Associacao Carioca de Windsurf in co-operation with Buzios Vela Clube hosted the prestigious South American Windsurfing Championships for RS:X, Techno, Raceboard, Foil and Formula Windsurfing Classes from 1st to 5th May. 103 competitors from 6 countries battled it out for the coveted podium spots.

On the first day of racing, there was plenty of wind - 17/18 knots, gusts up to 22 - enabling 2 races for all the classes. It was a "perfect" day (even if the younger Techno sailors were a bit tired at the end).On day two, it was the extreme opposite! No wind at all!!! The Race Committee displayed AP over Alpha at 15:30.

The forecast for day three however looked good. The Techno and the Raceboard fleets were out to begin racing at 10:00 in about 10 knots under a cloudy sky. Unfortunately the Raceboards' race 3 had to be abandoned because an upwind mark was drifting. As the last Technos were finishing the Raceboard fleet were able to re-start in a solid 12/13 knots. As the Technos and Raceboard were completing race 5 the Foil, Formula and RS:X fleets were called out to start racing.

On day four Techno and Raceboard fleets were out again to start race 6 in 15/16 knots of wind, a beautiful sunny day with some very high scattered clouds. As before, races for the Foil, Formula and RS:X fleets followed in the afternoon. A good day’s work with four races each. And day 5, the same format again, with three races each completing the Championship series.

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RS:X Men

ARG-3 Bautista Saubidet Birkner

ARG-40 Francisco Cruz Saubidet Birkner

MEX-11 Ignacio Berenguer

RS:X Women

ARG-36 Maria Celia Tejerina Mackern

PER-50 Maria Belen Bazo German

BRA-49 Bruna Mello

RS:X Youth Women

BRA-16 Giovanna Prada

ARG-400 Alexia Garcia Guevara

BRA-71 Barbara Pedregal

RS:X Youth Men

BRA-18 Marcio Pinto Junior

BRA-47 Guilherme Plentz

ARG-47 Nahuel Bobar

T293 u15 Girls

CHI-7 Matilde Lanz

ARG-114 Chiara Ferretti

PER-88 Luana Esculies

T293 u15 Boys

ARG-418 Matias Zavala Rodriguez

PER-41 Ignacio Rios

PER-38 Axel Silfverlin

T293 u17 Girls

ARG-317 Constanza Almenara

PER-82 Valentina Palma

ARG-467 Serena Valeano

T293 u17 Boys

PER-72 Rafael Llerena

ARG-1 Martin Reutemann

PER-45 Luca Lari

Foil

BRA-767 Mateus Isaac

BRA-6 Gabriel Browne

BRA-3 Marcello Morrone

Formula

BRA-986 Rodolfo Mariozi

BRA-406 Apolonio Carvalho

BRA-120 Andre Maciel

Raceboard

BRA-1 Yago Carvalho

ARG-355 Fernando Consorte

ARG-351 Fernando Olmos