The win, combined with a 10th on Thursday, enabled Bromby to finish seventh overall on 33 points.

Bromby had two major setbacks during the week, first breaking a mast, which forced him to pull out of the third race and then having to close out the six-race series without crew Lee White who returned home yesterday for his sister's wedding, which is today.

Canadian Garth Miller, whose skipper went down with appendicitis, gladly accepted the invitation to sail with Bromby, and brought with him extra weight, which proved a key factor in the 15 mph winds.

"It was interesting sailing,'' Bromby said. "The guy who was sailing with me was bigger and the extra weight made a difference upwind. He was about 60 pounds heavier than Lee.'' Bromby led at each of the first three marks before Ross MacDonald overtook him on the second run. Bromby eventually reeled McDonald in 100 yards from the finish to clinch his first win.

The regatta was won by Vince Bruno of San Diego who led throughout the series and had a third yesterday to finish on 11 points. In second was John Kostecki on 16 points after a fifth while Olympic medallists MacDonald and Mark Reynolds, fourth yesterday, completed the top four on 20 and 23 points respectively.

Fifth was John MacCausland on 25 points while Joe Landrigan, the current world champion, was sixth on 28.

Bromby and White, preparing for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, will be in Germany for a regatta this wwmonth.