1999 World Championship - Punta Ala, Italy
September 3 - 12, 1999
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 7934 Eric Doyle Tom Olsen SDB 4 3 9 17 4 4 24 2 7876 Ross MacDonald Kai Bjorn EB 10 1 4 dsq 10 1 26 3 7976 Mark Reynolds Magnus Liljedahl SDB 15 17 2 1 33 2 37 4 7954 Vincent Hoesch Florian Fendt CBM 16 6 7 15 1 11 40 5 7959 Alexander Hagen Carsten Witt Glu 26 5 21 3 12 19 60 6 7855 Mats Johansson Leif Möller Vin 21 26 13 11 13 6 64 7 7953 Ian Walker Mark Covell SO 3 16 3 19 35 27 68 8 7879 Pietro D'Ali Fernando Colaninno FdiG 17 19 5 29 3 26 70 9 7937 J. van der PloegRafael van der Ploeg Barc dsq 11 11 8 25 16 71 10 7986 Howard Shiebler Rick Peters LB 5 8 39 dsq 9 12 73 11 7956 Vincent Brun Rodrigo Meirleles SDB 22 15 17 14 29 10 78 12 7875 Torben S. Grael Marcelo Ferreira Gua 1 10 14 dsq 22 32 79 13 7592 Paul Sustronk Dag Nyhof LOC 23 4 20 6 41 30 83 14 7840 Silvio Santoni Giuseppe Devoti NG 13 24 49 44 6 3 90 15 7936 J.A. MacCauslandGeorge Iverson CR 40 7 23 2 19 44 91 16 7924 Benny Andersen Mogens Just DF 32 47 8 10 2 40 92 17 7988 Peter Bromby Lee White Bermuda 37 2 24 30 18 23 97 18 7828 Colin Beashel David Giles SY dsq 46 29 4 14 13 106 19 7885 Ric. Simoneschi Marco Marenco FdiG 44 29 19 7 7 dnf 106 20 7801 Hubert RaudaschlChris Nehammer SMA 2 58 22 5 32 46 107 21 7488 Roberto BenamatiLuca Maffezzoli Gar dsq 23 10 41 15 20 109 22 7849 Frank Butzman Jens Peters BF 20 30 31 38 23 7 111 23 7979 Larry Whipple Barry van Leeuwen PS 48 36 12 20 8 35 111 24 7971 Marc Pickel Thomas Auracher Brm 42 42 18 9 47 5 116 25 7958 Rbt. Ferrarese Stefano Pisciottu JO 30 31 15 rdg 38 17 116.25 26 7583 Reinhard SchmidtJochen Wolfram Moh 45 43 35 22 20 8 128 27 7860 Werner Fritz Ulrich Seeberger B 50 37 34 12 26 22 131 28 7926 Mitja Kosmina Evgenij Komianec Slov 62 21 6 37 dsq 9 135 29 7966 Stuart Hudson Chris Gowers SO dsq 18 27 27 17 49 138 30 7560 Daniel StegmeierBeat Stegmeier LUV 11 13 36 57 50 31 141 31 7770 Luis F.L. Simao Andre Lekszycki Cop 29 33 30 18 42 54 152 32 7763 Mark Mansfield David O'Brien Irl 25 34 41 31 24 dnf 155 33 7753 Roeland WentholtJoost Houweling Hol 35 14 76 39 55 21 164 34 7981 Mark Neeleman Jos Schrier Med dsq dnf 1 13 5 18 167 35 7659 Jimmy Lowe Andrew Higgs N dsq 59 40 16 16 41 172 36 7961 Paolo Semeraro Paolo Fulvio Mu 34 20 45 dsq 37 38 174 37 7317 Rob Douze Vincent Geysen Hol 6 63 57 46 40 29 178 38 7675 Per Baagoe Claus Olesen DF 47 49 26 42 75 15 179 39 7908 Thomas Jungblut Gerrit Bartel Glu 24 69 50 28 34 50 186 40 7878 Marco Minghetti Giancario Del Col LdB 61 27 80 35 28 36 187 41 7590 John King Wellington de Barros Cop 39 12 25 dsq 39 78 193 42 7704 Andreas Dellwig Hans-Martin Botz Moh 9 41 32 55 60 dnf 197 43 7955 Marin Lovrovic Marin Lovrovic Sr Cro 54 45 64 dnf 11 25 199 44 7928 Giampiero Poggi Manuele La Porta Rom 31 22 56 34 58 59 201 45 7563 Olle Johansson Lars Edwall Vin 46 25 ret 23 46 62 202 46 7650 Luca Simeone Leone Rocca LdB 49 117 44 26 31 52 202 47 7911 James A. FreemanChris Rogers SL 27 64 60 25 27 64 203 48 7350 John Finch Ruari Duffield LOC 7 35 dnf 56 45 61 204 49 7866 Halvor Schoyin Asmund Tharaldsen OS 43 48 38 45 36 45 207 50 7965 