| 37. Gold Cup
1992 |
Cadiz,
Spain, May 7-17, 94 entries from 32 countries |
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The 1998 Gold Cup was held in Cadiz as part of the Mundo Vela '92, a series
of sailing events involving Olympic classes and offshore racers to commemorate
the discovery of America by Columbus. At the opening ceremony, Vice President
(Sailing) Bjorn Westergaard, reminded everyone that long before Columbus
'discovered' the Americas, a Dane called Eric the Viking had landed there.
After two light weather races, the first being won by Oleg Khoperski and
the second being won by 57 year old Gus Miller, the wind arrived. Peter
Aldag won the third race in strong winds.
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A
day was then lost because the wind was too strong, and then Craig
Monk won the windy 4th race. Two races were sailed on the last day.
The first went to Xavier Rohart. Craig Monk was leading after five
races, but a protest from the jury about his black bands in race 5
affected him so much he dropped out of the last race and applied for
average points. In the race Eric Mergenthaler was now the favourite,
but his boom broke halfway up the final beat. This meant that either
Glenn Bourke or Hans Spitzauer could win if they did well enough -
but they didn't and Brian Ledbetter won the race. Monk's protest was
disallowed and the jury penalised him with a DND which dropped him
to 19th overall. This meant that Eric Mergenthaler had finally won
the Finn Gold Cup. |
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| Monk
and Merganthaler |
Gus
Miller leading race 2 |
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38. Gold Cup 1993 |
Bangor, Northern Ireland, July 9-19, 61 entries from 19 countries |
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No one managed to win more than one race, the overall results saw
a different leader after each race and the overall winner Philippe
Presti didn't win a single race. The racing was very close and for
the first time in many years a variety of hulls filled the top positions
(4 different hulls in top 5). In addition, carbon masts were starting
to be used (Loof and Westergaard). After six races Roy Heiner was
leading but with only 6.25 points separating the top 5 places it was
all down to the last race. Heiner went the wrong way and ended up
12th. Spitzauer dropped out with gear failure, so now it was down
to three. At the last mark Presti in the new Devoti hull was 3rd,
Loof 4th and Richard Clarke sailing the new boat from Larry Lemieux
was 5th. Loof passed Presti but needed to pass one more boat to take
the title. But it wasn't to be. Loof finished 3rd, and Presti crossed
the line 4th, less than half a meter ahead of Clarke. Philippe Presti
had won and again Fredrik Loof would have to wait another year.
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| Philippe
Presti |
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39. Gold Cup 1994 |
Parnu, Estonia, August 12-21, 69 entries from 23 countries |
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After being the first Olympic class to sail its World Championships
in Northern Ireland in 1993, the Finns again found an unconventional
place to sail the Gold Cup. Just over 100km away from the site of
the 1980 Olympic regatta in Tallinn, the Finns found beautiful sailing
water with good winds and good racing: one of the best Gold Cups ever
was the unanimous verdict. The weather started wet and windy and ended
with more moderate conditions. No sailor won more than one race and
the racing was tight until the end. Fredrik Loof had twice lost the
Gold Cup on the last day. This time he took the lead after day two,
won race four and then taking each day as it came maintained his points
lead over Hank Lammens. Half way through the last race, Lammens had
the lead with Loof in 10th, enough for Lammens to win his 3rd Gold
Cup. But Jose Maria van de Ploeg went more to one side and took the
lead. Loof fought back to 7th while Lammens slipped to 3rd. It was
enough for Fredrik Loof to win the Gold Cup for the first time.
