Star - World Championship - Troense DEN - Day 1, Lars Greal/Sam Goncalves BRA 1st leaders

The 2017 Star World Championship in Troense in the South of Denmark began yesterday under cloudy skies with the first of 6 races (one discard) in an initial 15-18 kn wind, freshening to up to 25 kn during the 10 nm long race. The conditions got a gustier as the race progressed and 7 boats lost their masts, among them Daniel and Paul Cayard USA.
Lars Greal/Samuel Goncalves BRA, 2015 World Champions, led wire to wire, but had to defend this lead fiercely against Hubert Merkelbch/Brian Fatih GER/USA right at the finish. 3rd place went to Reinhard Schmidt/Paul Sradnick of GER. Elvind Melleby and Josh Revkin finished 4th. The defending Champions Augie Diaz/Bruno Prada USA/BRA are 10th among the 76 boats entered.
The results, the event facebook page with the videos and the report of Paul Cayard USA.