Star - European Championship 2019/SSL Breeze Grand Slam - Riva ITA - Final results, the Swiss

In the last downwind of the much disputed Final Race with the four best of the 95 boat fleet, Scheidt/Boening BRA passed the leading Rohart/Ponsot FRA on the finish line winning the Star European Championship and SSL Breeze Grand Slam grasping the 20'000 $ prize money. Cayard/Lopes USA/BRA in front during half of this last race finished on rank 3. Kusznierwicz POL/Melo POR, directly qualified for the Final as leaders after the qualification fleetraces, followed on rank 4. The best of the three Swiss teams were Urs Hunkeler SUI with the Austrian Olympian and Volvo Ocean Race veteran Andreas Hanakamp AUT on rank 38.
Under an overcast sky and some rain, a 15-20kn cool Northwind prevailed on Lake Garda during an intensive race day with the 9th and last qualification race started at 7:30 UTC, followed by the knock-out phase with the Quarterfinal, Semifinal and Final.
The ranking list and the final report.