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|
Final Results Gold Cup 1992 |
Final Results Gold Cup 1993 |
Final Results Gold Cup 1994 |
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| 1. |
Eric
Mergenthaler |
MX
33 |
61.7 |
| 2. |
Glenn
Bourke |
KA
182 |
64.7 |
| 3. |
Hans
Spitzauer |
OE
218 |
65.0 |
| 4. |
Brian
Ledbetter |
US
1080 |
74.0 |
| 5. |
Peter
Aldag |
G
1920 |
82.7 |
| 6. |
Hank
Lammens |
ÊÑ
19 |
83.7 |
| 7. |
Xavier
Rohart |
F
748 |
92.0 |
| 8. |
Bjorn
Westergaard |
D
165 |
102.0 |
| 9. |
Oleg
Khoperski |
IYRU
14 |
104.0 |
| 10. |
Stuart
Childerley |
Ê
503 |
106.0 |
| 11. |
Christoph
Bergmann |
BL
87 |
109.0 |
| 12. |
Stig
Westergaard |
D
155 |
109.7 |
| 13. |
Armando
Ortolano |
GR
1 |
110.0 |
| 14. |
Lasse
Hjortnas |
D
143 |
114.0 |
| 15. |
Jali
Makila |
L212 |
114.7 |
| 16. |
Enrico
Passoni |
I
722 |
131.0 |
| 17. |
Anders
Lundmark |
S
700 |
131.7 |
| 18. |
Fredrik
Loof |
S
684 |
132.0 |
| 19. |
Craig
Monk |
KZ
237 |
135.7 |
| 20. |
Jeremy
Fanstone |
Ê
498 |
140.0 |
| 21. |
Michael
Fellmann |
G
1916 |
144.0 |
| 22. |
Jose
van der Ploeg |
E
105 |
144.0 |
| 23. |
Emanuele
Vaccari |
I
727 |
147.7 |
| 24. |
Alexander
Rinne |
G 31 |
148.0 |
| 25. |
Dirk
Lowe |
G
14 |
149.0 |
| 26. |
Othmar
M v Blumencron |
Z 418 |
152.0 |
| 27. |
Philippe
Presti |
F
762 |
152.0 |
| 28. |
Luca
Devoti |
I
789 |
156.7 |
| 29. |
Bart
Zielhuis |
H
544 |
161.7 |
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| 1. |
Philippe
Presti |
FRA
762 |
28.00 |
| 2. |
Fredrik
Loof |
SWE
7 |
28.75 |
| 3. |
Richard
Clarke |
CAN
11 |
34.00 |
| 4. |
Roy
Heiner |
NED
638 |
34.75 |
| 5. |
Hans
Spitzauer |
AUT
1 |
35.00 |
| 6. |
Hank
Lammens |
CAN
19 |
37.00 |
| 7. |
Jali
Makila |
FIN
1 |
47.75 |
| 8. |
Othmar
M v Blumencron |
SUI 1 |
49.75 |
| 9. |
Stig
Westergaard |
DEN
155 |
58.75 |
| 10. |
Mark
Herrmann |
USA
1026 |
60.00 |
| 11. |
Will
Martin |
USA
1132 |
66.00 |
| 12. |
Anders
Lundmark |
SWE
699 |
70.00 |
| 13. |
Craig
Monk |
NZL
237 |
71.75 |
| 14. |
Xavier
Rohart |
FRA
778 |
101.00 |
| 15. |
Michael
Fellmann |
GER
79 |
102.00 |
| 16. |
David
Shelton |
USA
1109 |
104.00 |
| 17. |
Mark
Lammens |
CAN
9 |
106.00 |
| 18. |
Luca
Devoti |
ITA
789 |
108.75 |
| 19. |
Mauro
Fioretto |
ITA
791 |
116.00 |
| 20. |
Ville
Aalto-Setala |
FIN
2 |
122.00 |
| 21. |
Darrell
Peck |
USA
1081 |
124.00 |
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| 1. |
Fredrik
Loof |
SWE
7 |
21.75 |
| 2. |
Hank
Lammens |
CAN
19 |
24.75 |
| 3. |
Jose
Maria v d Ploeg |
ESP
105 |
28.75 |
| 4. |
Hans
Spitzauer |
AUT
1 |
30.00 |
| 5. |
Richard
Clarke |
CAN
11 |
32.75 |
| 6. |
Craig
Monk |
NZL
237 |
38.75 |
| 7. |
Dirk
Lowe |
GER
14 |
48.00 |
| 8. |
Philippe
Presti |
FRA
762 |
57.75 |
| 9. |
Othmar
Mv Blumencron |
SUI
1 |
65.00 |
| 10. |
Xavier
Rohart |
FRA
778 |
77.75 |
| 11. |
Michael
Maier |
CZE
304 |
88.00 |
| 12. |
Lawrence
Lemieux |
CAN
201 |
93.00 |
| 13. |
Mateusz
Kusznierewicz |
POL
17 |
101.00 |
| 14. |
Dominik
Zycki |
POL
4 |
102.00 |
| 15. |
Sebastien
Godefroid |
BEL
7 |
107.00 |
| 16. |
Darrell
Peck |
USA
1081 |
120.00 |
| 17. |
David
Shelton |
USA
1137 |
131.00 |
| 18. |
Michael
Fellmann |
GER
79 |
133.00 |
| 19. |
Jali
Makila |
FIN
1 |
134.00 |
| 20. |
Philippe
Rogge |
BEL
2 |
134.00 |
| 21. |
Mauro
Fioretto |
ITA
781 |
136.00 |
| 22. |
John
Driscoll |
IRL
1 |
137.00 |
| 23. |
Robert
Eric Oetgen |
USA
1087 |
142.00 |
| 24. |
Will
Martin |
USA
1182 |
143.00 |
| 25. |
Kalle
Akerson |
SWE
700 |
145.00 |
| 26. |
Mark
Lammens |
CAN
9 |
154.00 |
| 27. |
Igor
Tkachuk |
UKR
119 |
159.00 |
| 28. |
Paul
McKenzie |
AUS
165 |
160.00 |
| 29. |
lames
Lyne |
GBR
534 |
164.00 |
| 30. |
Andre
Budzien |
GER
70 |
164.00 |
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