| 22. Finn World
Week 1977 |
Palamos,
Spain, October 6-17, 129 entries from 26 countries
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Because the Spanish Government refused to accept the participation of one competitor from South Africa, the IFA withdrew the Gold Cup from competition in 1977 and renamed the event as Finn World Week.
The
week was distinguished by feeble breezes and only five of the total
of seven planned races could be sailed. 21 year old Joaquin Blanco
won two races, was always among the top 10 and finished with 23.3
points ahead of another Spaniard Jose Doreste. |
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|
They both used older
Roga boats. The leading sails in these, days were Musto and North.
A few Boyce Spars were still among the predominant Needlespars. |
| The
fleet in 1977 |
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23. Gold Cup 1978 |
Manzanillo,
Mexico, November 16-26, 69 entries from 14 countries
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There were light to medium winds in the most beautiful setting for a Gold
Cup up to now. Most of the sailors had problems coping with the heat in
November. Generally the wind was shifty and there was no pattern to follow,
so nobody knew what to do. There were also strong currents appearing and
disappearing. Consequently, many sailors had erratic results. A few old
faces met a large number of young new ones. John Bertrand, up to then an
unknown US newcomer from the Laser class, was not granted the chance to
beat the well known John Bertrand from Australia but only the rest of the top
skippers.
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In the fourth race there were 5 General Recalls. Therefore
the race committee invoked a one-minute rule with a DSQ, but did not
notify the boats which were thrown out. 24 boats were disqualified,
including Blanco and Law, who in subsequent starts pushed other boats
over the line. After the race Law protested the entire race, which
would have given him the Cup. The appeal went to the IYRU but was
finally refused. For the first time 9 of the top 10 boats were Vanguards. |
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| Touching
in 1978 |
John
Bertrand (US)
winner 1978 |
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24. Gold Cup 1979 |
Weymouth,
England, September 5-15, 135 entries from 27 nations
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After the disaster of Whitstable in 1964 the British had finally recovered
from their shock and asked to organise the Gold Cup again. In contrast
to the reputation of Weymouth the wind was light and shifty the entire
week. The current was frequently the strongest factor for sailing.
In the first race it separated three boats at the leeward mark who
had just managed to round, when the entire fleet started to drift
back to the windward mark. In the second race the current going against
the wind collected about 100 boats at the gybe mark packed together
like logs. Whoever tried to sail outside, around the pack, had no
wind behind the pack and drifted without hope, right into the other
boats. This Gold Cup was dominated by a gang of new US ex Laser sailors.
John Bertrand, the 1978 winner, lost the Cup in the third race, when
he did not make it passed Lester on port tack. John Bertrand, who
had dominated the North American and European races of that year previously,
was leading overall up to the last beat of the last race, but finally
had to relinquish the Gold Cup to his team mate 21 year old Cameron
Lewis.
|
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| Start
line in 1979 |
|
Final Results World Week 1977 |
Final Results Gold Cup 1978 |
Final Results Gold Cup 1979 |
| 1.
Joaquin Blanco |
El |
19.7 |
| 2.
Jose Luis Doreste |
E
109 |
43.0 |
| 3.
Claudio Biekarck |
BL
89 |
43.0 |
| 4.
Andrei Balashov |
SR
2 |
47.0 |
| 5.
Lennart Heselius |
S
589 |
52.4 |
| 6.
Kent Carlsson |
S
677 |
69.0 |
| 7.
Magnus Olin |
S
644 |
61.0 |
| 8.
Tomasz Rumszewicz |
PZ
379 |
62.0 |
| 9.
Mauro Pelaschier |
I
509 |
69.0 |
| 10.
David Howlett |
К
341 |
69.0 |
| 11.
Guy Liljegren |
S
665 |
69.7 |
| 12.
David Buemi |
US
965 |
71.7 |
| 13.
Paul Higgins |
КС
156 |
80.0 |
| 14.
Hans Werner Zachariassen |
G
1559 |
80.0 |
| 15.
Chris Boumans |
В
1 |
81.0 |
| 16.
Christopher Law |
К
321 |
86.0 |
| 17.
Paul Rudling |
KZ
186 |
95.0 |
| 18.
August Miller |
US
975 |
105.0 |
| 19.
Werner Sulberg |
G
1511 |
110.0 |
| 20.
Peter Vollebregt |
H
535 |
112.0 |
| 21.
Graham Deegan |
KZ
185 |
112.7 |
| 22.
Jean Grandchamp |
F
730 |
117.7 |
| 23.
Zakhorow |
SR
3 |
119.0 |
| 24.
Kiepa |
SR
8 |
127.0 |
| 25.
Anthony Hermann |
US
989 |
127.7 |
| 26.
Douglas |
KZ
35 |
133.0 |
| 27.
