1991 World Championship - Cannes, France
October 9-20, 1991
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 7488 Roberto BenamatiMario Salani Gar 6 4 11 46 1 6 48.4 2 7590 Torben S. Grael Marcelo Ferreira Gua 12 11 4 1 16 9 58.0 3 7460 Mark Reynolds Hal Haenel SDB 11 8 6 72 3 10 64.4 4 7541 Hubert RaudaschlXaver Gruber SMA 4 6 21 3 19 18 74.4 5 7302 Ed Adams Tom Olsen NB 17 dsq 9 15 6 3 76.4 6 7487 Hans Vogt Jr Joerg Fricke CBM 31 12 1 8 4 15 77.0 7 7519 Alexander Hagen Kai Falkenthal Glu 3 3 ymp 53 14 25 78.0 8 7603 Ross Macdonald Eric Jesperson EB 16 1 39 27 5 24 95.0 9 7563 Hans Wallen Bobby Lohse Kat 2 39 37 dsq 12 5 99.0 10 7287 Mark Neeleman Jos Schrier Hol 9 2 56 12 7 44 99.0 11 7478 Peter Wright Todd Cozzens SLM 10 15 15 dnf 17 22 109.0 12 7494 Pietro D'Ali Andrea Veggetti IC 32 33 57 21 2 2 110.0 13 7573 Giorgio Gorla Carlo Dino Bonetti IC 42 18 24 13 13 12 110.0 14 7322 Chr. FrederiksenSoren Kaestel DF 7 26 19 20 28 21 123.0 15 7517 Alan Adler Bruce MacDonald 14 20 46 6 dsq 13 128.7 16 7323 Patrick Haegeli Philippe Rinaldi 5 32 10 23 30 34 129.0 17 7567 Werner Fritz Ulrich Seeberger 44 23 25 10 24 17 129.0 18 7519 Vincent Brun George Iverson SDB 25 21 35 14 8 33 131.0 19 7575 Vincent Hoesch Max Scheibmaier CBM 41 25 14 dnf 9 14 133.0 20 7605 Colin Beashel David Giles 20 16 26 18 23 27 133.0 21 7578 Andreas Beinz Beat Stegmeier 43 62 7 22 15 20 137.0 22 7542 G. Diganishvili Aleksandr Zybin 27 9 50 9 21 45 141.0 23 7572 Benny Andersen Mogens Just DF 33 17 27 60 20 19 146.0 24 7338 Mats Johansson Stefan Hemlin Vin 65 5 22 59 25 11 151.0 25 7615 Andrew Menkart Chris Rogers 13 41 77 7 11 50 152.0 26 7505 Alex Abascal David Vera 8 27 44 54 29 15 153.0 27 7479 Miguel Noguer Alfredo Buqueras 23 90 12 32 11 29 157 0 21 7611 George Szabo IIIJulian Palocz 36 52 38 26 40 1 164.0 29 7337 Larry Whipple Garth Olsen PS 21 40 28 11 dnf 39 169.0 30 7481 Michael Nissen Ferrit Bartel 68 28 34 25 10 43 170.0 31 7556 Albino Fravezzi Giuseppe Devoti pms 22 36 ymp 33 28 178.8 32 7595 Carlo Loos Thomas Chromecek CBM 19 31 33 17 32 36 179.0 33 7529 Jochen Schwarz Jean Jacques Gobbi MO 24 34 23 41 37 31 179.0 34 7445 Jean C. VuithierDeniel Ruffieux 40 14 64 51 43 8 186.0 35 7157 John King Wellington de Barros 58 24 71 5 42 32 190.0 36 7446 Joachim HellmichMartin Nixdorf Moh pms 46 13 37 18 47 191.0 37 7399 Urs Hunkeler Rainer Klosterman 52 48 43 47 22 4 192.0 38 7134 Jorgen Carlsson Robert Anderson 18 36 55 dsq 35 23 197.0 39 7353 Victor Soloviev Sergei Khoretsky 26 29 30 30 53 dnc 198.0 40 7225 Doug Smith Jeff Bresnahan 35 44 31 45 34 dnf 219.0 41 7477 Jose Doreste Jose Castells 28 30 dnf 4 dsq 16 226.0 42 7465 Mark Mansfield Tom McWilliam dnc dsq 20 24 26 7 227.0 43 7388 Rbt. Ferrarese Giovenni Abbrescia BAR 88 13 79 2 27 dnc 234.0 44 7362 Eric Kitzinger Denis Vanier 