1982 World Championship - Medemblik, Holland
The following results are from the Star Logs. Starting with 1977 frequently only yacht numbers were given. The last time both yacht numbers and yacht names were given was 1989. In later years sometimes, fleet designations were omitted. In these cases some of the more obvious fleet designations were supplied. Also from time to time only last names were supplied. First names, where known, were added.
Results
Place No. Skipper Crew Fleet Daily Places Pts. 1 6756 Ant. Gorostegui Jose Luis Doreste Laredo 12 1 13 3 1 3 29.4 2 6796 Alexander Hagen Vincent Hoesch Gluecksburger 1 4 7 18 ymp 9 45 3 6560 Bill Buchan Jr Steve Erickson Puget Sound 3 13 pms 7 3 7 56.4 4 6679 Jens-Peter WredeMatthias Borowy Luebeck Bay 4 6 4 28 11 11 61.7 5 6790 Andrew Menkart Steve Calder Boston Harbor 5 14 14 5 9 4 63 6 6381 Kees Douze Willem Nagel Holland 16 2 2 14 37 14 68 7 6496 Joachim Griese Jilrgen Homeyer Kiel 14 17 9 8 2 12 70 8 6786 Jens ChrtstensenMorten Nielsen Danish 2 15 18 8 18 5 72 9 6281 Peter Wright Todd Cozzens S. L. Michigan 13 7 3 13 19 - 81.7 10 6582 Colin Bate Phil Baker Sydney 20 12 36 2 4 25 86 11 6774 Jochen Schwarz Ulrich Seeberger Starnbergersee 9 3 17 16 22 38 93.7 12 6487 Gastao Brun Daniel Wilcox Rio de Janeiro 8 11 35 1 - 23 98 13 6576 Ben Staartjes Ko van den Berg Holland 24 22 5 11 14 - 105 14 6737 Olle Johansson Dag Hansson Vinga 30 46 10 15 8 22 115 15 6573 Giorgio Gorla Alfio Peraboni Lario 21 10 31 ymp 13 - 116.2 16 6759 F. de Abreu Christopher Bergmann Sao Paulo 25 18 20 21 39 2 117 17 6675 E. de SouzaRamosPeter Erzberger Guarapiranga 11 32 16 12 24 26 119 18 6773 Mats Johansson Ingemar Jansson Onsala 18 26 25 ymp 17 17 126.2 19 6668 Flavio Scala Alberto Rossari Garda 15 21 41 6 16 - 128.7 20 6751 Fritz Geis Peter Moeckl Bayrisches Meer 54 - 1 25 10 19 132 21 6742 Heinz Nixdorf Josef Pieper Moehnesee 26 8 17 9 30 29 132 22 6783 Josef SteinmayerReto Heilig Überlingersee 11 24 22 19 41 28 133 23 6766 Uwe von Below Franz Wehofsich Hamburg 17 5 - 54 28 6 138.7 24 6690 Mogens Nielsen Mogens Pedersen Danish 29 31 8 17 25 - 140 25 6848 Hartmut Voigt Gerhard Borowy Aachener 27 22 30 24 12 32 146 26 6753 Heinz Maurer Peter Keller Interlaken 23 28 32 34 26 15 154 27 6458 Hans Hylander Olle Albrektssan Kattegat 33 52 11 25 35 21 155 28 6659 John Boyce Graham Walker Norfolk Broads 31 42 12 ymp 47 16 156.2 29 6665 Aldo Mighaccio Donato Pagliarulo Napoli 22 44 6 - 31 26 159.7 30 6651 Hans Wallen Henrik Dubois Kattegat - 29 26 ymp 42 10 163.7 31 6791 Stefano Roberti Corrado Cristaldini Alto Lario 7 36 28 37 29 - 167 32 6541 Hubert RaudaschlKarl Ferstl Salzburg-Mozart 6 25 - 4 - 23 167.7 33 6346 Timo Lanipen Leif Gallen Finland 28 50 15 33 21 43 169 34 6706 Bengt Hellsten Bengt Anderson Los Angeles Hbr 41 35 24 30 - 8 174 35 6647 C. Breitenstein Andreas Giesbrocht Zug 39 34 19 20 38 44 180 36 6760 Barton Beek John Maddocks Los Angeles Hbr 48 9 40 40 13 - 180 37 6744 Ludwig Buedel Erwin Panip Bayrisches Meer 37 45 43 31 13 30 186 38 6684 Ottwtn Semmerow Stephan Wagner Berlin 32 38 38 38 59 13 189 39 6477 Calle Schroeder Edwall Onsala 40 20 45 22 52 34 191 40 6828 