

With both Pascoe and Lucas missing the opening event of the series, a third-place finish at Hayling was enough to give Jonathan Currell the series title.

Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell topped the SKUD 18 fleet while Craig Wood, Liam Cattermole and Steven Palmer took weekend honours and the series crown in the Sonar event.