Uruguay sailors Pablo Defacio and Diego Stefani rounded the weather mark first followed by Dustin Kays and Christopher Stang of the USA when a puff filled in from the left. After several laps, Defacio/Stefani dropped to third when Sao Paulo sailors Edgardo Vieytes and Fernando Bocciarelli and Argentine sailors Sebastian Casadei and Carlos Gordillo passed him at the finish. Kays/Stang got a plastic bag stuck on their rudder and finished in 8th.

One protest was heard with a Spanish team being DSQ'd.

Both races were in 6 knots with puffs from 8-12. The wind continually shifted to the right, and some were able to capitalize on them if they were in the right place.

Wednesday was supposed to be the layday for the Juniors, but because of the wind and rain, one race was lost on the first day. Today they made up for that lost race, but again in intermittent showers.

The breeze at the start was around 10-12 knots, but the velocity varied from 5 to sometimes 15 in the squalls that rolled through the race course. With the wind from the south, shifts come from the left, but if you go too far, you can loose.

The leaders at the start hit the left, and Gonzalez/Depolo from Chile rounded the weather mark first followed by Talone/Rezende of Portugal, Hochart/Warnock of USA, Marcone/Guile of ARG and Fonseca/Paradeda of Brazil rounding out the top 5. The top 4 pulled away by the leeward mark with a nice lead and some breeze while the rest of the fleet's breeze died. By the leeward mark, Chile remained in the lead with ARG pulling to 2nd, USA in 3rd, Fonseca Brazil in 4th and Portugal left in 5th with the fleet behind. On the 2nd weather leg, Chile hit the left too hard, and was passed by ARG and Fonseca who had sailed to 2nd. USA remained in a solid third, followed by Chile. The course was an olympic with a w/l added at the front of the triangle to make the minimum length. By the gybe mark, Fonseca barely got a overlap and gybed keeping the pole up. ARG dropped their pole - a big mistake. Fonseca pulled away planing through the squalls and by the leeward mark, had a minute lead. In the meantime, Defacio/Stefani of URU were called over at the start, re-started and worked their way through the fleet to 9th.

The final beat found ARG Marcone/Guile catching up to Fonseca. Vasconcellos brothers of Brazil and Pons/Vila of Spain were pressing hard on Hochart/Warnock of the US, but they were able to keep their 3rd.

Thursday, Nov. 20 (no rain today). Fonseca/Paradeda clinch Snipe Jr. World Title with 1 race to spare. Fonseca/Paradeda clinched Andre's 2nd and Roberto's first Jr. World title and the right to sail in the 1999 Sr. Worlds in Spain (as voted on by the Board of Governors at the recent Board meeting - top 2 Jr. World finishers qualify). Their teamwork was perfect and even when they were down, they were able to sail through the fleet to the top to take 2 First place finishes. At times, they pulled away to a 1 minute 15 second lead.

Race 5: Fonseca/Paradeda led from the first leg all around the course to the finish. The race to watch was behind them. Norwegians Larsen/Wahlgvist rounded 2nd with Defazio/Stafani of URU 3rd, Pons/Vila of Spain 4th and Nielsen/Vang of Denmark 5th. US sailors Hochart/Warnock were in the top 3, but a broken hiking strap dropped the skipper in the water, and they lost the fleet, rounding 17 at the weather mark. The rest of the race saw big puffs from the left. The other Brazilian sailors of Vasconcellos brothers and Vieytes/Bocciarelli rounded the weather mark 6 & 9, but by the leeward mark were 4 & 6.

