Light winds between 5 and 8 kn prevailed during the whole Starboat Eastern Hemisphere Championship and even worse disappeared on the final day of the event. Andy McDonald/Brad Nichol USA grasped therefore the title after 6 races ahead of Peter O'Leary/Robert O'Leary IRL at equal points and Diego Negri/Sergio Lambertenghi ITA. The World Champion Augie Diaz USA with Arthur Lopes USA missed the podium as 4th by one point only. 66 teams from 19 nations.
The illustrated news, the videos and the final ranking list.

Two races were held yesterday at the Starboat Eastern Hemisphere Championship in Viareggio ITA again in light winds, allowing to apply the discards The leading teams are closely together before the last races today. New on top are Andy McDonald/Brad Nichol USA ahead of the Olympians O'Leary/O'Leary IRL. Negri/Lambertenghi ITA follow on rank 3 with a 10 points' backlog. Only one point behind are Diaz/Lopes USA on 4th and 4 points back Jean-Pascal Chatagny/Serge Pulfer SUI on 5th, both with chances for a Medal. 67 teams from 16 nations.
The news (in Italian) with results.

Light winds prevailed yesterday during the first race of the Starboat Eastern Hemisphere Championship in Viareggio ITA. Augie Diaz/Arthur Lopes USA were the winners ahead of Diego Negri/Sergio Lambertenghi ITA and Strocchi/Canali ITA. The rankings (PDF) and the event website.