1988 World Championship - Buenos Aires, Argentina
January 19-31, 1988
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 7225 Paul Cayard Steve Erickson WSFB 4 1 1 1 7 dns 21.0 2 7288 Mark Reynolds Hal Haenel SDB 10 2 9 2 1 9 36.0 3 7302 Ed Adams Tom Olsen NB 5 7 45 4 3 3 42.4 4 7290 Alex Hagen Fritz Girr KF 1 8 8 7 9 2 44.0 5 7105 Torben S. Grael Nelson B. Falcao Gua 11 6 4 5 14 6 58.4 6 7209 Vincent Brun Hugo Schreiner SDB 2 13 11 9 11 10 70.0 7 7188 Giorgio Gorla Alfio Peraboni LdC 12 9 17 13 2 14 75.0 8 7176 Joachim HellmichDirk Schaertzel Moh 3 16 35 10 8 39 78.7 9 7107 R. Ferararese C. Girone 13 24 2 dnf 23 1 81.0 10 7134 M. Johansson M. Hansson 8 14 13 9 10 13 81.0 11 7255 A. Griese M. Marcour 16 3 22 11 6 25 84.4 12 7276 A. Fravezzi N. Menoni 15 18 28 3 4 24 88.7 13 6924 A. Zanetti J. Labandeira 6 4 16 dnf 15 5 92.7 14 7254 H. Wallen B. Anderssoo 24 12 3 18 12 dnf 95.7 15 7079 S. Bakker Ko van den Berg 29 5 12 12 16 22 96.0 16 7256 Ross MacDonald Bruce MacDonald 7 21 29 16 32 4 105.0 17 7200 Gastao Brun A. Guarischi 23 33 14 23 20 35 111.0 18 7200 Terry McLaughlin E. Bastet 17 26 5 20 16 PMS 113.0 19 7265 J.A. MacCauslandRobert MacCausland CR 18 22 24 27 19 7 117.0 2O 6789 A. Gaert-Jensen M. Just 27 31 7 17 25 11 117.0 21 7218 P. Fricker C. Rittscher 9 17 27 19 28 dnf 130.0 22 7171 I. Bengtson P. Klock 19 15 35 26 11 36 136.0 23 7287 J. Costas J. Perez 40 19 30 6 15 40 139.7 24 7193 T. Herrmann R. Hennig 31 35 23 14 33 26 149.0 25 7316 E. Farre C. Gabutti 30 23 36 31 21 19 154.0 26 7226 P. Bulhoes D. Riper 22 34 25 ymp dnf 20 156.3 27 7077 A. Myralf S. Myralf pms 10 10 dnf 30 8 157.0 28 7294 Barton Beek Chuck Beek LB 23 43 19 33 27 36 160.0 29 7230 P. Sundelin S. Kallin 35 35 59 29 5 32 165.0 30 7097 J. Londrigan M. Busch 14 dnf 20 15 dnf 18 166.0 31 7203 J. Steinmayer T. Lussi ZU 37 36 26 27 31 17 167.0 32 6501 M. Paradeda M. Floricke 45 29 42 37 37 36 173.0 33 6964 M. van Leeuwen P. Vollebregt pms 20 46 36 24 23 179.0 34 6759 J. King F. Nabuco 38 30 38 24 26 36 183.0 36 7215 S. Gould J. Kew 44 32 18 28 42 dnf 194.0 36 7235 J. Schroder S. Sundquist 20 27 dnf 14 dnf 21 201.0 37 7043 M. Testa G. Testa Gar 41 13 21 41 37 dnf 203.0 38 7075 C. Sheinecker P. Moeckl 46 28 40 25 ymp dns 203.8 39 7173 I. J-Son Krook C. Bobeck 28 50 34 45 36 38 213.0 40 7062 C. Gautschi N. Kottmann 36 41 54 32 34 43 216.0 41 7038 J. Fauroux P. Rinaldi 48 44 31 42 29 41 217.0 42 7133 R. Roellenbleg R. Stark 43 37 dnf 35 45 29 219.0 43 7213 J. Percossi P. Homps 26 46 52 38 50 31 221.0 44 7179 K. Fletcher C. Lewsadder dnf 40 43 43 39 27 222.0 45 7042 S. Mykkanen C. Olsson 47 38 47 30 40 37 222.0 