Flavio Marazzi Renato Marazzi Int 8 32 ret dnc 21 24 215 51 7925 Urs Hunkeler Jurg Schneider LUV dsq 38 46 51 66 14 215 52 7977 Terry Neilson Doug Brophy CA dsq 92 37 24 43 37 233 53 7780 Federic StrocchiGianni Torboli NG 14 ocs 55 72 73 33 247 54 7785 Mike Ilgenstein Lutz Boguhn HF dsq 40 63 49 53 43 248 55 7969 Guus Bierman Robert Staartjes Hol 12 87 68 77 48 48 253 56 6890 Brad Anderson Ryan Smith LOC dsq 53 33 65 52 55 258 57 7664 Tom Londrigan JrPat Brewer LS 52 dnf 58 53 63 34 260 58 7687 Vince Locatelli Giuseppe Oggioni Lec 68 44 43 36 97 69 260 59 7797 Hubt Merkelbach Oliver Vitzthun UB 65 51 65 52 30 103 263 60 7473 Mike HollerwegerAdi Luzlbauer Att dnf 84 51 21 56 53 265 61 7891 Jurg Ryffel Cyrille Fuellmann Rap 53 57 52 33 72 70 265 62 7541 Peter van Veen Paul Goelst LO 72 50 16 70 76 66 274 63 7967 Volker Berniken Sebastian Dentle UB 81 82 28 66 62 39 276 64 7595 Carlo Loos Thomas Chromecek CBM dnf 52 71 71 44 42 280 65 7353 Viktor Soloviev Anatoli Michailin Mosc dsq 28 dsq 62 51 28 299 66 7883 Thomas Meseck Dario Tizianel Zug 33 121 47 86 69 68 303 67 7985 Barton Beek Chuck Beek NH 80 39 53 dsq 90 47 309 68 7312 Jason Krook Verus Thelander AR 55 56 62 94 57 79 309 69 7863 Klaus Meyer Dirk Meissner Brm 36 61 69 80 94 67 313 70 7319 Jeannot Walder Hans Korevaar ZU 56 90 67 40 96 71 324 71 7701 R. Klostermann Felix Spiegel LUV 18 105 48 91 82 93 332 72 7484 Vince Graciotti Igor Kaptourovitch CON 73 118 54 32 64 111 334 73 7665 Josef Pieper Sored Dretzko SM 57 93 96 54 61 75 340 74 7752 Chris Gautschi Kurt Freuis Bod 63 83 61 60 74 88 341 75 7338 Marko Dahlberg Ville Kurki Fin dsq 68 42 dnf 49 56 345 76 7754 Armand BattagliaAlberto Bergamo FdM 38 115 rdg 50 106 85 348.75 77 7872 E. Cepurnieks Alexander Muzicenko Lit 58 60 89 63 81 105 351 78 7238 Marco Testa Chad Thomas LdB dsq 76 70 61 70 81 358 79 7820 Josef Urban Niki Schreiber TR 85 70 59 dsq 54 98 366 80 7859 Regi Schlubach John Schlubach HF 86 103 82 58 83 57 366 81 7945 Nicolas Loday Alain Pilorge Fd'AN dsq 54 dsq 43 59 82 368 82 7893 C. Cristaldini Alessandro Benetti SI 71 66 100 64 85 94 380 83 7888 Jochen Schwarz Jean Fr. Fino MO 67 80 78 75 89 dnf 389 84 7519 Dietmar GfreinerMattias Poell Att 82 79 86 97 93 51 391 85 7944 Andrea Folli Paolo Busolo Man dsq 65 dsq 48 65 84 392 86 7461 Luciano FafangelLjubo Koler Slov 66 ocs 77 74 111 65 393 87 7975 Al Pascolato Ronald Seifert GuB dsq 75 dsq 47 rdg 63 393.75 88 7949 Alberto Scapolo Tarcisio Busseni Seb 76 94 66 82 91 80 395 89 7912 Martin Ingold Lukas Baer O dsq 100 83 68 71 74 396 90 7682 Jan Loens Michael Hettinger VE 74 71 94 92 88 72 397 91 7903 Phil Battaglia David Lajoux MO 41 67 92 dsq 105 97 402 92 7798 Sergej Kramskoj Konstantin Karpenok RUS dsq 88 79 69 107 60 403 93 7769 Hans Hamel Per Nilsson Utt 60 77 102 67 101 dnc 407 94 7857 Alfred Weber Harry Hoeferer AU dsq 74 rdg 79 109 73 418.75 95 7513 Uwe Hannemann Jochen Borbet Ess 83 102 90 83 78 87 421 96 7812 Brend Stoll Christian Conrads Teg 51 81 72 89 dnc dnc 423 97 7723 Heinz Maurer Hans-Jurgen Saner TB 59 123 84 85 95 100 423 98 7877 Alberto Ariatta Fabio Poles NG 70 101 93 84 100 76 423 99 7856 Ben Staartjes Ko