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16 February 2005, 10:16 am

Four Races Completed

Star World Championship 2005

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Race Four was dominated by the Brazilians and the French. Finishing in first place were 2004 Olympic gold medallists Torben GRAEL and Marcelo FERREIRA with 2003 World Champions Xavier ROHART and Pacal RAMBEAU in second place and Phillipe PRESTI and Jean-Phillipe SALIOU in third.

In fourth place were the competent Argentines Julio LABANDEIRA and Valentin THOMPSON, and rounding out the top five were the Brazilians Robert SCHEIDT and Bruno PRADA.

The race started with a general recall and finally got off at 1520 with winds of 10 knots from the east-southeast. The Canadians had their troubles today with a broken mast on Brian CRAMER and Iain GREENSMITH and an OCS for Mike MILNER and Matthew JOHNSTON. The Indian team of Mahesh RAMCHANDRAN and Nitin MONGIA also suffered a broken mast. It is fortunate that the lay day tomorrow will give these teams some time to make repairs and get themselves reorganized for Thursday and Friday.

The Japanese team of Tomoya HOTTA and Takashi HOTTA have retired due to personal matters which called Tomoya's crew back to Japan. We are saddened that they will not be able to finish the Championship series as they hae been good competitors and good sportsmen during some difficult races for them.

This Championship is now being lead by Xavier ROHART and Pascal RAMBEAU with 12 points, followed by Torben GRAEL and Marcelo FERREIRA with 16 points.

Third positon is held by defending champions Freddy LÖÖF and Anders EKSTRÖM (SWE) with 18 points, and in fourth is the French Team Phillippe PRESTI and J.Phillipe SALIOU.

Any of the top five are still in the running to be the 2005 Star World Champions.

A typical Argentinian barbecue is planned for the lay day tomorrow and everyone is looking forward to having some time ashore to enjoy the sights and food of Buenos Aires.

Top Ten After Four Races

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Points
1	FRA	Xavier ROHART	Pascal RAMBEAU	6	1	3	2	12
2	BRA	Torben GRAEL	Marcelo FERREIRA	1	6	8	1	16
3	SWE	Fredrik LOOF	Anders EKSTROM	2	4	6	6	18
4	FRA	Philippe PRESTI	Jean-Phillipe SALIOU	5	9	4	3	21
5	BRA	Robert SCHEIDT	Bruno PRADA	10	8	1	5	24
6	AUS	Iain MURRAY	Andrew PALFREY	8	12	5	8	33
7	USA	Mark REYNOLDS	Phil TRINTER	7	3	11	16	37
8	POR	Afonso DOMINGOS	Bernardo SANTOS	14	5	9	9	37
9	ITA	Francesco BRUNI	Guido Antar VIGNA	12	10	14	12	48
10	USA	George SZABO	Brian FATIH	9	11	13	17	50