Star Class Honoring the Past, Leading the Future
| Place | Boat | Skipper | Crew | Sail #: | Fleet | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total |
| 1 | Vida Bandida | Torben Grael | Marcelo Ferreira | 8109 | Brasil | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5 |
| 2 | Portugal Telecom | Afonso Domingos | Bernardo Santos | 81 | Portugal | 9.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 15 |
| 3 | Havanna | Julio Labandeira | Valentin Thomson | 7213 | Argentina | 6.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 16 |
| 4 | Trine | Lars Grael | Marco Lagoa | 8046 | Brasil | 2.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 18 |
| 5 | Rato Veloz | Gastao Brun | Ubiratan Matos | 7823 | Brasil | 3.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 20 |
| 6 | 7316 | Alejandro Chometowski | Manuel Bunge | 7316 | Argentina | 13.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 22 |
| 7 | Nathalia | John King | Daniel Santiago | 7590 | Brasil | 5.0 | 5.0 | 24.0 [DNF] | 10.0 | 7.0 | 27 |
| 8 | Maxima Culpa | Daniel Wilcox | Icaro Couto Seger | 8048 | Brasil | 8.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 27.0001 |
| 9 | Clementine | Alan Adler | Ricardo Ermel | 8034 | Brasil | 24.0 [DNC] | 24.0 [DNC] | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 30 |
| 10 | Skin | Guilherme Olsen De Almeida | Marcelo Morango Walland | 8049 | Brasil | 7.0 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 31 |
| 11 | Orixa | Alex Welter | Marcelo Jordao | 8039 | Brasil | 4.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 21.0 | 15.0 | 42 |
| 12 | Duda | Carlos Dohnert | Fernando Ilha | 7200 | Brasil | 14.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 43 |
| 13 | Isabella | Alessandro Pascolato | Ronald Seifert | 8117 | Brasil | 12.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 43.0001 |
| 14 | Feitico | Augusto Luis C Barrozo | Murillo Novaes | 7966 | Brasil | 16.0 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 50 |
| 15 | Coiote | Mauro Silva | Mario Trindade | 307 | Brasil | 11.0 | 14.0 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 53 |
| 16 | Maktub | Admar Gonzaga | Renato Pintanga Moura | 7850 | Brasil | 10.0 | 24.0 [DNF] | 13.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 54 |
| 17 | Nemora | Jorge Bhering De Mattos | Tomoya Hotta | 7517 | Brasil | 15.0 | 18.0 | 24.0 [DNF] | 9.0 | 18.0 | 60 |
| 18 | Vendaval VII | Jose Candido P Duarte | Jose Luiz Pimentel Duarte | 6922 | Brasil | 20.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 68 |
| 19 | Simitar | Rivardo Del Bianco | Stefan Erck | 6837 | Brasil | 17.0 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 17.0 | 21.0 | 69 |
| 20 | Hasta La Vista | Luiz Augusto Gonzaga | Rodrigo Troncha | 7039 | Brasil | 19.0 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 20.0 | 72 |
| 21 | 34 | Antonio Tanger | Robert Swan | 34 | Portugal | 21.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 22.0 | 19.0 | 73 |
| 22 | Lella | Henirque S I De Mello | Ricardo S I De Mello | 7284 | Brasil | 22.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 76 |
| 23 | Paragon | Affonso Abreu | Andre Goncalves Pereira | 517 | Brasil | 18.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 [DNF] | 24.0 [DNC] | 24.0 [DNC] | 87 |
Twenty-four boats from as far away as Portugal competed in the Star Class South American Championship in Rio de Janiero. Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreria (BRA), Olympic champions in 1996 and bronze medal winnners in 2000, who had a tough regatta at the ISAF World Championship in Cadiz last September, returned to form winning the 5 race regatta by a margin of 10 points. The old master once again proved his status at the top of the South American fleet.
In second place were the Portuguese team of Afonso Domingos and Bernardo Santos, 3rd were the Argentines Julio Labandeira / Valentin Thomson, 4th was Lars Grael sailing with Marco Lagoa, and 5th place went to the team of Gast
Entry deadline: Feburary 1, 2004
TO ALL CONCERNED PARTIES
Please be aware that we have the following boats for charter for the South American Championship to be held in Rio de Janeiro next February.
7018 - Folli 1984
Pls contact directly the owner - Mr Joao Carlos Jordao - jordao@flax.com.br
7074 - Lillia 1985
Pls contact directly the owner - Martin Schwarz - martin2707@hotmail.com
7229 - Folli 1986
Pls contact directly the owner - Mr Jorge Bhering de Mattos - jorgebhering@uol.com.br
7590 - Lillia 1991
Pls contact directly the owner - Mr John King - john@agoractvm.com.br
7441 - Lillia 1989
Pls contact directly the owner - Mr Amable Pumar - amable@pumar.com.br
Also would like to spread the word that the sun is shinning brightly and the Summer indeed arrived in Rio. Nice weather and winds about 15 knots every afternoon are waiting for our guests at the South American Champs 2004.
Pleased to welcome all of you !!
Best Regards
Carlos Dohnert
Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro (ICRJ) - Star Fleet Captain
