WEYMOUTH’S Paul Goodison narrowly missed out on taking a sixth straight European crown at the Laser European Championships.

The Laser Standard sailor claimed silver at the event in Tallinn, Estonia after going into the final day’s racing in the bronze medal position.

Goodison, the current Olympic and World champion, managed to pull through into the silver medal spot after Friday’s two races but was unable to catch Croatia’s Tonci Stipanovic Stipanovic, who claimed gold 10 points ahead of the Skandia Team GBR star.

Goodison was, by his own admission, frustrated yet philosophical at not defending his title, having made a ‘couple of silly errors’ earlier in the week.

He said: “It’s a little bit frustrating not to have won for a sixth time, but at the same time you can’t expect to win every single event, as much as you might like to.

“I’m reasonably happy with the week, though – there have been some challenging offshore conditions – and I’m really looking forward now to a good solid couple of weeks’ training in Weymouth.”

RYA Olympic manager Stephen Park said: “It feels a little bit strange to be saying we’re disappointed with having won silver.

“But Paul’s had such a fantastic run of five straight Laser men’s European titles so it is a little bit disappointing for him that he’s not been able to extend that run this week.”

For full results from the Laser Europeans, visit laser2010tallinn.eu