Larry Whipple Foss Miller Puget Sound 19 - - 10 27 24 192 41 6802 Bruno Marazzi Ueli Keller Interlaken 50 40 49 39 5 31 193 42 6632 Hans Vogt Jr Sten Risom Bayrisches Meer 35 41 27 21 40 53 194 43 6547 Stefan Winberg Stefan Sundqvist Stockholm 46 43 - 29 33 35 216 44 6518 S. Scheuregzer Bernard Seen Ammersee 56 19 57 55 44 18 222 45 6662 Franco Nazzaro Paolo Nazzaro L. di Bracciano 49 33 21 57 50 41 224 46 6563 Walter PasseggerRudolf Fritsch Carinthian 36 49 39 ymp - 43 228.7 47 6730 Peter Scheel Martin Grossmann Sao Paulo 55 37 - 49 32 33 236 48 6534 P. M. de Barros Coutinho Lisbon 42 16 67 43 - 50 248 49 5761 Gio. Cassinari Pasquale Pelli Sebino 53 54 - 41 34 36 248 50 6016 Jorge Zarif NetoEduardo Cavagna Sao Paulo - 65 29 26 23 - 255 51 6716 Tom Lofstedt Martin Alsen Rasta 60 30 34 - 20 - 256 52 5982 Sune Carlsson Borje Carlsson Rasta 43 - 53 36 55 46 260 53 6520 Claus-Peter LuxaRolf Rottger Essen 51 53 56 52 36 40 262 54 6708 William W. ParksWerner Biebl S. L. Michigan 62 68 50 23 51 48 264 55 6578 Thomas Olrog Magnus Ahnme Sandhamn 57 59 37 35 - 47 265 56 6787 Bo Binkhorst Rob Douze Holland 41 27 - - 6 - 267.7 57 6633 R. Roellenbleg Bruckner Starnbergersee 63 ymp 46 46 - 39 272.5 58 6613 John AlbrechtsonIngvar Hansson Onsala 38 47 - - - 1 273 59 6461 Hannes Gubler Will Spelbrink Zuerichsee 64 - 23 48 56 54 275 60 6732 Arn. OsterwalderDieter Ertl Rapperswil 45 60 54 52 49 - 290 61 6597 Willy Schlosser Hans Wolter Rursee 59 57 48 53 - 52 299 62 6300 Sven Karlsson Harding Aros 61 62 64 47 45 55 300 63 6355 Hans-G. Gluende Gert Schulte Gluecksburger 70 72 44 58 54 49 305 64 6733 Hermann SchwyterHans-Rudolf Sulzer Rapperswil 66 70 51 42 65 56 310 65 6574 Marcello Adorno Sergio Nascimento Guanabara Bay - 39 - 32 48 - 313 66 6805 Chr. ScheineckerThomas Richter Attersee 36 - 42 - 43 - 315 67 6548 Rico Gregorini Thomas Moser ThunerBielersee 65 51 58 ymp 57 - 318.7 68 6567 Harry W. Walker David Munge Sandpiper Bay - 61 61 59 63 46 320 69 6120 John Hackman Osborne Solent 73 74 65 51 53 51 323 70 6698 Walter Kunzle Manuel Ingold Luzern 67 69 55 51 59 - 329 71 6590 Beat Hunziker Vincent Nagelisen Halse 58 58 63 ymp 62 - 331.2 72 6800 Harrison Hine Kenneth Young Los Angeles Hbr - 71 60 44 46 - 333 73 6591 Wolfgang Creutz Horst Barhainski Aachener 72 63 69 - 60 45 339 74 6265 Gildes Illien Allegret Nice 71 55 59 61 64 - 340 75 6456 Albert Sporer Horst Seitz Andechser 69 67 62 56 61 - 345 76 6323 Hans-G. Ehlers Willi Ross Luebeck Bay 46 58 52 - - - 346 77 6566 Thorsten Dmoch Friedtjof Grunkel Luebeck Bay - 48 - 45 - - 369 78 6539 Dr. Kurt MuellerRainer Klostermann Luzern - 64 33 - - - 373 79 6692 Anders Nordin Patrick Nordin Geneva 74 73 68 60 - - 387 80 6699 Ekehart WeinbergErwin Joras IJsselmeer 68 66 66 - - - 394 81 6822 Peter D. SiemsenTorben Schmidt Grael Copacabana 52 - - - - - 410
Regatta Report
by Jane Pegel
On Saturday, August 21, the 1982 World Championship opened at Medemblik, Holland on the west shor of the Ijsselmeer. Eighty one Stars from fifteen nations were in place. Commodore Willem Dwars welcomed the sailors and the defending champions Alexander Hagen and Vincent Hoesch hosted the ISCYRA flag.