van den Berg LO 69 86 91 dsq 92 86 424 100 7845 Marco Savelli Enrico Vitiello Cap 28 72 ret dsq 68 dnc 428 101 7775 Donald McLean John Gleed CAY dsq 106 73 81 77 108 445 102 7280 Andrea Serpieri Ivano Petoletti FdAL 79 104 dsq 87 84 91 445 103 7984 Carlo Falcone Shannon Falcone Antigua dnf 73 101 78 98 96 446 104 7917 Dierk Thomsen Markus Mehlen KF 64 107 ret 99 80 104 454 105 7923 Renato Irrera Alessandro Caldarella Pal dsq 110 75 59 103 110 457 106 7942 Kim Fletcher Scott Zimmer SDB 84 122 88 dsq 79 89 462 107 7972 Peter Vessella Mike Dorgan WSFB 19 55 dnc dnc dnc dnc 464 108 7680 Anton Tamburini Renzo Ricci Mu dsq 111 dnf 98 67 58 464 109 7691 Roland Amiel Francois Giraud VF 90 109 74 95 112 99 467 110 7584 Stefan Vogt Marcus Adae CBM dsq 85 99 76 86 dnc 476 111 7419 Florian v. LindeMachael Ziller ZuW 87 98 97 96 104 102 480 112 7301 Francis Merceir Michel Dreyfus FdeSA 89 124 103 93 87 112 484 113 7493 Gian Lucca Dati Gian Luca Poli PDV 77 114 95 dsq 110 92 488 114 7807 Mario Caprile Alfredo Buqeras Sanchez Lar 91 96 106 88 113 107 488 115 7796 Stefano Fusco Livio Giacummo LdB 88 62 105 dsq dnf 106 491 116 7602 Tom Londrigan Eric Beckwith LS dsq 120 81 73 116 101 491 117 7900 Peter Burkhardt Karl Johann Schmid Bod 75 112 110 100 114 dnc 511 118 7833 Claude Bonanni Arthur Anosov TaB dsq 113 87 90 118 113 521 119 7950 Chr. ScheineckerGerd Habermuller Att dnf 9 dsq dnf dnc dnc 529 120 7714 Harry W. Walker Massimo Canali BisB 78 116 108 dsq 119 109 530 121 7575 Hubert Rauch Michael Franke And dnf 89 dnc dsq 108 77 534 122 7075 Klaus Kappes Horst Seitz UB 92 dns 85 dsq 102 dnf 539 123 7805 B. Vang MathisenYann Maillet G dnf 108 107 dnf 99 95 539 124 7761 Rbt. NiemczewskiMichael Umlauft BF dsq 97 104 dsq dnf 90 551 125 7789 Franco Dazzi Muzio Scacciati Viar dsq 95 ret dsq 117 83 555 126 7227 Guido Sodano Mauro Portoni IS dsq 78 98 dsq 120 dnc 556 127 7379 Aurelio Quarti Alberto Dalvit LdC dsq 99 109 dnd 115 114 567 128 7871 Thomas Hopf Florian Wahl ZuW dsq 91 dsq dnc dnc dnc 611 129 7708 Thomas Kroth Dagmar Puck Sta dsq 119 dnc dnc dnc dnf 639
Regatta Report
ERIC DOYLE AND TOM OLSEN WIN THE 1999 STAR WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP
by Tom Londrigan, Jr., 4th District Secretary
Punta Ala, Italy - The 1999 World’s Championship was held from September 3 to September 12 in Punta Ala, Italy which is on the West Coast of Italy in Tuscany approximately 200 miles north of Rome. The marina and surrounding countryside is breathtaking. The racing area was immediately outside the breakwater between the mainland and the Island of Elba. Access to the racing area was more convenient than any other previous World’s Championship. A sea breeze developed from the Northwest almost everyday and came in strong enough to create surfing conditions on the reaches and runs. The sun was almost always shining with temperatures in the mid-seventies. One hundred and twenty-nine boats sailed the regatta; the largest keelboat World’s Championship ever.