46 7268 M. Pajot S. Poughon 34 dsq 39 40 22 30 224.0 47 7277 J. Vuithier C. Hayner 39 48 32 dnf 44 33 226.0 48 7128 A. Randazzo F. Bertorotta 42 45 6 dnf 43 dnf 234.7 49 6790 J. Foster J. P. Foster 51 42 37 39 47 42 237.0 50 7285 E. De SouzeRamosP. Nolte 32 dns 48 22 41 dns 242.0 51 7310 J. Bainton E. Dreiband 49 47 58 46 36 34 242.0 52 6926 G. Calegari G. Silva 25 61 49 dnf dsq 13 247.0 53 7124 A. Roquette N. MacPherson 33 39 33 dnf dns dns 273.0 54 6618 C. Dubini C. Picazo dnf 56 44 47 49 49 275.0 55 7227 Mario Caprile Guido Sodano Lar 53 53 57 49 51 47 283.0 56 6776 H. Prechter C. Neumeier 57 51 51 55 55 45 287.0 57 7113 W. WernerDohnertA. R. Bastos 52 55 53 51 56 46 287.0 58 7130 D. Thomsen I. Saenz 56 52 50 48 52 dnf 288.0 59 7161 D. Ziegelmeier W. Kersten 58 57 41 54 ret 51 293.0 60 6946 U. Fischer R. Dahnk ymp 54 62 56 57 48 298.0 61 7007 P. Londrigan T. Londrigan 61 63 55 dnf 48 44 301.0 62 6462 G. Friesacher H. Mitterdorfer dnf 59 63 50 46 53 301.0 63 7155 R. Haase W. Beuel 50 49 64 44 dnf dnf 306.0 64 7295 C. Balestra N. Imhof 55 60 61 dnf 53 50 309.0 65 7137 Harry W. Walker M. Lucca SB 59 62 60 53 54 dns 318.0 66 7050 C. Reckmann C. Kapolla 60 dnf 56 52 dnf 52 319.0 67 7261 G. Cayne P. Dufaur 62 64 65 57 59 54 326.0 68 6691 R. Zuezola O. Lagos 54 58 dsq ymp 58 dns 328.8 69 7008 B. Parks C. Arensen dns dns dns dns dns dns 375.0 70 7014 M. Clements R. Burton dns dns dns dns dns dns 375.0
Regatta Report
by Harry Webster Walker (SB)
The fellows that arrived a few days early to Clube Nautico Olivos found, on trying the race course, that the river (which is about 40 miles wide at this point) was tan in color and had a short steep chop in the afternoon when the breezes would build to a normal 12-16 mph.
First Race
Alex Hagen and Fritz Girr said that they won the first race by mistake. The compass course to the first mark showed 95 degrees on starboard tack but was changed to 25 degrees into the wind to the right. The team thought that with the tide pushing them upwind, they might make the mark without tacking. They started in the middle of the boat favored line. Almost half way up the leg, they realized that they couldn't see the mark and tacked. On the second beat, they showed excellent boat speed and sailed awy from the fleet to an easy win.
Second Race
Paul Cayard and Steve Erickson finished in 4th place in the first race, and really wanted to get a another good race in to set the trend and get some control of the series. In the 15-17 knot breeze, they rounded the first mark in fourth and were first by the time the reaches were finished. From here on the race was Cayard's.
