1992 World Championship - San Francisco, CA, USA
October 10-18, 1992
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 7405 Carl Buchan Hugo Schreiner PS 2 15 3 12 6 1 38.0 2 7288 Joe Londrigan Phil Trinter LS 9 4 2 5 2 23 39.0 3 7425 Paul Cayard Steve Erickson SDB 14 1 5 1 9 11 42.0 4 7488 Roberto BenamatiGiuseppe Devoti Gar 12 5 dnf 2 4 3 44.7 5 7592 Mark Reynolds Hal Haenel SDB 5 9 9 6 5 2 49.7 6 7640 John Kostecki George Iverson WSFB 4 3 7 8 8 6 52.4 7 7603 Ross Macdonald Bruce Macdonald EB 1 14 8 13 3 dnf 57.7 8 7487 Hans Vogt Jorg Frieke CBM 15 12 1 dnf 11 4 64.0 9 7619 Vincent Brun Mike Dorgan SDB 17 2 12 10 7 27 73.0 10 7621 J.A. MacCauslandGarth Miller CR 7 11 6 11 10 25 74.7 11 7641 Benny Andersen Mogens Just DF 8 22 4 dnf 16 5 82.0 12 7525 Kimo WorthingtonPeter Femcily WSFB 16 6 13 7 15 24 86.7 13 7567 Werner Fritz Ulrich Seeberger B 10 10 14 19 19 8 91.0 14 7254 Hans Wallen Tom Dendy Kat 19 19 15 3 37 13 95.7 15 7179 Robbe Haines Robert Kinney NH 11 13 dnf 4 12 33 101.0 16 7451 Craig Healy Tom Hovarth WSFB 18 24 10 15 dnf 7 104.0 17 7612 Tony Rey Anson Stookey NB 20 29 16 14 14 17 111.0 18 7468 Ron Sandstorm Mike Marcel BH 25 16 11 17 17 22 113.0 19 7613 Vincent Hoesch Robert Stark CBM 24 20 17 18 13 21 119.0 20 7446 Joachim HellmichDirk Schwaertzel Moh 28 21 dnf 16 18 10 123.0 21 7475 Steve Gould Mike Ratiani WSFB 26 18 22 26 21 9 126.0 22 7260 Bill Buchan Jr Chris Rogers EL 21 27 19 21 25 12 123.0 23 7519 Alexander Hagen Tom Olsen Glu 13 8 dnd 9 20 dns 134.0 24 7515 Ross Adams Chuck Nevel WH 23 28 24 23 23 16 139.0 25 7631 Doug Smith Marty Dalton WSFB 27 26 18 20 29 19 140.0 26 7630 Ben Mitchell Bill Stump LB 29 25 25 22 22 20 144.0 27 7657 Torben S. Grael Marcelo Ferreira Gua 6 7 dnd dsq 1 dns 144.7 28 7611 George Szabo IIIJulian Palocz SDB 22 23 20 dnf 35 15 145.0 29 7522 Peter E. SiemsenAndre Lekszycki Cop 3 17 21 dnf 24 dnf 145.7 30 7596 Eric Doyle Julian Bingham MoB 32 31 26 24 36 14 157.0 31 7665 Josef Pieper Werner Stauffer Moh 31 30 29 27 26 32 173.0 32 7661 Frank Berg Lars Hall DF 36 32 33 29 39 18 178.0 33 7566 Dieter Schön Michael Schön B 33 dnf 30 32 28 26 179.0 34 7469 Forrest Miller Jed Miller PS 37 37 23 25 dnf 34 186.0 35 6356 Kevin Miller Jeff Thorpe SBC 52 38 27 33 33 28 189.0 36 7638 Martin Nixdorf Rolf Eckel Moh 46 39 32 36 34 30 201.0 37 7633 R. Roellenbleg Mario Salani Sta 39 34 37 31 32 dns 203.0 38 7557 Stefan Lehnert Dirk Meissner Aac 44 33 34 28 dnf 36 205.0 39 7462 Mark Upson Al Stiewing EL 35 dnf 31 dnf 30 29 204.0 40 7531 Milos Laznicka Richard Pearce CZ 40 40 36 30 40 35 211.0 41 7225 Andrew Klein Rick Peters Sun 41 41 38 34 31 39 213.0 42 7607 Don Cambell Pat Dion EB 30 35 28 dnf dns dns 231.0 43 7408 Rob Van Wagnen Carl Nielsen SLE 43 43 39 41 44 37 233.0 44 6968 Rob Anderson Stewart Huntington WSFB 34 dnf 35 dnf 27 dnf 234.0 45 7586 Gerhard Hobiger Robert Ulrich An 42 42 40 39 42 dns 234.0 46 7314 Logan Farrar Mike Iverson CD 47 46 42 dnf 38 31 234.0 47 7628 Kevin McNeil Shane Zwingelberg AN 38 36 41 37 dns dns 236.0 48 7167 Otto Schmid Reini Kueng Bod 45 44 46 35 45 40 239.0 49 7512 Bob Teitge Chris Henry Jr DR 50 47 43 42 43 41 246.0 50 7535 Otto Zieglmeier Peter Girr AM 48 48 45 39 41 43 246.0 51 6506 Tibor Szepfy Isivan Hevesi Kol 51 45 47 40 46 38 246.0 52 7228 Don Parfet Brad Vanderberg GL dnf 49 44 44 47 42 256.0 53 7521 Harald Wirth Harald Hoferer AU 49 dsq dsq 43 48 dns
Regatta Report
Kimball Livingston
Carl Buchan and crew Hugh Schreiner won the race and the Star World Championship
