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Second place went to Hungarian sailors; George WOSSALA, Leslie KOVA'CSI and Pepe NEMETH from Balaton Yacht Club and in third were the local Brazilian crew from Veleiros do Sul - George NEHM, Marcos Pinto RIBEIRO and Lúcio Pinto RIBEIRO.

Even with no race victory the Argentineans won because of their good average in the Championship.

Celebrations were delayed a little as the crew waited for the decision on a protest that could make or break their title hopes. Once the decision was made, and their win confirmed, the parties began.

The Argentinean trio, Gustavo 39y, Hernan 35y and Máximo 29y, have been sailing together for 4 years. In 2001 they won in Buenos Aires and when they arrived in Porto Alegre for this championship they thought they haven't have enough training but they've shown everybody their good speed and technique.

The Brazilians, George, Marcos and Lúcio sailed very well in the last race. They led from the beginning and were followed by the eventual championship winners in the final race.

It was a special day to sailing with a 30 km/m south Wind. The Soling Worlds had 26 boats from Brazil, Argentina, United States, Hungary, Norway and Uruguay. The 2005 Soling Class World Championship will be in Italy.

Overall Top Ten

POS	Nat	Helmsman	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
1	ARG	Gustavo Warburg	32	3	2	2	9	12	2	2
2	HUN	George Wossala	47	2	6	26	1	1	4	7
3	BRA	George Nehm	31	8	5	3	2	3	9	1
4	BRA	Renato Cunha Faria	37	1	13	1	4	4	6	8
5	HUN	Balazs Gyenese	37	6	1	8	6	10	1	5
6	ARG	Martin Busch	60	4	7	5	3	26	12	3
7	BRA	Daniel Augusto Glomb	62	5	10	9	5	26	3	4
8	BRA	Ernesto Neugebauer	68	7	3	4	14	7	7	26
9	BRA	Niels Rump	68	15	15	11	7	6	5	9
10	BRA	Flávio Quevedo	80	11	11	10	26	8	8	6