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Final results for six races on June 6-11 at Viareggio, Italy. Masters winner was Vasyl Gureyev and top Grand Master was Gastao Brun.
Report by Andrew Campbell:
Race 1/Day 1: It’s official, our buddies German team Polgar and Koy beat more teams today than any Star class team has ever beaten in the 99 year history of the class. More than 130 boats lumbered around the racetrack in just less than 2.5 hours today. At the starting line only a mile from the beach the seabreeze was a solid 8-11 knots but the further upwind away from shore we got the lighter the breeze became. 2.2 miles later it was a measly 4 knots and after 130+ boats cut through probably less wind than that. We rounded mark 1 in about 18th position but were able to slice and dice or way into a very solid position in the top ten.
Race 2/Day 2: After a great start on what turned out to be the wrong side of the course, we ended up fighting for 20th around the first top mark. We broke into the teens only to be swallowed up by a group of boats as we drifted through the finish line 2 and 1/2 hours after we started at 2pm. Light seabreeze was again the name of the game. We waited for about an hour to start the race and even after the wait stumbled through two general recalls. Rumors were floating that a large number of boats were OCS in addition to the handful given the label. We’ll take a 20 and move along happy, considering that some very top guys sailed the same 2.5 hours as us but instead have a 130th to show for it. Tomorrow has a better forecast, but we’ll believe it when we see it.
Race three report by George Szabo:
During the first leg, the wind was blowing 12-13 knots, but it then decreased to 6-8 knots for the rest of the race. TodayՊ_
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