81 55 32 16 dsq 30 244.0 45 7583 Stuart Jardine Philip Lawrence 51 53 58 34 41 38 247.0 46 7551 Ric. Simoneschi Andreas Kant 76 63 109 19 36 26 250.0 47 7285 Peter E. SiemsenPedro Camargo 1 7 60 50 dsq dnc 261.0 48 7554 Paolo Semeraro Carlo Carli 29 19 2 66 dsq dnc 261.0 49 7333 R. Roellenbleg Dieter Wuerdig 45 54 dsq 55 39 40 263.0 50 7537 Chris Gautechi Norbert Kottmann 53 66 68 33 45 41 268.0 51 7584 Peter Peet Dolf Peet LO 30 38 16 49 dnf dnc 274.0 52 7451 Kim Fletcher Bill Kreysler 56 88 37 29 dsq 46 286.0 53 7601 Geoff Thorpe Grant Forsyth 63 49 51 77 57 37 287.0 54 7280 Barton Beek Charles Beek LB 67 56 dsq 44 56 49 302.0 55 7317 Bo Binkhorst Rob Douze 38 35 45 35 dnc dnc 303.0 56 7395 Wolfgang Denzel Axel Stanner 46 82 78 43 50 60 307.0 57 7262 Olaf Reimann Martin Helsberg 48 68 47 75 47 dnc 315.0 58 7165 Ennio CozzolottoGiorgio Bacic 93 65 dnc 42 38 53 321.0 59 6862 Dom Chauvet Jean C. Montesinos 96 dnf 65 36 54 48 329.0 60 7075 Klaus Kappes Heiko Mueller 55 85 59 56 44 dnc 329.0 61 7577 Eckart Wagner Peter Moeckl 19 95 18 48 dnf dnc 330.0 62 7438 Agost Randazzo Cristiano Lombardo dsq dnf 52 28 49 51 330.0 63 7335 Jacques Fauroux Patrice Ragnazzi 54 64 dsq 76 51 65 340.0 64 7524 Achim Griese Robert Stark 57 10 5 dnf dnf dnc 341.0 65 6941 Milos Laznicka Martin Trnavsky 74 73 66 58 dnf 42 343.0 66 7203 Josef SteinmayerRoman Timm ZU dnf 57 8 70 59 dnc 344.0 67 6957 Ian Timms Edward Whipp 62 97 63 39 dsq 54 345.0 68 7O14 Philip Graves Al Stiewing 78 83 61 38 dsq 56 346.0 69 7421 Richard GronblomThomas Hallberg 50 81 95 78 46 63 346.0 70 7449 Rod Uerlichs Franz Stoffels 82 99 74 67 55 55 363.0 71 7544 Andrew Cooper Simon Mellers 66 75 76 74 48 dnc 369.0 72 7558 Jack Kisseoglou Dimitris Boukia 37 71 62 62 dnf dnc 382.0 73 7164 Jac Puissegur Marc Besson 102 87 92 49 61 64 383.0 74 7493 Riccardo Sarti Alesssndro Cinquini 85 59 84 79 dnf 52 389.0 75 7420 Fernando Rita Jaime Piris 15 37 69 dnf dnf dnc 391.0 76 7444 Harry W. Walker Todd Raynor SB 108 89 96 52 62 62 391.0 77 7560 Bruno Marazzi Flavio Marazzi Int 84 69 100 57 52 dnc 392.0 78 7521 Harald Wirth Robert Lachowitz 72 94 102 69 64 66 395.0 79 732 Philip Treanton Patrick Sallenave 103 dnf 99 61 58 57 401.0 80 7354 Joseph Pro Brett Wright 89 dnf 93 81 63 58 414.0 81 7474 Mario Caprile Robert Caires 95 91 101 71 66 63 416.0 82 7437 Fabrizio A. OssiFernardo Colaninno 59 47 41 dnf dnf dnc 417.0 83 7500 Flavio Scala Alberto Rosasari 34 dnf 3 dnc dnc dnc 423.7 84 7112 Paulo Rodrigues Rodrigo Vantacich 49 60 54 dnc dnc dnc 433.0 85 7566 Dieter Schön Michael Schön 70 70 81 63 dsq dnc 434.0 86 6973 Bruno Sigoli Oliviero Godi dnf 98 107 80 65 59 439.0 87 7411 Rene Luedi Manfred Lehmann 101 93 87 68 60 dnc 439.0 88 7552 Nicolo Saidelli Aleksender Bacic 104 51 105 31 dnf dnc 441.0 89 7534 Pat de Barros Henrique Anjos 