1983 World Championship – Marina del Rey, CA
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 2 pms 2 4 2 10 33 2 6496 Joachim Griese Michael Marcour Kieler 16 20 1 1 1 ret 48 3 6560 Bill Buchan Jr Carl Buchan Puget Sound 20 7 3 5 14 2 51.7 4 6921 Vincent Brun Hugo Schreiner San Diego Bay 1 27 7 26 6 8 70.7 5 6766 Uwe von Below Franz Wehofsich Hamburger 3 9 13 20 ymp 36 82.1 6 6866 John Dane III Frederick May New Orleans 6 2 15 33 33 13 93.7 7 6498 Alexander Hagen Vincent Hoesch Gluecksburger 9 pms 32 6 7 11 94.7 8 6941 Hubert RaudaschlKarl Ferstl Salzburg-Mozart 45 5 52 12 10 1 95 9 6487 Gastao Brun Daniel Wilcox Rio de Janeiro 24 23 5 13 12 14 96 10 6937 Olle Johansson Dag Hansson Vinga 11 8 23 pms 4 26 100 11 6790 Augie Diaz Frank Egger Biscayne Bay 4 25 16 9 22 29 104 12 6877 Peter Sundelin Roger Nilson Sandhamn 12 50 4 29 30 6 108.7 13 6582 Colin Bate Phil Baker Sydney 22 18 18 10 29 12 110 14 6852 Allan Leibel Corey Leibel Lake Ontario, C pms 4 19 30 41 7 129 15 6716 Tom Lofstedt Martin Alsen Rasta pms 6 22 18 32 23 130.7 16 6646 Dennis Clark Eric Kownacki Puget Sound 19 3 31 31 40 21 131.7 17 6907 Bruno Marazzi Ueli Keller Interlaken 43 11 6 60 36 9 134.7 18 6464 Tryg LiljestrandChris Gould Los Angeles Hbr 36 38 29 28 8 5 135 19 6834 Mark Reynolds Steve Erickson San Diego Bay 27 28 21 27 15 17 137 20 6814 I. Hatzipaviis Michalis Mitakis Iso (Greece) 14 37 24 22 11 dnf 138 21 6827 Ben Mitchell Ken Young Los Angeles Hbr 15 21 42 39 18 18 141 22 6644 Shawn Killeen Beau le Blanc New Orleans 5 24 38 dnf 31 16 143 23 6854 J.A. MacCauslandJay Brown Cooper River 28 36 30 7 24 25 150 24 6690 P. R. Hoj-JensenPalle Steen Larsen Danish pms 34 37 16 16 19 152 25 6707 Ian Woolward John Maddocks WSFB 25 43 35 21 21 22 154 26 6774 Jochen Schwarz Peter Moeckl Starnbergersee 7 55 51 35 5 28 155 27 6778 Thomas LundqvistLars Unger Stockholm 33 pms 8 44 17 24 156 28 6573 Giorgio Gorla Alfio Peraboni Lario 23 pms 46 3 13 47 158.7 29 6575 Barton Beek Charles Beek Los Angeles Hbr 8 17 25 41 43 40 161 30 6883 John Boyce David Munge Norfolk Broads 54 13 53 14 20 33 163 31 6910 Andrew Menkart James Kavle Western Shore M 30 15 68 23 27 41 166 32 6787 B. Binkhorst Willem Van Walt-Meyer Holland pms 32 34 2 3 dnf 171.7 33 6784 David Howlett Timothy Tavinor Solent 46 45 12 pms 25 15 173 34 6825 Stig WennerstromBengt Andersson Biscayne Bay 40 10 28 34 35 38 175 35 6933 R. Roellenbleg Ulli Seeberger Starnbergersee 29 47 14 24 dnf 35 179 36 6903 Josef SteinmayerRao Heilig Zuerischsee 34 14 61 25 34 44 181 37 6789 Mats Johansson Bengt Bengtason Onsala 44 29 20 32 28 dns 181 38 6874 Gio. Cassinari Oscar Dalvit Sebino 21 19 66 dnf 50 3 185.7 39 6679 Peter Wrede Matthias Borowy Luebeck Bay pms 22 11 17 dnf 31 190 40 6828 Larry Whipple Foss Miller Puget Sound pms pms 10 8 44 20 191 41 6750 William Gerard Randy MacLaren Santa Barbara 55 pms 27 19 38 30 199 42 6773 Pelle Petterson Ulf Schroder Kattegatt 39 57 30 43 19 45 206 43 6708 William W. ParksDavid Cornes S. L. Michigan 48 1 48 53 54 dns 227 44 6767 Ding SchoonmakerChris Rogers Biscayne Bay 32 pms 39 11 39 pms 230 45 6636 Thompson Adams Ross Adams Wilmate Harbor pms 39 59 51 51 4 232 46 6744 Ludwig Buedel Werner Fritz Andechser 31 46 36 47 45 dns 