In the first race, Canadians Ross and Bruce Macdonald took a strong opening race win leading at every mark and stretching the lead to 20 seconds at times. It was a classic racing day on the Berkeley Circle, with a building breeze and much more wind at the top mark. The sailors had to shift gears for best speed as the seas grew to an ugly chop. On the beats, the left side had the best wind, while the right hand side had the favorable tide. Carl Buchan and Hugo Schreiner climbed from 11th to second during the 10.8 nautical mile race, while John Kostecki and George Iverson slipped from second to finish fourth. The Brazilian team of Simensen and Andre Lekszycki finished third. Following Kostecki were Mark Reynolds and Torben Grael. Paul Cayard was 14th, what he hoped to be his throwout.
Paul Cayard came from behine to win Race two setting the stage for the shakedown that began in earnest. Ross Macdonald, who won race one, finished 14th in race two. After a third place in race two, Kostecki was at the top of the standings for the series. Carl buchan followed up his race one second place finish with a disappointing 21st, but that doesn't count him out. Mark Reynolds was ninth, and Vince Brun finished second just behind Cayard, losing his lead at the second weather mark.
German sailor Hans Vogt moved from an apparent second place finish to first place in Race three when his countryman Alexander Hagen was disqualified for allegedly "rocking", using excessive body motion to propel the boat downwind. Hagen had crossed the finish line 27 seconds ahead of Vogt after 10.8 miles of racing. Along with Hagen, Torben Grael was disqualified for excessive body movement. Joe Londrigan of the US was second, followed by Carl Buchan of Seattle and Benny Andersen of Denmark. Race 2 winner Cayard was fifth, followed by John MacCausland, John Kostecki, and race one winner Ross Macdonald of Canada. For the six race series, Londrigan moved into first, ahead of Kostecki.
In Race four, Paul Cayard got control over the series by a fingernail, finishing in second place, but advancing to first when Torben Grael was disqualified for a collison with Mark Reynolds. It was the second consecutive day that a past world champion had been disqualified after apparentley winning a race. And for Greal it was another chapter in a rough week. Cayard and crew Steve Erickson were focused on the pack chasing them during race four, they had moved from first at the first mark to second at the finish (which was turned into a win). Going into race five, Cayard had 30 points, Londrigan had 34 and Kostecki was third in the series with 40.7 points, all before the throw-out.
After the fifth race, the Star Worlds was still an open book. Cayard finished ninth in race five, after his win the day before. He trailed Londrigan by six points before the discard. Ross Macdonald, Carl Buchan, and Roberto Benemati were all still had a mathmatical chance to win the series. Torben Grael won race five by a wide margin.
Carl Buchan won the sixth and last race of the series, which might not have meant much, except that the two series leaders Londrigan and Cayard both had bad races and could not find daylight. Londrigan dug himself into a dark hole on the slow side of the course but arrived behind a hard-bottomed top nine. Cayard and Londrigan were not self-obsessed but they couldn't break through, while everything was falling into place for Buchan. Carl Buchan and crew Hugh Schreiner won the race and the Star World Championship.
