Although she could not participate in her race today, Lise Vidal from France won the Mistral Women competition. Vidal: “I could not race today, because my board was gone. Somebody from the silver fleet took mine. Fortunately, I did not loose the title due to this mistake.”

Robert Scheidt from Brasil did not sail as well, but that is because he did not need to anymore. His lead was that big that he could start his victory party last evening.

The 19th SPA Regatta started with perfect sailing conditions. The level of competition was very high. Great Britain won in three classes, but the Netherlands collected most points for the Nations Cup.

For complete final results, please surf to www.sparegatta.org .

Top 5 Results

470 Men - 71 Participants
Rank	Country	Sail Nr	Helmsman		Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Points
1	POR	22	Alvaro	Marinho	Miguel Nunes	1	2	6	2	2	11	4	6	1	4	1	23
2	FRA	2588	Philippe	Gildas	Nicolas le Berre	2	2	6	4	6	4	1	1	1	30	6	27
3	SWE	317	Johan	Molund	Martin Andersson	2	1	15	3	1	8	6	5	2	3	8	31
4	NED	1	Sven	Coster	Kalle Coster	1	1	3	18	1	2	3	6	OCS	12	11	40
5	USA	1722	Paul	Foerster		4	12	1	1	5	1	13	9	3	19	10	46

Source: SPA Regatta Press Center, Diana Bogaards