| Wilhelm Schurmann dominates the IV Buzios International Regatta |
| Wednesday, 18 January 2012 11:21 |
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Wilhelm Schurmann won the IV Buzios International Regatta, held in Buzios, Brazil. Up to fifty sailors from Spain, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Greece, Peru, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil took part in the windsurfing event.
The first day the wind was lighter around 12-to-15 knots and with a bit of rain and cloudy skies, by the second day, the wind started picking up more and the clouds started going away and the sun started to show its face. By the third day onwards, normal sunny Buzios conditions prevailed and everyone had great action on the slalom with solid 15-to-25 knots, with some gusts up to 30 knots, at some stage. The course was a short 4 jibe slalom with plenty of action at the first mark which was set just meters of the beach. For the spectators, it couldn't have been any better, and at every heat, the crowd went wild as the sailors jibed around the buoys, some even started betting on sailors. After 18 rounds and five days in the Slalom category, Wilhelm Schurmann came out in first of the 2012 Brazilian Slalom Nationals, winning 12 finals ahead of Alex Guyader, who won six rounds and showed very good speed. Third place went to Brazil's top RS:X sailor Ricardo Winick who beat Ivan Pastor. In the Women's division, Canada's Nikola Girke took the win with a commanding lead over Moana Belle, from Germany, and Marina Alabau. In the Women's, the new Queen of Buzios is Moana Belle who had an incredible race. Second was Nikola Girke and in third Bruna Mello, from Brazil. |