235 47 6777 Carl Schroder Gunter Haack Onsala pms 12 26 46 48 pms 241 48 6876 Agost. Randazzo Alessandro la Lomia Lecco 60 16 41 49 46 dnf 242 49 6439 Timothy A. OwensT. J. Carruthers Lake Macquarie 38 pms 43 45 47 42 245 50 6599 John Polglase Geoffrey Crampton English Bay 18 49 60 dsq 55 37 249 51 6831 Paul Davis Phillip Bissell Lake Ontario, C 44 31 70 52 23 dns 250 52 6868 P. M. de Barros F. V. da Rocha Lisbon 41 51 72 48 58 32 260 53 6678 Kenneth PalmgrenTimo Lampen Finland 10 48 56 pms 42 dns 265 54 6945 Chuck Lewsadder Kim Fletcher Newport Harbor 57 44 67 50 49 43 273 55 6805 Chas ScheineckerThomas Richter Attersee pms pms 64 36 26 39 274 56 6922 Peter D. SiemsenMarcus Temke Copacabana 59 53 40 56 37 dns 275 57 6674 Eduardo Farre Juan Solar Olivos 50 61 47 40 52 dns 280 58 6775 Dierk Thomsen Gerd Schuke Gluecksburger 47 41 75 54 59 49 280 59 6911 Jens ChristensenLars Kier Danish pms ret 57 pms 9 27 281 60 5575 Carroll Beek Joseph Beek Mid-Connecicut 49 35 69 57 61 50 282 61 6510 Peter Scheel Carlos Rittscher Sao Paulo pms 26 17 pms 56 dns 287 62 6505 Chas. CorbishleyKevin Murphy Ithaca 37 42 62 38 dnf dns 288 63 6567 Harry W. Walker Bo Svenson Sandpiper Bay 58 33 73 62 60 48 291 64 6381 Kees Douze Willem Nagel Holland dsq 56 33 15 dnf dns 292 65 6870 Duarte Bello Rui Roque de Pinho Cascais 52 52 63 58 57 46 295 66 6742 Heinz Nixdorf Josef Pieper Moehnesee 17 40 54 dnf dnf dns 299 67 6947 Buddy Melges Lance Puccio S. L. Michigan 26 pms 9 dns dns dns 302 68 5609 Gary Mawson Witold Gesing Lake Ontario, C 13 54 49 dns dns dns 304 69 6796 J.M. MacCauslandRobert MacCausland Cooper River 35 pms 74 37 53 dns 308 70 6867 S. Westerdahl Bengt Hellsten Vinga 56 58 44 42 dnf dns 309 71 6932 Gerd Hanelt Charles Saylan Neuschwanstein 53 60 76 61 62 51 317 72 6315 Stephen Gould John Mann WSFB dnf pms 55 55 dnf 34 332 73 6680 Paul Henderson Dennis Totms Lake Ontario, C pms 30 45 dns dns dns 342 74 6085 Hans Bucha Fred Simmons Cana Lake 61 59 77 63 63 dnf 353 75 6875 Eugene E. CorleyJames Lyman Wilmate Harbor dnf 62 65 59 dnf dns 374 76 6853 Durward Knowles Michael Russell Nassau 51 pms 71 dns dns dns 389 77 6625 Joe Londrigan Tom Londrigan Lake Springfeld pms pms 58 dnf dnf dns 404 78 6175 F. de Abreu Camilo Carvalho Sao Paulo dnf dnf dns dns dns dns 425
Regatta Report
1983 Worlds Championship - the Worlds that almost wasn't
By Jane Pegel, editor of the Log. Jane wrote this account for the 1984 Log
The Los Angeles Harbor Fleet was host to the 61st Gold Star Regatta at California Yacht Club August 9-21, 1983. This fleet has played an important role in Star Class history. Pacific coast Star sailing had its beginning at the California Yacht Club in 1922 when the first charter was issued to Ben Weston, Frank Garbutt, and S. C. Hall. Owen Churchill, one of the initial boat owners, sailed with Weston in the 1922 Nationals on Long Island Sound where they placed second. Thereafter Churchill chalked up a number of Pacific Coast championships and was instrumental in getting East Coast sailors interested in coming across the country to race. Happily, Owen was among those welcoming contestants to the 1983 championship. The California Yacht Club signal boat is appropriately named Owen Churchill.