Race 6: Olympic course starting in 12-15 knots, but varying through the race down to 5 knots at times. Vasconcellos brothers sailed well to the first weather mark. The Russian team of Ovarkin/Lartseva hit the right which paid off finally, rouding them in 2nd followed by US team Hochart/Warnock in 3rd. Hochart/Warnock were buried at the start, tacked off to the right to clear their air, came back across on a huge lift carrying them into 3rd. The brother/sister Sandvig team from Norway (lightest team on the course at 110 kg) rounded 4th with fellow countrymen Larsen/Wahlgvist in 5th. Fonseca/Paradeda rounded 7th, were 3rd by the leeward mark and were first around at the 2nd weather mark increasing their lead all the way to the finish. Shifts continued to hit, with a remarkable comeback of Spanish sailors Pons/Casasnovas from 19th at the first weather mark to 3rd by the next weather mark. The other sailors consistently sailing upward were the 2 Argentine teams of Casade/Gordillo and Marcone/Guile who finished 3 & 4 at the end.

The last day of the Jr. World Championship had the wind coming from the opposite direction - northwest. The wind was strong in the morning with puffs in the 15-18 knot range. However, at the start, it began to die. The wind was puffy during the entire race ranging from 5 knots to again puffs of 15, keeping the kids scrambling.

With first place sewn up, both the 2 remaining Brazilians and the 2 Argentines had a shot for 2-5 places. At the start, Chilean sailors Gonzalez/Depolo nailed the leeward pin and almost rounded the weather mark first, missing a last shift at the mark. Marcone/Guile of ARG started in the middle of the line with the 2 Brazilian teams and Casadei/Gordillo of ARG. The 2 Spanish teams hit the right side, which was not favored. Marcone/Guile of ARG rounded first, Gonzalez/Depolo CHI 2nd, Fonseca/Paradeda of BRA followed by Vieytes/Bocciarelli BRA and Casadei/Gordillo of ARG in 5th. Casadei/Gordillo ended up doing a 720 right away, after fouling Vieytes at the mark. By the leeward mark, Fonseca/Paradeda had moved to 2nd, and by the next leeward leg, they pulled into the lead. ARG and BRA teams were fighting it out the entire course. At the finish, Fonseca/Paradeda won (again) with Marcone/Guile of ARG 2nd, Vasconcellos bros 3rd, Casadei/Gordillo ARG 4th and Defacio/Stefani of URU 5th.

Note; protest from Thursday between Marcone/Guile ARG and Vasconcellos BRA was disallowed.

Final standings:

1  Fonseca/Paradeda  		BRA  (4)-1-2-1-1-1-1    	5.75
2  Vanconcellos bros  		BRA  (6)-3-3-4-2-2-3   		17
3  Marcone/Guile  		ARG  5-5-(12)-2-4-3-2   	21
4  Vieytes/Bocciarelli  	BRA  1-2-1-8-3-(16)-10  	24.5
5  Casadei/Gordillo  		ARG  2-4-6-(7)-5-4-4   		25
6  Hochart/Warnock  		USA  7-8-(10)-3-10-5-7 		40
7  Defacio/Stefani  		URU  3-7-4-(12)-9-12-5   	40
8  Cavaller Pons/Vila Salord  	ESP  (dsq)-11-5-5-6-7-9    	43
9  Pons Paner/Casasnovas Garcia ESP  (12)-6-8-9-11-6-12   	52
10 Gonzalez/Depolo  		CHI  (18)-12-7-6-7-14-6    	52
11 Talune/Rezende  		POR  9-10-9-14-8-(20)-14   	52
12 Kays/Stang  			USA  8-14-13-13-12-(19)-11   	71
13 Masironi/Turcatti  		URU  10-9-(16)-10-15-13-15   	71
14 Larsen/Whlgvist  		NOR  13-13-11-(18)-13-8-16   	74
15 Nielsen/Vang  		DEN  16-17-(18)-11-16-9-8   	77
16 Sandvig/Sandvig  		NOR  11-15-15-16-(20)-10-19   	86
17 Ovarkin/Lartseva  		RUS  14-(20)-14-17-14-11-20   	90
18 Sorensen/Nielsen  		DEN  20-18-(dnf)-15-18-18-13  	102
19 Farneti/Basagni  		ITA  17-16-19-(20)-17-15-18    	102
20 Jivotovsky/Skudina  		RUS  15-19-17-19-19-17-(21)  	106
21 Wallas/McCoy  		BAH  19-(21)-20-21-21-21-17   	119