Soling South American Championship - Final

by Soling media on 17 Apr 2006 The last day of the 26th Soling South American Championship started sunny and cold with 22 knot breeze with 38 knots of gusts and shifts of 30 degrees.

The first race course number two with a double triangle and a windward/leeward sausage in between saw the Solings flying and crews working really hard to control the boats.

The race was a close fight from the start for the title between the three first in the overall positions DOFOUR team with WARBURG, CELEDONI and SMITH in a tie with PASTAACIUTTA team with BUSCH, TUFAROLO, FELDTMANN and from Brazil the VIPAL-RAGE team with NEHM, RIBEIRO, RIBEIRO.

The victory came to the VIPAL-RAGE team complicating more the situation for the leaders followed by DOFOUR and PASTAACIUTTA. At the same race the 4th and 5th position put USA 807 with COLLINS, EZCURRA, MORILLO in a better position to fight against SHOSELIN team with DESPONTIN, NOCETI, SASSO both finished the one in 4th and 5th.

The second race a windward/leeward course with even more wind again was dominated by VIPAL-RAGE team and again DOFOUR team in second and PASTA ACIUTTA team in third. NEXT with NOTTEBOHM, TUMULTY, CARISSIMI team finishing 4th and with a bad race for both USA807 and SHOSELIN team now joined the fight for the 4th place.

The third race another windward/leeward saw a big wind decrease but kept the gusts making it very difficult to race.


To the left USA807 and SHOSELIN team took the lead of the competition, but at the end the race went to SHOSELIN team followed by USA807 and in a close battle behind them the 2006 South American Champions the DOFOUR team with Gustavo Warburg, Hernan CELEDONI and Maximo SMITH who in the last run managed to pass by one length the VIPAL-RAGE team with George NEHM, Marcos PINTO RIBEIRO and Lucio PINTO RIBEIRO. PASTA ACIUTTA with Martin BUSCH, Marcelo TUFAROLO and Maximo FELDTMANN kept the third and SHOSELIN team with Pablo DESPONTIN, Pablo NOCETI and Ezequiel SASSO by only one point kept the 4th overall over USA807 with Matias COLLINS, Andres EZCURRA, Fernando M. MORILLO.

The prize giving ceremony a gala dinner inside the Club Nautico San Isidro gathered more than 150 people where prizes were presented and awarded to the winners besides sailors and friends enjoyed the food offered by the event sponsors Vines FAMILIA ZUCCARDI, NISSAN, EVE, AUDEMARS PIGUET and STELLA ARTOIS.

Final overall results:
1 ARG 32 Gustavo Warburg Hernan Celedoni Maximo Smith 18
2 BRA 73 George Nehm Marcos Ribeiro Lucio Ribeiro 20
3 ARG 34 Martin Busch Marcelo Tufarolo Maximo Feldtmann 23
4 ARG 36 Pablo Despontin Pablo Noceti Ezequiel F. Sasso 32
5 USA 807 Matias Collins Andres Ezcurra Fernando M Morillo 33
6 ARG 30 Santiago Nottebohm Lucas Tumulty Lucas Carissimi 39
7 BRA 68 Fernando Krahe Leonardo Mayrhofer F. Terrado 49
8 ARG 21 Robito Bisi Silvestre Frers Ignacio F. Besada 69
9 ARG 11 Agustin Ferrario Javier Siro a no definido 69
10 ARG 2 Matias Noceti Fernando Muller Enrique Abella 87
11 ARG 31 Juan Carlos Gozzi Valdez Flavio Naveira Daniel Pino 91
12 ARG 12 Andres Mendez Nicolas Chernobilsky Juan Abeijón 98
13 ARG 15 Rodolfo Luis Cerutti Martin Seoane Enrique Cerutti 102
14 ARG 13 Diego Weppler Gonzalo Serra Santiago Cappagli 106