Stanford finished last in the six-boat field.
It has a 50-boat field, or 100 anglers, having been winnowed from an estimated 30,000 who compete in the FLW's 170 tournaments a year.
The United States led the six-boat field 500 meters into the 2,000-meter 2,000-metert the 1,250 maraceUkraine and the Netherlands took command.
Illbruck Challenger, a German yacht, finished five minutes behind the leader in the leg, but maintained a 54-49 lead over Assa Abloy in the eight-boat field.
The United States led that 2,00-meter race for the first 250 meters of the Lake Rotsee course, but by the halfway mark, the Americans had dropped to last in the six-boat field.
The Danish team of Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen broke the mast on its boat shortly before the start of the race, rushed back to port and borrowed a skiff from the Croatian team, which failed to make the 10-boat field.
Preferred viewing platforms included beaches, boats, fields and hot air balloons.
The 34-boat I.M.S. field, which was contesting this year's Offshore World Championship, was split into cruiser-racer and racer divisions.
Rise in the streets, in the schools, on the buses, in your homes, in the dark alleyways, in the offices and factories and fishing boats and fields.
"You had more than any kid in town — a private lake where you could go swimming, boats, ball fields, swing sets, even a tennis court in the back," Mr. Higgins said.
"There is a big clique mentality, but out on the boat, the playing field is level," she said.