The racing was in Santa Monica Bay where it is normal to expect 12-15 knots each afternoon. However, tropical storm Ishmael had other ideas. He parked over Bahia and pumped hot humid air up over interior California. The resultant atmosphere conditions inhibited the development of the sea breeze.
General Chairman Harrison Hine and his red shirted "Happy Merry Workers" were wonderfully organized and always accommodating. They had every area of concern well covered and handled the unexpected with efficiency. The wind always blows in California!
On opening day we were confronted with a light, shifty wind with very large holes. This caused a postponement and eventual abandonment in mid-afternoon, only to have a rainstorm and brisk breeze come in when the fleet reached the dock.
Monday conditions improved considerably, but the wind remained under 6 knots varying minimally in velocity and direction. The start was postponed waiting for the wind to settle down. When that had been accomplished, the race committee's next challenge was getting the sailors to stay behind the line. A good portion of the fleet was well over the line on the first start, and on the actual start there were 16 premature starters identified who did not thereafter correct their problem, thereby opening the series with their discard posted up front. After the start, defending champion Gorostegui worked the left side and led at the windward mark followed by Vince Brun.
John Dane stood third and Augie Diaz fourth. Their positions remained unchanged, but Brun closed in on the run. As the wind lightened slightly on the last beat, it was apparent that Brun had the best speed. The question became whether or not there was enough boat race left for him to capitalize on his speed. With 3/4 of a mile to the finish, Augie Diaz had worked toward the starboard lay line, Brun started sprinting to the port lay line, and Gorostegui was struggling to keep the lead. 50 yards from the line Brun, on port tack, converged with Gorostegui on starboard. The game was up. Brun crossed the champion to take the gun. Uwe Von Below worked up nicely to finish third.
To get back on schedule, two races were scheduled for Tuesday. But no one told the wind, which remained light and caused a delay in the starting time. When the race finally got under way the wind was 230 degrees and under 6 knots. It was a lay line game with about one third of the fleet going left, the others right. As the boats moved to windward the wind dropped but did so lastly in the right corner where Bill Parks in Shrew was sailing on the starboard lay line. He reached the windward mark with a healthy lead. The boats that had gone left after the start were in the fifties at the mark, including Melges who, coming in on the port tack, had to round three times after twice hitting the mark. Monday's winner Vince Brun and Pre Olympic Regatta winner Joachim Griese were others who unhappily had taken the left side.
Parks set his pole and sailed the rhumb line. His followers went high, but Bill persisted in sailing the short course, headed right for the marks and by the time he reached the leeward mark he'd opened up a 2 1/2-minute lead. From there on he covered conservatively while those behind vied for second. And though his lead was reduced by more than half, he got the gun, his first World's Championship race win. After the 13 premature starters were sifted out, the race second went to John Dane and third to Dennis Clark of Puget Sound. Dane now held the series lead with 6-2; Von Below stood second, 3-9; and Dennis Clark third, 19-3.
A delightful cool Tuesday evening provided the setting for a western hoedown sponsored by Western Airlines. Chicken off the grill and square dancing competed with the race post mortems and protest hearings.
On Wednesday the wind was under 6 knots at 245 degrees. Two races were scheduled again, beginning at noon. Race 3 started on time with no premature starters. Griese was at the port end and went hard left, as he had each of the previous races. Today it would pay off. When the fleet was approximately one third of the way up the leg, the wind swung almost 30 degrees to 215 and Griese was there to take advantage of the shift. Bruno Marazzi was second, Larry Whipple third. The second leg was a beam reach. Opinions varied among the leaders on appropriate vang tension. Some, like Melges, were hard vanged, others, John Dane for one, were eased with the clew above the tack. There was no perceptible speed difference. The first eleven boats flopped to port tack at the jibe mark. Most set poles, except Augie Diaz went high without pole.
