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34. Gold Cup 1989

Alassio, Italy, April 6-16, 72 entries from 20 countries

Held in the beautiful Alassio Bay, the wind was the only problem: too much or too little. Among the favourites were Thomas Schmid, Stig Westergaard and Oleg Khoperski. After race 5, Mexican Eric Mergenthaler was leading overall, winning races 1 and 5. Veteran Danish sailor Jorgen Lindhardtsen won race 2, Khoperski won race 3 and Armando Ortolano won race 4. In race 5 Khoperski broke his mast and had to count a 38th in his final score. Still wide open going into the last day, 2 races were sailed in strong winds. Defending Champion Schmid scored a 1st and 2nd to move to 7th overall. Mergenthaler recorded two mid-teen results to drop to second overall and with Stig Westergaard winning the final race, the Gold Cup was his again, after first winning it in 1986.

35. Gold Cup 1990

Porto Carras, Greece, July 5-15, 105 entries from 25 countries

The Canadians almost cleaned up in 1990 with only Lasse Hjortnas and Eric Mergenthaler stopping a 1,2,3 for Canada. After losing the Gold Cup in the last race of the 1989 event, Mexican Eric Mergenthaler was out to win. He moved into the lead after five races and going into the last race was 19 points clear of Hank Lammens and 34 points clear of Larry Lemieux. However he also had a DSQ in race 2 for pumping, so could not afford a bad result in the final race. As it turned out he was 48th at the gybe mark, pulled back to 31st after the second beat and eventually finished 34th. But it wasn't enough. Lammens finished 13th and Lemieux 3rd, which dropped Mergenthaler to 3rd overall. It was the first time that a Canadian had won a Finn Gold Cup and they had three boats in the top five as well. Anders Lundmark, who had lead at the first mark four times during the week finally won the last race and ended up 7th overall.

36. Gold Cup 1991

Kingston, Canada, August 22 - September 2, 96 entries from 21 countries

Defending Champion Hank Lammens opened the series with a win and apart from one bad race was always in the leading bunch and took the title by 10.7 points. The weather conditions were very variable and provided some of the windiest conditions of recent Gold Cups. Lammens led until the sixth race, until a string of good results brought Fredrik Loof into the top spot going in the last day. Any of four boats could have taken the Gold Cup on the last day. Loof was leading the score sheet, but Lammens, Brian Ledbetter and Oleg Khoperski could also win, but all had already got a bad result, so they couldn't afford another one. Loof started badly and was out of it from the start. Lammens won the race to be sure of his second consecutive Gold Cup. Ledbetter was third to finish runner up and Khoperski was seventh in the race to take third overall

Final Results Gold Cup 1989

Final Results Gold Cup 1990

Final Results Gold Cup 1991

1.	Stig Westergaard	D 155	54.4
2.	Eric Mergenthaler	MX 33	63.0
3.	Oleg Khoperski	SR 14	63.4
4.	Hans Spitzauer	OE 218	65.7
5.	Dirk Lowe	DDR 16	74.7
6.	Yuri Tokovoi	SR 21	81.4
7.	Thomas Schmid	G 1903	87.0
8.	Armando Ortolano	GR 211	88.7
9.	Enrico Passoni	I 722	89.7
10.	Lauri Rechardt	L185	103.4
11.	Heiko Birke	DDR 19	107.0
12.	Marco Passoni	I 710	107.0
13.	Mats Саар	S 718	111.0
14.	Lars Bergenzaun	S 698	115.7
15.	Jorgen Lindhardtsen	D 142	121.7
16.	Anders Lundmark	S 700	129.0
17.	Othmar M v Blumencron	Z 418	131.0
18.	Jali Makila	L212	139.0
19.	Bart Zielhuis	H 544	148.0
20.	Emmanuele Vaccari	I 727	152.0
21.	Per Erik Wall	S 713	153.0
22.	John Hofland	H 6	154.0
23.	Welf-Bodo Lixenfeld	G 1706	165.0
24.	Alexander Rinne	G 1912	175.0
25.	Peter Aldag	G 1893	176.0
26.	Bo Steffan Andersson	S 714	176.0
27.	Roger Schulz	G 1984	179.0
28.	Marco Fioretto	I 701	180.0
29.	Francisco Villalonga	E 106	188.0
30.	Michael Maier	CZ 304	202.0

