The German Marinepool team GER 300 Roman Koch, Maxl Koch and Gregor Bornemann won the 2010 Soling Worlds at Veleiros do Sul, in Porto Alegre.
Second overall is the Argentinean Edding team - ARG 32 with Gustavo Warburg, Hernan Celedoni and Maximo Smith.
The Brazilians BRA 40 with Cícero Hartmann, Flávio Quevedo and André Renard are the third overall.

The German sailors celebrated with cheers and hugs as they crossed the finish line first on the last race. Also celebrating their entry into the select double Soling world champions’ club. From the beginning they showed great consistency in the race area and remained in front within the competition. The four victories out of nice were fundamental to reach the title.
“It was an amazing championship. Mainly this last race. Today, we faced fair conditions with a perfect wind and everything has helped us. The race was technical and in some moments we were side by side with Gustavo’s crew. The victory came for details. I believe we were precise and hit more than the others. We counted with our luck and when you work well, lucky helps you so we were with her today.” Said two times World Champion Roman Koch.
On Friday there was only one race and as expected, it was a private dispute between teams from Germany and Argentina.
From the starting line their boats stood side by side. The world champions showed racing control and sailed so well calculated that Warburg saw his opportunity to become tree-times Soling world champion postponed.
“Earlier we got disqualified so that forced us to be more cautious, without being able to venture into racing. Koch is a good sailor and knew how to take advantage of the opportunities. We had high standards competition here. In the last race he scored and we could not do much”, said Warburg, 2001 and 2004 world champion.

Brazilians: Cícero Hartmann, Flávio Quevedo and André Renard finished in third overall and were the most regular Brazilian crew in the competition. “We got to the final with a slight chance of winning the title, but we knew it would be very difficult. We were psychologically prepared and also got new equipment for the boat. Using government’s Athlete-supports we bought new sheets and improved the boat. The Championship had well qualified sailors. I think I missed a bit of boldness in certain races. But in general it was good, said Cícero, vice-champion in 2007.
On Friday there was a south wind of 20 km/h. The top three in the last race were the same as they were overall. The Soling World Championship counted with 20 crews from Brazil, Germany, Argentina, United States and United Kingdom.

Closing Ceremony: In the evening the sailors and guests went to the awards ceremony which took place outdoors, in front of VDS marina.
Twice world champion and International Soling Class VP, Roman Koch thanked VDS for hosting the event, mentioning that this was one of the best championship of which he has participated in 40 years of competition. Then VDS Commodore Augusto César Streppel talked about the satisfaction of having hosted another worlds, and thanked the sailors who had competed and the club members who contributed to the event success. Trophies were handed to the five best crews in the championship, and also five other special awards were given. A dinner closed the championship.

Complete Results at:
www.soling.com/results/ShowResults.asp?ID=587

Special Awards:

Special thanks prize - commandant Niels Charles Peter Rump – Haithabu boat – for rescuing Soling boats not only at the practice race but in other events during 2009.

José Lúcio Glomb Trophy (best south-american crew overall)
Gustavo Warburg, Hernan Celedoni, Máximo Smith - ARG 32

Paul Elvstom Trophy (best-placed helmsman aged 28 years or under)
Kadu Bergenthal - BRA 26 (age of 27)

Geert Bakker Trophy (Awarded to a sailor nominated by the host nation for their oudstanding contribuition to the class)
Marcos Pinto Ribeiro

KC1 Classic Trophy (Awarded to the highest placed boat built before January 1st of 1980)
Cícero Hartmann, Flávio Quevedo, André Renard - BRA 40

Master Category
Roman Koch, Maxl Koch, Gregor Bornemann - GER 300


Tony Clare trophy(best woman placed in the event) and Grand Master Bowl (Team with skipper 65 or older and a total sum of 150 years in the crew) not awarded this time