In spite of a curtailed schedule due to extremely light winds, the 31-year-old Yorkshireman remained in control throughout the regatta in Germany, with race wins in his five opening fleet races before taking the gun in the final medal race as well to seal victory by ten points over nearest rival Mike Bullot of New Zealand.

Goodison said: “It probably looked easier than it was.

 

"It was a trying week because of the wind conditions, but the racing was fine when we got racing. I

 

"I’ve been sailing well, I think rounding every windward mark first apart from on the first day, and in the medal race today I got a good start which put me in great shape.”

It marks a hat-trick of golds for Goodison from the three World Cup regattas he’s competed at since returning to international action in April, and the Rotherham sailor is confident of his form ahead of the upcoming World and European Championships.

He said: “The three events in particular at Hyeres, Holland and Kiel are pretty important to me, so to have won all three of those back to back is especially pleasing, and I’m now looking forward to the Europeans and Worlds.”

In spite of Goodison’s gold rush, it is British team-mate Nick Thompson who tops the World Cup standings after this sixth leg of the seven event series.

 

The 22-year-old Thompson, who finished fifth in Kiel, leads the standings by 14 points heading into the series finale, the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta at on the 2012 waters of Weymouth and Portland in September.

Goodison’s gold was one of five medals claimed by British sailors in Kiel, with two of them coming in the 470 men’s fleet.

 

Jonny McGovern and Christian Birrell took silver ahead of World champions Nic Asher and Elliot Willis with bronze, while Paul Campbell-James and Mark Asquith also took bronze to hold on to the lead in the overall World Cup standings for the 49er class.

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Iain Percy had a stand-in crew for the final medal race of the Star class today.

 

Andrew Simpson had to fly home early to collect his MBE from The Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace, so the British duo’s coach Nick Harrison stepped in for the final 10-boat showdown and helped Percy to take bronze in his first Star event back since the Beijing Games.

Percy said: “It was nice to sail with Nick, he’s been a great help to us, and to be fair our terrible start for today’s medal race was my fault, not his.

“There was a lot of waiting around for the wind, but for us this event was about getting back into it ahead of the Europeans and enjoying ourselves.

 

"We were very rusty and it was a comedy of errors at times, but it was nice to come away with something at the end of it and we’re looking forward to coming back here for the Europeans in a week’s time.”

There were a few near misses for Britain as well, with Ed Wright unable to make it five World Cup podium spots in a row after a closely fought regatta in Finn fleet.

 

He finished sixth, but still leads the series standings, while Charlotte Dobson and Megan Pascoe were both fourth respectively in the Laser Radial and 2.4mR Paralympic fleets.