Third Race
The race started in 5 knots of wind and stayed that way until the gybe mark. Cayard and Erickson got to the right side of the course on the first beat and because of a 20-degree shift to the right, they overstood the first mark but arrived at the mark in tenth. The shift plus the current made the first reach a madhouse run with all 70 competitors virtually even at the windward mark. As the leaders rounded the mark and started running in 5 knots of wind, their speed through the water was barely greater than the velocity of the current. The leaders simply stayed at the mark while the tail-enders were swept to the mark with the current.
Cayard battled with Alex Hagen on the run-reach and broke overlap on him to round ninth at the gybe mark. Cayard and Erickson found themselves in the midst of eight rather light air specialists as the breeze began to freshen. They passed three boats up the second windward leg and passed three more boats on the run to round the last mark in second place. Cayard passed the race leader, Roberto Ferrarese, halfway up the last windward leg following a match race type tacking duel. Cayard finished the day in a position to make a serious bid for the Gold Star.
Fourth Race
This race got underway in about 15 knots of wind. Cayard and Erickson had an excellent start one quarter of the way down from the committee boat. After 1 1/2 minutes of sailing they were able to tack and cross everyone to their right. By this time, the right had proved to be the side to protect, so Cayard went right. He was sailing his best race at the time. Cayard and Erickson arrived at the first mark in fifth place with Mark Reynolds leading. After three races Reynolds was second in the series, so it was important for Cayard to get close to Reynolds in that race.
Cayard passed two boats reaching and one more in the second beat. The wind went right on the second beat and many boats overstood, including Reynolds. Cayard rounded two boat lengths behind Reynolds at the second windward mark, Reynolds did a bear away set, while Cayard did a gybe-set. Cayard was fast downwind and got a shift back, therefore gybed, crossed Reynolds, rounded the last mark in first, and covered Reynolds to finish first, with Reynolds finishing second. After this race, Cayard and Erickson's scores of 4,1,1,1 gave them a dominating edge over Mark Reynolds and Hal Haenel, who were in a fairly comfortable second in the series.
Fifth Race
After a few recalls, race five was started under the DSQ (black) flag. As Mark Reynolds put it, when the DSQ flag is up the line really clears out and it offers an opportunity for a great start but with the threat of disaster. Cayard had to be cautious, while Reynolds could be a bit more aggressive. If Reynolds won the race and Paul was worse than seventh, Reynolds would still have chance of the Gold Star.
At the start there was a lot of line sag, but with McLaughlin to windward and Ferrarese to leeward of Reynolds, he decided to accelerate sooner than he was willing to do. It turned out to help get him up near the line, and although their wind was not clear at the gun, Ferrarese to leeward footed off and Reynolds had enough boat speed to bet his bow in front of the windward boat. A clear start, and Reynolds played the shifts up the middle, arriving at the weather mark in first, Gorla just behind. Reynolds stayed ahead on the reaches and the second beat, keeping a loose cover on the boats behind.
Reynolds had enough of a lead so not to be threatened by boats from behind. Adams almost caught Gorla, and Ferrarese got a good shift near the finish. Gorla was second, Adams third, Ferrarese fourth, and Sundelin finished fifth. The start to race five for Cayard was to be conservative, especially considering a black flag was up. His steadiness and persisitance resulted in him passing boats to pull into and finish the race in seventh place. This clinched the series for Cayard and Erickson without having to sail the last race.
Sixth Race
Two minutes before the start, Robert Ferrarese saw a good puff on the right side and tacked to start near the boat end. After a good start, he tacked to play a 10 degree shift, played the sifts in the middle of the course and rounded the first mark in third position. Ferrarese continued to gain on the next legs, getting into first during the downwind leg. Going into the last beat, the wind increased and Ferrarese started to suffer a lack of power. Hagen and Adams looked very fast and there were six to seven boats near Ferrarese. He realized that it was not possible to defend, as there were at least three boats that were faster then he and Girone were. Ferrarese played the shifts and crossed the finish line about 3 seconds before Hagen who finished second.
The Star Class had it's 1988 World Champion, Paul Cayard and Steve Erickson, after just five races.