86 42 48 dnf dnf dnc 446.0 90 7250 Franz Mastnak Thomas Linortner 83 61 80 ymp dnf dnc 460.0 91 7416 Hans Otto Engel Andreas Engel 47 58 90 dnc dnc dnc 466.0 92 7466 Uwe von Below Hendrik von Below dsq 50 83 54 dnf dnc 467.0 93 7540 Jurg Ryffel Markus Thomet 69 67 dnf 73 dnf dnc 479.0 94 7482 Peter Wyss Urs Joss 73 45 94 dnf dnf dnc 482.0 95 7209 Lee Kellerhouse Bob Calder 64 dnf 29 dnf dnf dnc 483.0 96 7286 Antonio Bottini Ferrucio Besenzoni 98 43 72 dnc dnf dnc 483.0 97 7554 Josef Urban Michael Schulz TR 61 79 82 dnf dnf dnc 492.0 98 7246 Stefan WinequistGeorg O. Toetterman 109 78 40 dnc dnc dnc 497.0 99 6829 Hans Fendt Corinna Fendt 90 96 97 65 dnf dnc 498.0 100 6773 Hans Hylander Magnus Henriksson 71 72 86 dnc dnc dnc 499.0 101 7149 Rob Steinkogler Michael Ritschel 22 dnf 89 dnf dnf dnc 501.0 102 7193 Tony Herrmann Bill Beebe 91 76 67 dnf dnf dnc 504.0 103 7518 Pedro Roquette Luis Manso 87 ymp 53 dnc dnc dnc 505.0 104 7172 Ingmar Krook Ronny Johnsen 75 74 91 dnc dnc dnc 510.0 105 7382 Paolo Airoldi Andrea Folli 106 86 49 dnc dnc dnc 511.0 106 7461 Luigi Croce Marco Sada 77 84 85 dnc dnc dnc 516.0 107 7574 Manuel RicciardiJose de Lemo 94 dsq 42 dnf dnf dnc 526.0 108 7557 Reiner Haase Lutz Boghum 79 dnc 73 dnc dnc dnc 542.0 109 6975 Enrico Billi Giuseppe Oggiom 92 dnf 70 dnc dnc dnc 552.0 110 7381 Gio. Fenaroli Gianpaolo Fenini 60 dnf 108 dnf dnf dnc 558.0 111 7244 Andrea Roost Thomas Roost 97 80 111 dnf dnf dnc 558.0 112 7391 Raul Werneck Michael Zelenoy 100 dnf 75 dnc dnc dnc 565.0 113 7328 Roberto Mottola Giuseppe Leonetti dsq 77 103 dnf dnf dnc 570.0 114 6610 Oysten Nielsen Morten Moe dsq 92 88 dnf dnf dnc 570.0 115 7276 Mario Fravezzi Fausto Perotti 80 dnf 112 dnc dnc dnc 582.0 116 7503 Aldo Comper Silvano Morini dnf 100 98 dnf dnf dnc 588.0 117 6901 Michael Frede Dirk Meissner 99 dnf 110 dnf dnf dnc 599.0 118 7365 Guido Palmerini Nicolo Armeniaco 107 dnf 104 dnc dnc dnc 601.0 119 7435 Gert Sefzik Rudolf Dahnk 105 dnf 106 dnc dnc dnc 601.0
Regatta Report
by Harry Webster Walker
The morning of the first race, the sailors were at the club at 10:00 for a harbor start and waited with nervous anticipation for the postponement to drop. By noon the sailors were sent off to the west to assemble for the start. Because of the great water depths starts were held close to shore. This first race had an excellent fair line and got 118 boats off with no recall with 15-20 knots of wind. Walker started on the pin end with Ed Adams and Vince Brun. Peter Siemsen with crew Pedro Camargo were to the left on starboard tack and held on while the rest bailed out to get to the right side of the course. Peter stayed left, banged the corner and at the first mark had a lead that wouldn’t quit. Abascal of Spain was second, Hagen of German third, and Raudaschel of Austria fourth.
