TThe British team consisted of Alistair & Matthew Cope, Guy Lewington & Alex Windsor, and Dave Roe & Wendy Barclay, all sailing chartered local boats, which weren't perhaps quite up to the mark speedwise, as one would expect (if you've got a state of the art boat you probably want to do the event yourself!).
The eagerly awaited strong winds, warm water and plenty of sunshine didn't really materialise for the event which was dominated by light shift breezes and even torrential rain, much to the disappointment of the English, who felt this was all too much like the Solent! The championship itself was an incredibly well run event with a total of 72 Cherubs from Australia, New Zealand and Japan and Britain and produced some great close racing; the final result not being decided until the last race.
After the event had been opened by Iain Murray and the Australian Minister for Sport the racing got underway in a moderate shifty breeze that was to set the weather pattern for the entire regatta. With the Australians having sailed their own Nationals the week before on the same water it was with some surprise that after three heats the event was headed by the consistent Kiwi, Geoff Laws. The reigning world Champion, Greg Hartnett from Sydney, who had convincingly won the Nationals the week before, appeared not to like the lighter conditions but still managed to hold on to second place and the local heavy-weights Tony Dillon and David Gibson were lying third. The British team by this stage were well down in the heart(!) of the fleet and struggling for pace downwind but did manage some good starts and first beats, in particular Dave Roe and Wendy Barclay who rounded the first mark fifth in heat three. Unfortunately this moment of relative glory was rather short lived as they were sailed over downwind and finished back in 25th place.
With the wind freshening slightly for the next three heats the nightly presentations saw a good variety of faces in the top three places, but with just one race remaining the overall honour was still undecided. Tony Dillon having won three heats had a narrow lead over the ever consistent but luckless New Zealanders, who had actually led three races by reasonable margins only to lose them on the final leg wind-shifts. With only six points between them, and Hartnett just one point behind the Kiwis, it was all on the final race.
As the last race was scheduled to start two and a half hours earlier than normal at noon there was even less chance for the breeze to fill in and this resulted in the lightest wind of the series. From previous form this should have favoured the lighter NZ pair and put pressure on Dillon, who had scored his worst result, a 19th, under similar condi-tions in heat three. With Geoff Hartnett sailing a superb race to finish second all eyes were on the other two to see if this was sufficient for Hartnett to retain his world title. Geoff Laws had his worst race of the series, a ninth, giving him third overall, while Tony Dillon was close behind in 11th place which was enough to give him the Championship by seven points from Hartnett.
Alistair Cope
| Helm | Crew | Name | Sail No | Design | Points | |
| 1st | Tony Dillon | David Gibson | Rocky and Bullwinkle | KA2934 | Foreign Affair | 30 |
| 2nd | Greg Hartnett | Steven Hay | 37.1 | |||
| 3rd | Geoff Laws | Andrew Stone | Tasman Express | KZ2747 | Tasman Express | 44.4 |
| 4th | D. Carey | A. Gates | 62.4 |