ISAF WORLDS
Cascais, Portugal (July 9, 2007) The first of the 11 Worlds titles have been decided at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships. Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada (BRA) are crowned Star World Champions and gain a Gold Star, whilst Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz (ESP) win the 2007 Tornado World Championship. It has blown an absolute hooley all day long in Cascais, with fierce winds causing the abandonment of every scheduled race. Just after 19:00 the breeze did drop slightly and the Stars went out to sail their Medal Race, but the conditions worsened again and the fleet was sent back to shore. The forecast indicated strong winds on Monday, but not the 35-knot blasts that swept across Cascais bay, climbing well over 40 knots on the outer race courses. With the Medal Races abandoned, the positions at the beginning of the day stand as final. The schedule will continue as planned, with medal races set on Tuesday for the Laser and Laser Radial classes. The North American contingent will be shut out of the Laser finale, but will be ably represented in the Laser Radial by Tania Elias Calles Wolf (MEX) and Anna Tunnicliffe (USA).