Star – World Championship 2019 – Porto Cervo ITA – Day 1, two Italian teams in the lead, best USA team Smith/OMahony 8th

Enrico Chieffi ITA, Star World Champion 1996, with Manlio Corsi ITA as crew, won race one of the 2019 Starboat World Championship in Porto Cervo ITA ahead of Diego Negri/Sergio Lambertenghi ITA and the Volvo Ocean Race veteran Roberto Bermudez ESP with Miguel Fernandez ESP. Two of the seven USA teams, Doug Smith/Brian OMahony 8th and Augie Diaz/Henry Boenning, 10th are in the top-10s. —– Light winds prevailed on Sardinia yesterday during the first race with 63 teams participating. —– The ranking list and the news.