Minski Fabris |
Y
53 |
134.7 |
| 28.
Ryszard Skarbinski |
PZ
28 |
134.7 |
| 29.
Derek Breitenstein |
L
96 |
146.0 |
| 30.
A. Lochbrunner |
G
1478 |
148.0 |
| 31.
Marteau |
F
702 |
149.0 |
| 32.
A. Hellbrugge |
G
1513 |
150.0 |
| 33.
Theodis |
GR
69 |
155.0 |
| 34.
Elias Hatzipavlis |
GR
180 |
164.0 |
| 35.
Hanbrook |
В
11 |
167.0 |
| 36.
Gerd Hubner |
G
1562 |
167.0 |
| 37.
Martensson |
S
655 |
167.0 |
| 38.
Delfs |
S
633 |
171.0 |
|
| 1.
John Bertrand |
US
1007 |
46.7 |
| 2.
Joaquin Blanco |
El |
59.7 |
| 3.
Carl Buchan |
US
1015 |
61.0 |
| 4.
Loui Nady |
US
150 |
64.7 |
| 5.
Lawrence Lemieux |
КС
201 |
75.0 |
| 6.
Buzz Reynolds |
КС
996 |
80.7 |
| 7.
August Miller |
US
975 |
84.0 |
| 8.
Ed Bennett |
US
3 |
84.0 |
| 9.
Minski Fabris |
Y
53 |
89.0 |
| 10.
Cam Lewis |
US
971 |
90.0 |
| 11.
Chris Law |
K321 |
91.0 |
| 12.
Rick Hewitt |
КС
179 |
92.0 |
| 13.
Peter Higgins |
КС
156 |
96.7 |
| 14.
Jere White |
US
999 |
98.0 |
| 15.
Jesus Turro |
E
77 |
107.7 |
| 16.
Sanford Riley |
КС
143 |
112.0 |
| 17.
Jim Santroch |
US
111 |
117.0 |
| 18.
Kent Carlsson |
S
677 |
122.4 |
| 19.
Ed Baird |
US
419 |
125.0 |
| 20.
Brian Todd |
КС
164 |
126.7 |
| 21.
Craig Healy |
US
422 |
127.0 |
| 22.
Tony Herrmann |
US
989 |
141.0 |
| 23.
Randy McLaren |
US
1013 |
141.0 |
|
| 1.
Cameron Lewis |
US
1027 |
38.0 |
| 2.
John Bertrand |
US
1037 |
41.0 |
| 3.
Mark Neeleman |
H
555 |
51.0 |
| 4.
Andrew Menkart |
US
1028 |
57.0 |
| 5.
Stewart Neff |
US
1004 |
66.0 |
| 6.
Carl Buchan |
US
1015 |
78.0 |
| 7.
Wolfgang Gerz |
G
1573 |
82.0 |
| 8.
Joaquin Blanco |
El |
85.0 |
| 9.
Thomas Jungblut |
G
1 |
88.0 |
| 10.
Alex Smigelski |
US
1002 |
92.0 |
| 11.
Michael Nissen |
G
1706 |
95.0 |
| 12.
Serge Khoretski |
SR
23 |
110.0 |
| 13.
Minski Fabris |
Y
53 |
122.0 |
| 14.
Juan Magli |
GU
1 |
127.0 |
| 15.
Miroslav Rychcik |
PZ
75 |
127.0 |
| 16.
Kent Carlsson |
S
679 |
133.0 |
| 17.
Jorg Vetter |
DDR
12 |
140.0 |
| 18.
Magnus Liljedahl |
S
569 |
140.0 |
| 19.
Larry Lemieux |
КС
201 |
150.0 |
| 20.
Jorgen Lindhardtsen |
D
141 |
150.0 |
| 21.
Paul Rudling |
К
452 |
164.0 |
| 22.
Mike McIntyre |
К
423 |
173.0 |
| 23.
Erik Braathen |
H
111 |
174.0 |
| 24.
Jacques Rogge |
B2 |
176.0 |
| 25.
Geoffrey Davidson |
KA
165 |
182.0 |
| 26.
Guy Liljegren |
S
675 |
183.0 |
| 27.
Claudio Biekarck |
BL
88 |
183.0 |
| 28.
Patrick Spangs |
S
666 |
189.0 |
| 29.
Buzz Reynolds |
US
936 |
195.0 |
| 30.
Otto Pohlmann |
G
1650 |
201.0 |
| 31.
Lue Van Keirsblick |
В
24 |
201.0 |
| 32.
Chris Law |
К
321 |
202.0 |
| 33.
Willy Hambrouck |
В
11 |
207.0 |
| 34.
Rob Woodbury |
КС
190 |
203.0 |
| 35.
Frank Butzmann |
DDR
19 |
203.0 |
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