Melges, 11th, was more alert than his predecessors. He realized that the wind shift had been enough to make the starboard jibe closer to the next mark so merely peeled off and set the pole. Peter Sundelin and Bill Buchan followed suit. These starboard tackers jibed to port about half way down the leg. They all made gains, but Griese scrambled back with an even bigger lead at the leeward mark than at the jibe mark, Peter Sundelin rounding second.
The Charlie flag was displayed at the leeward mark with a new course at 215 degrees. Griese covered conservatively and opened up a 1 minute 50 second lead at the second windward mark. Gorostegui moved up to second. Sundelin was now third. On the run the fleet split 50-50 on port or starboard tack. Griese continued to sail well and opened up an even greater lead in spite of the fact he was covering his followers carefully. Gorostegui came second and Bill Buchan moved to third.
Another race was started shortly after 4:00 p.m. But the wind diminished to nothing, and after almost an hour with no boat having yet reached the windward mark, abandonment was signaled. During Wednesday evening a pleasant east wind made the committee apprehensive about the likelihood of having good racing conditions the following day. The sun always shines in Southern California!
So on Thursday morning we were still one race behind. The day dawned overcast with light rain but a south wind. Harrison Hine assured me the wind would hold for at least one good race. WRONG! During the noon starting sequence the south wind died. It came back at 325 degrees, but that was brief and it died again. At 3:20 p.m. we went ashore-now two races behind. Travel plans were adjusted. Was this going to be the first incompleted Gold Star Regatta?
Friday's racing was a complete fizzle. One start was attempted but aborted due to a race committee procedural error, which had little effect on the eventual race status because the wind died again and the boats were towed in. The score stood three races behind. On Friday evening our hosts put on a positively elegant banquet with the theme "The Stars of Hollywood". Even this event had its frustrating moments- how did you handle the strawberries?
When I opened my curtains shortly after 7:00 a.m. Saturday, flag were flapping in the breeze and there were breaks in the clouds. The wind does blow in California!
Race 4 started promptly at noon on Saturday. The clouds had moved away, the sky and water were blue except for the white cap rolling over in the 14-knot breeze. A new course was signaled, triangle, windward leeward, finishing on the run. Griese and Hagen started near the port end and shortly moved into the lead of the portion of the fleet that was holding the starboard tack. Olle Johansson led at the windward mark, but he had been a premature starter. Griese was second. The next time up the two leaders had pulled further ahead, with Binkhorst third. They held their positions on the run to the finish. With Johansson a premature starter, Griese gained his second win of the series, Binkhorst came second, and Gorla third.
The fifth race was sailed back-to-back, starting in 16-18 knots. Joachim Griese led all the way, always slowly but surely opening up. Gorostegui was second and Binkhorst again had a good race to finish third.
The mood ashore on Saturday night was, for the first time, one of confidence that the event would be completed, and with some excellent racing on the record. Figuring a throwout, the point spread going into the final race was:
1. Gorostegui - 17.0
2. Griese - 22.0
3. Buchan - 48.7
4. Brun - 56.7
5. von Below - 65.7
The final race got away just before 1:45 p.m. Sunday under clearing skies and an 8-10 knot breeze at 240 degrees. Cassinari had the early lead, Raudaschl second, and Sundelin third. Raudaschl moved into the lead at the leeward mark, but the championship was being decided back in the pack, where Griese was struggling in 46th place. Gorostegui, tenth at the first mark, moved up to seventh at the leeward mark. Griese came to the leeward mark still in a poor position and, because his previously worst race was a 20th, he pulled off the course and retired, assured of a final placing no worse than second.
Now Gorostegui would have to be 25th or better to retain his championship, his previously worst race being a PMS. He was tenth at the finish to win the regatta by a comfortable margin. Bill Buchan pulled up to second to be 3.7 points behind Griese in the final tally. Vince Brun was fourth, but 19 points behind Buchan. Fifth overall went to Uwe von Below.