On the previous day the Star class annual meeting had ratified the International Race Committee, headed by Willem Dwars as chairman and Robert Verdonk, principal race officer.
Seventy Star skippers decided to test their speed and equipment in the tune up race in a breeze of about force 4. Gastas Brun took an early lead followed by Alex Hagen, but Uew von Below was the first of the 23 finishers. Fernando de Abreu was second, and Bill Buchan third.
The forecast for the first race was partly cloudy with wind 8-15 knots, and showers later in the day After one general recall the fleet was off the line. Many boats remained on starboard tack for several minutes in an all even drag race, with those who could not maintain the pace breaking away onto port. Stefano Roberti reached the windward mark first. Hagen moved into a healthty lead at the leeward mark which he maintained upwind and hung on to win. Jens Christensen and Buchan came on fast for a close second and third.
At race time for the second race it was blowing 15 and increasing. The middle of the line bulged over early to cause a general recall, the next start got away clear in the increasing wind. Antonio Gorostegui and Jose Luis Doreste who just won the European Championship came from left of center to lead through to the finish. Hollander Kees Douze got second and Jochen Schwarz finished third.
As the fleet left the harbor for race three, the sky was blue with dark clouds approaching. The starting sequence went through five general recalls before the fleet got away on the sixth try. A “sudden death” enforcement on this final start took its toll of 10 boats, including Buchan and von Below. Fritz Geis worked hard to lead at the finish ahead of Kees Douze in runner up position for the second straight day. Peter Wright held steady in third to improve his series position. With 12-1-13 so far for Gorostegui, though definitely in the running, he was not yet making a big stir.
Wednesday, race four saw wind that was not settling in, resulting in postponement, followed by general recalls and more postponements. Sudden death was enforced on the fourth sequence, then instead of the starting signal a postponement was signaled. Eight boats that had been over early were deemed disqualified and directed to return to the harbor. They protested, requested redress, and were awarded average points by the jury.
On the fifth attempt, the fleet was away in a 15 knot breeze. Heinz Nixdork got the top mark first, only to be passed by Gastao Brun prior to the jibe mark. Brun opened up a considerable lead and had matters his own way from there on. As the race progressed, the wind increased, taking a couple of masts with it. Gorostegui finished third, firmly establishing himself as a contender for the series lead. With two races to go, and figuring a throwout, fewer than 20 points separated the first 10 boats.
Thursday was a great sailing day, the signals were on time and the start all clear. Bruno Marazzi turned the top mark first but Gorostegui took over and opened up a comfortable lead. Gorostegui’s win put him in the series lead, with Hagen now the only one who could catch the flying Spaniard.
Thunder and lightning greeted the sailors for the finale on Friday morning. After a general recall and line adjustment, the race got off. The western sky brightened and rain stopped after the first beat. Gorostegui made it clear what he had in mind by leading around the first three marks. On the last beat, John Albrechtson moved up from third to win. Crossing the line in a conservative third, Antonio Gorostegui and Jose Luis Doreste became the Star World Champions, with 15 points to spare.