On the second day of the regatta, there was thunder and lightning at 4:00 am but it cleared, and the sailors sat around under the postponement flag. Although there was a fair breeze from the north, there is no way that they can anchor a committee boat or set a line with the wind from the north. The water is to deep so the committee waited for the wind to go around. When a sea breeze comes in from the south or southeast, they can set up. In this second race, there was a driving rain, no visibility, high breezes, and big seas. There were many collisions but few were reported as protests. The race was won by Ross Macdonald who had a very good start at the pin end of the line. A few boats crossed them on port right at the start by Macdonald managed to be on the left of them, which was the favored side. On the first beat, Macdonald only tack four or five times and reached the first mark in first place. At the second reach the wind went around more to the north and that’s where Macdonalde really pulled out a big lead. On the last beat they protected the right side which seemed to be the way the wind was shift and opened a lead again, holding it to the finish. Second was Neeleman, a Norwegian and third was Alex Hagen.
The next day at 1:00 the committee shot the “go” gun and the sailors went into what was a clearing situation, they got to the starting area and had a postponement. Shortly they went into sequence, though within a couple of minutes of the start, about 100 boats were over the line. The committee postponed rather than issue a general recall. There were two more tries at a race and at 3:30 they cancelled the race, no race, not enough time.
The sailors all sat around the regatta court waiting for the breeze to come up the next day and it didn't look very promising. At noon they sailed out and raced under ideal conditions with 10-15 knots. Alex Hagen was holed at a port-starboard situation by Doreste of Spain and had to withdraw. Doreste also withdrew. Race three was won by Hans Voght, Jr.
In what was supposed to be the morning of the fourth race and after the beautiful day the day before, the sailors thought everything would be splendid. As they looked out, there was not a cloud in the sky, but they saw that the sea had lots of white caps. The sailors went out by 11:00 am into a very stiff breeze which increased in the next hour into a real blast known as a Mistral. The wind built to 30+ knots and after two vain attemps at getting the fleet started, the committee very wisely cancelled and then the sailors went back home. The next morning the Mistral was in full force again and racing was cancelled for the day.
The next day the sailors did not believe the forecast, they arrived at the yacht club about 9:00 am and were postponed for about 30 minutes. The committee would have to get one or two races off or there would be no series. The sailors were sent out in a pretty fresh breeze and after one general recall, the race started down by the end of the island and back into the bay. Walker played the middle while a big bunch went to the right and a big bunch went to the left. Torben Grael won this heavy air race, with Ferrarse in second and Raudaschi finishing third. That afternoon, the race committee took the fleet out again, ran a full Olympic course of 10.8 miles in a dying easterly and finished in the pitch black dark. Literally the man had to put lights on the sails and the numbers so he could see who was finishing. Benamati and Salini won this race beating D'Ali and Veggetti to the finish close to the shore and before the wind died.
The final reserve day arrived bright and shining with a light breeze from the south. The committee got the fleet off to a good start. There were about 70 boats out, the rest having packed up and left. First in this last race went to George Szabo III from San Diego, a young Star sailor, son of a Star sailor and the boy who had won the US Star Youth Championship earlier. A delightful young man, big smile, little fellow, and his crew also from San Diego, Julian Palocz. George was sailing the crew's boat and was the only American to win a daily first.
Italian Roberto Benamati won the Star Class Championship of 1991 and second place went to Torben Grael from Brazil. Third place went to Mark Reynolds of San Diego.
