GILES Scott and Helena Lucas secured final-day victories at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma on Saturday to bring the British Sailing Team’s medal tally to seven at this European season-opening event.

Portland-based Scott, whose unbeaten run now spans 18 months and nine world-ranked regattas, took an 11-point buffer into the final medal race for the Finn class, while Lucas ground out a victory by just one point over team-mate Megan Pascoe, also from the island, in the Paralympic 2.4mR event.

Silver medals also went to Alison Young in the Laser Radial, John Gimson and Hannah Diamond in the Nacra 17 and Portland’s Luke Patience and Elliot Willis in the 470 men’s event, with Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark sealing bronze in the 470 women’s class.

Lucas’ gold was the first of the day and it was a dramatic victory, coming on the last run of the last race of the series. The London 2012 gold medallist went in to the final day on equal points with Pascoe, and it was the Portlander who took the win in the first of two races in the Paralympic class to edge in front of Lucas by one point, setting up an exciting duel in the final race.

The 2.4mR fleet faced a tense wait as the wind dropped and shifted around, giving the race committee a hard time setting a course. Eventually the final race got underway with the two British Podium squad sailors leading the way at the first mark.

Lucas was in front after the first lap, but with Pascoe right behind in second it would still be the latter who would take the regatta win on countback over her team-mate if the places held.

Lucas maintained her lead on the second lap, but Norway’s Bjornar Erikstad passed Pascoe at the last moment coming into the finish line to relegate the Miami World Cup silver medallist into third in the race and overall second place.

Scott’s Finn medal race was the last of the day, having been delayed while the northerly winds died and the sea breeze established.

The World and European champion had an 11-point cushion heading in to the day over Croatian and Finnish rivals, and was quick out of the blocks, leading at the first windward mark and holding his lead from thereon in to claim the medal race victory and defend his regatta title in a boat borrowed from his team-mate Pete McCoy.

Meanwhile Gimson and Diamond were ecstatic with their first regatta medal race and their first medal as a new team in the Nacra 17 class.

With gold already won by French World Champions Billy Besson and Marie Riou, Gimson and Diamond were out to protect their silver medal position in the final 10-boat race for the multihull fleet. A sixth place in the race was enough to do just that, and Diamond was delighted with their progress as a new pair.

Young was in a similar position in the Laser Radial medal race. Belgium’s Evi Van Acker had already secured the regatta win, leaving Young to protect her silver which she managed to do, finishing fourth in the medal race.

Patience and Willis looked to overhaul Argentine rivals Lucas Calabrese and Juan de la Fuente at the start of 470 men’s finale in a bid to wrestle gold from them, but it was not to be in the light winds that befell their medal race.

The duo finished seventh in the race ahead of the Argentinian Olympic bronze medallists in eighth, but it was not enough to reduce the 11-point deficit.

Sophie Weguelin and Eilidh McIntyre narrowly missed out on the 470 women’s podium spots, finishing fourth overall.