1.	Hank Lammens	КС 19	75.7
2.	Lawrence Lemieux	КС 201	77.4
3.	Eric Mergenthaler	MX 33	77.7
4.	Lasse Hjortnas	D 143	87.7
5.	Mike Milner	КС 4	97.7
6.	Kiko Villalonga	E 106	99.7
7.	Anders Lundmark	S 700	107.7
8.	Alex Cutler	US 1044	107.7
9.	Philipp Malte	DDR 25	113.0
10.	Dirk Lowe	DDR 16	140.4
11.	Simon Gorman	KA 175	146.0
12.	Fredrik Loof	S 684	149.0
13.	Enrico Passoni	I 722	161.0
14.	Joaquin Blanco	E 179	169.0
15.	Jeremy Fanstone	К 498	171.0
16.	Stig Westergaard	D 155	171.0
17.	Gordie Anderson	КС 171	175.0
18.	Toni Poncell	E 12	178.5
19.	Yuri Tokovoi	SR 21	180.7
20.	Hans Spitzauer	OE 218	181.0
21.	Brian Ledbetter	US 1080	182.0
22.	Richard Clarke	КС 11	184.0
23.	Alexander Rinne	G 1912	207.0
24.	Oleg Khoperski	SR 14	209.0
25.	Thomas Schmid	G 1903	211.0
26.	Mats Саар	S 718	218.4
27.	Armando Ortolano	GR 211	221.7
28.	Tim Tavinor	К 521	225.0
29.	Peter Aldag	G 1920	226.8
30.	Maciej Skibski	PZ 75	229.0
31.	Otto Strandvig	D 146	237.0
32.	Nick Jako	КС 13	240.0
33.	David Drappeau	F 758	242.0
34.	Lauri Rechardt	L 185	250.0
35.	Attila Szilvassy	M211	250.0
36.	Arif Gurdenli	TK 211	251.0
37.	A Papantoniou	GR 205	264.0
38.	Haluk Babacan	TK 52	264.0
39.	Ville Aalto-Setala	L 198	266.0
40.	Gerd Griegel	G 1711	268.8

1.	Hank Lammens	КС 19	46.7
2.	Brian Ledbetter	US 1080	57.4
3.	Oleg Khoperski	SR 14	77.7
4.	Fredrik Loof	S 684	80.7
5.	Stuart Childerley	К 503	96.0
6.	Stig Westergaard	D 165	106.0
7.	Xavier Rohart	F 748	109.0
8.	Francois le Castrec	F 749	115.0
9.	Lawrence Lemieux	КС 201	118.0
10.	Anders Lundmark	S 700	120.0
11.	Hans Spitzauer	OE 218	120.0
12.	Glenn Bourke	KA 182	123.0
13.	Eric Mergenthaler	MX 33	128.0
14.	Richard Clarke	КС 11	129.0
15.	Dirk Lowe	G 14	129.0
16.	Yuri Tokovoi	SR 21	145.0
17.	Michael Fellmann	G 1916	153.0
18.	Malte Philipp	G 25	161.0
19.	Thomas Schmid	G 93	164.0
20.	Peter Aldag	G 1920	167.0
21.	Mark Herrmann	US 1026	172.0
22.	Kiko Villalonga	E 106	178.0
23.	Craig Monk	KZ 237	181.0
24.	Mats Саар	S 718	182.0
25.	Alec Cutler	US 1044	183.0
26.	Luca Devoti	I 789	186.0
27.	David Himmell	US 1066	186.0
28.	Otto Strandvig	D 146	192.0
29.	Richard Byron	US 1060	197.0
30.	Mike Milner	КС 4	199.0
31.	Richard Lott	К 484	200.0
32.	Philippe Presti	F 762	202.0

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