After the fourth start, race one was underway and over twenty boats were disqualified under the "black flag" rule, including the defending champion Colin Beashel and past champion Ross Macdonald. In about 12 knots of wind, Torben Grael / Marcelo Ferreira tacked immediately to port at the committee boat and rounded the weather mark in first. Grael trains for the America's Cup in these waters and knew that the sea breeze had not stabilized and that a shift to the right was imminent. Grael won the race with Hubert Raudaschl / Christian Nehammer finishing second and Ian Walker / Mark Covell third. As you can imagine, 129 boats created for difficult mark roundings. One boat was reported to have lodged his boom behind the upper shrouds but in front of the mast of a boat to leeward; his sail was destroyed.
Race two was sailed without the sea breeze but under the influence of a much lighter breeze from the West. However, crews were still hiking. Mark Reynolds / Magnus Liljedahl took a quick lead with a start at the "pin-end" of the starting line. The starting line consisted of three fifty-foot sailboats with large yellow flags hoisted to the top of the masts. Remarkably the starts went very well due to excellent race committee work and we enjoyed several races without recalls or black flags. Ross Macdonald / Kai Bjorn took over the lead on the leeward leg and held on to win. Peter Bromby / Lee White earned second, and Eric Doyle / Torn Olsen won third place.
Race three began with sunny skies, but a low front was on the horizon. The wind was approximately 140 degrees. The RC started the sequence and my crew commented, "Don't worry this is not going to be the start of the race because the "black flag" is not flying." Of course his comment guaranteed that we would get a race started on the first try. The wind was approximately 18 knots and building. However, the boats on the pin end were all crossing the boats to the right due to a slight post-start wind shift.
All 129 boats converged on the weather mark within 2 minutes of each other. The layline was six layers deep and we foolishly chose the first layer under Mansfield of Ireland. We never made the weather mark and the disturbance from the boats to weather was so great we couldn't keep the jib filled. We decide to jibe and look for another hole. Meanwhile approximately 20 more boats rounded the mark. In the middle of our jibe I noticed a man floating in the water 10 yards to leeward of the mark. We circled around him and I reached out my hand but to no avail. We were just moving too fast. Throughout this chaos, he appeared very calm and wasn't struggling. He raised his hand and said in what I thought was German, "gooten morning,"
It was a surreal experience to say the least. I assumed he was picked up by one of the many crash boats or competitors. Later on shore, I talked to him and he was not German but Italian, and he said "gommone." "Gommone" sounds just like good morning but means "rubber boat" in Italian. He was just letting me know that a rubber boat was on its way to pick him up. His "dismount" from the boat was recorded on videotape. Mark Neeleman / Jos Schrier of the Netherlands won the race with Mark Reynolds / Magnus Liljedahl in second. Ian Walker / Mark Covell of Great Britain were third.
