Day 4

Despite not winning a race, Brazilian Torben Grael and crewman Marcello Ferreira put together a very consistent high scoring regatta to take the Star Spring European Championship. Discarding a fifth place they scored 3, 2, 2, 3, 3 for 13 points to win from Michael Koh and Carsten Witt of Germany and Xavier Rohart and Yannie Adde of France, both with 18 points. Rohart and Adde won the fifth race to come back into contention, with Koh and Witt second and Greal third. In the final race Koh and Witt won but Greal and Ferreiria finished in a safe third place while Rohart and Adde fell away to sixth. .

Final Ranking (Top 10 after 6 race) :

1 Torben Grael/ Marcello Ferreira (3-2-2-5-3-3)
2 Michael Koh / Carsten Witt (4-9-11-2-2-1)
3 Xavier Rohart / Yanic Adde (DNF-4-4-3-1-6)
4 Vincent Hoesch / Florian Feudt (2-5-9-4-7-4)
5 Pietro d'Ali / Paolo Busolo (5-8-8-1-4-ocs)
6 Hans Spitzhauer / Wolfgang Brenner (1-22-5-17-9-2)
7 Roberto Bermudez de Castro / Gabriel de Llano (9-11-3-18-11-5)
8 Hubert Merkelbach / Dirk Meissner (6-3-10-13-23-7)
9 Philippe Presti / Jean Philippe Saliou (8-7-13-7-6-11)
10 Leonidas Pelekanakis / Dimitris Boukis (1-22-5-17-14-3)

 
Day 3

After a night of storms which battered the fleet the 52 Starclass were able to start a third race as winds moderated late morning. Torben Grael and Marcello Ferreira from Brazil maintained her overall lead after 4 races in front of the germans Vincent Hoesch and Florian.

A french Team with Xavier Rohart and Yanic Adde showed he could be up at the top, gaining a third place. The Italian Crew from Prada (Pietro d'Ali and Paolo Busolo) took a 1st in the race 4 and moved from 5th into 4th for the series.

Results (Top 10 after 4 races) :

1 Torben Grael / Marcello Ferreira (3-2-2-5)
2 Vincent Hoesch / Florian Feudt (2-5-9-4)
3 Xavier Rohart / Yanic Adde (DNF-4-4-3)
4 Pietro d'Ali / Paolo Busolo (5-8-8-1)
5 Michael Koh / Carsten Witt (4-9-11-2)
6 Markus Reger / Marcus Mehlen (DNF-1-7-9)
7 Hubert Merkelbach / Dirk Meissner (6-3-10-13)
8 Philippe Presti / Jean Philippe Saliou (8-7-13-7)
9 Hans Spitzhauer / Wolfgang Brenner (1-22-5-17)
10 Roberto Bermudez de Castro / Gabriel de Llano (9-11-3-18)

 
Day 2
Nearly all the 53 starters finished the 2nd race of the Star European Spring Championship in Marseille.

Monday's winners, Hans Spitzauer and Wolfgang Brenner (AUT) were down the fleet in 22nd, while Markes Reger and Markus Mehlen who failed to finish in the first race won from Torben Grael and Marcello Ferreira (BRA) with Hubert Merkelbach and Dirk Meissner (GER) third. Grael and Ferreira now take the overall lead from Vincent Hoesch and Florian Feudt (GER) with Merkelbach and Meissner third.

Results (Top 10 after 2 races) :


1 Torben Grael / Marcello Ferreira (3-2)
2 Vincent Hoesch / Florian Feudt (2-5)
3 Hubert Merkelbach / Dirk Messner (6-3)
4 Michael Koh / Carsten Witt (4-9)
5 Pietro D'Ali / Paolo Busolo (5-8)
6 Philippe Presti / Jean Philippe Saliou (8-7)
7 Riccardo Simoneschi / Marco Marenco (13-6)
8 Maxwell Treacy / Anthony Shanks (7-13)
9 Roberto Bermudez de Castro / Gabriel de Leano (9-11)
10 Marin Lourovic / Marko Glazar (10-12)
 
Day 1
Only half of the 50+ fleet finished the first race of the Star European Spring Championship in Marseilles on Monday. Hans Spitzauer and Wolfgang Brenner of Austria were the winners from Vincent Hoesch and Florian Feudt of Germany with Torben Grael and Marcello Ferreira of Brazil third.

Results (Top 10 after 1 race) :

1 AUT 7567 Hans SPITZAUER / Wolfgang BRENNER
2 GER 8051 Vincent HOESCH / Florian FEUDT
3 BRA 7875 Torben GRAEL / Marcello FERREIRA
4 GER 7971 Michael KOH / Carsten WITT
5 ITA 7906 Pietro D'ALI / Paolo BUSOLO
6 GER 8016 Hubert MERKELBACH / Dirk MEISSNER
7 IRL 7467 Maxwell TREACY / Anthony SHANKS
8 FRA 7879 Philippe PRESTI / Jean Philippe SALIOU
9 ESP 7581 Roberto BERMUDEZ DE CASTRO / Gabriel DE LEANO
10 CRO 7955 Marin LOUROVIC / Marko GLAZAR