Day four was another long day with plenty of wind. We sailed with a NE wind until 4:00 p.m. before we started the race in a strong NW sea breeze. The first start was a general recall and the second start went off cleanly except for some early starters on the pin end of the line. We had a front row seat for the bumper boats at the pin. Grael and Macdonald, two of the regatta leaders, were disqualified for starting early. At the first mark, John MacCausland was in the lead with Mark Reynolds closely behind. Due to the wind conditions we sailed another Olympic course. Race four was won by Mark Reynolds / Magnus Liljedahl, with John MacCausland / George Iverson second and Alexander Hagen / Carsten Witt in third.
During the week of racing, there were several tense situations. On Tuesday, a team was disqualified three times by the race committee. They skipped the offset mark once and, at the finish, ran straight into the race committee boat and broke their mast. On Wednesday night we watched a video set to music that recapped the first 4 days. Cameras were placed on a couple boats and crews' heads before the race and there was some beautiful helicopter footage. The video will be available for purchase in October.
Race five was delayed on shore while we all waited for the sea breeze to fill. We started on the first start and in strong wind and surfing conditions. Grael went right again, with many boats following his lead— but this time his local knowledge was a bust. The wind-shifted 20 degrees to the left and only came back after the boats on the right were well pass the layline. Again, we sailed an Olympic course. The second beat oscillated and Hoesch / Fendt of Germany, Anderson / Just of Denmark, D'Ali / Colaninno of Italy, and Doyle / Olsen were in the lead. The wind decreased on the last leg and that is how the top four finished.
As it stood going into the final race it was Eric Doyle's regatta to win. Macdonald was five points away and Hoesch was nine points away, Reynolds was fifteen points away and would have to finish at least 2nd with Doyle dropping to over 17th. He would also have to soundly beat Hoesch and Macdonald. We all expected a three-way battle on the last day.
The last race was sailed in hiking conditions but the wind was from the NE, or from the shore, and surfing conditions were not an issue. It was an oscillating breeze with more dramatic velocity changes. The last race was again off on the first start. Beashel and Doyle tacked to port quickly and worked the right side and looked to round the first mark in the lead. However, a shift to the left at the end of the leg paid off for about ten boats on the left including Macdonald and Reynolds. Macdonald held the lead for the remainder of the race; he did everything he needed to have a chance to win. Mark Reynolds finished second, he did everything he needed to have a chance to win. Two amazing feats considering the competition, the number of boats, and the unpredictable wind conditions of the last race.
Hoesch was in the top 15 and had an outside chance to catch Macdonald. Doyle had to finish worse than 17th for Reynolds to win. At the first mark 17th place was within spitting distance of Doyle / Olsen. Macdonald only needed to beat Doyle by five points to win and fifth place was a long way ahead. It was to be Doyle's day though. Eric Doyle and Tom Olsen clawed their way back into the race. Heading towards the finish, three boats on the starboard layline appeared to have a chance to cross Doyle, but Eric tacked to leeward and crossed the line ahead of them in fourth place. They won the regatta by two points.
All World’s Championships should finish with such drama. Macdonald / Bjorn were second overall, Reynolds / Liljedahl third, Hoesch / Fendt fourth, Hagen / Witt fifth, Johansson / Moeller sixth, and Walker / Covell finished seventh overall to secure Great Britain's entry to the Olympics.
This was a fun, well-organized World’s Championship with many accolades going to Charley Cook and the Race Committee. They did an excellent job despite the large number of boats and difficult wind conditions. The Italian people were very warm and welcoming, and think everyone will agree this Championship was a huge success.
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