| 40. Gold Cup
1995 |
Melbourne,
Australia, January 9-15, 65 entries from 23 countries |
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The 40th Finn Gold Cup was hosted by Black Rock Yacht Club, an off-the-beach
dinghy club on Port Phillip. With the exception of Denmark and the
Netherlands every Finn country with medal potential had sent its top
sailors. Competition was therefore fierce. After conditions ranged
from no wind to 25 knots during the first six races, the championship
reached its climax with Hans Spitzauer leading defending champion
Fredrik Loof and Philippe Presti just 2 points further back. With
no race possible after 3 pm and no wind at 2:45, everyone was convinced
that there would be no race. But the wind kicked in and the start
gun was fired at 2:59. With the biased line, the boats at the pin
were over and a general recall was fired. So, Hans Spitzauer won the
Gold Cup as they couldn't make another start.
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Spitzauer didn't win
a race but his series score of 7, 2, 2, 2, 8, 4 was consistent enough to
win by the smallest of margins. Fleet depth was also shown once more by
the fact that the top 14 sailors came from 12 different countries. |
41. Gold Cup 1996 |
La Rochelle, France, May 1-10, 71 entries from 27 countries |
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For the first time ever the Finn Gold Cup was combined with the Finn
World Masters to bring together nearly 200 Finns from all over the
world. The winds were generally strong and as usual the Gold Cup was
decided on the last beat of the last race. Initially it looked as
if defending champion Hans Spitzauer was going to have it easy collecting
a 2nd and two wins. Philippe Presti then scored a 1st and a 2nd, closing
the gap. Day 6 saw two windy races both won by Luca Devoti, an achievement
not equalled by any other Finn sailor for many years. Going into the
last race Spitzauer was 0.25 points clear of Presti with Jali Makila,
Karlo Kuret and Fredrik Loof not far behind. Initially it looks as
if the Gold Cup was going to Makila, but a big shift on the second
beat brought Loof and Presti back to the front. Loof finally won the
race with Presti in 5th and Spitzauer in 6th. Philippe Presti had
done enough to win his second Finn Gold Cup.
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42. Gold Cup 1997 |
Gdansk, Poland, July 3-13, 81 entries from 29 countries |
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A good number of Finns turned-out for the post Olympic year Gold Cup
which was held in the rough and often windy Gdansk Bay. As ever, the
racing was close and intense and the depth of the fleet was demonstrated
by the fact that the top 15 sailors came from 15 different countries
and each race had a different winner. After 5 races Xavier Rohart
was in the lead, but then a win by Luca Devoti moved him into the
lead ahead of Fredrik Loof and Rohart. Going into the last race there
were only 3 points separating the top 3 boats. Each could win the
Gold Cup on the last race, but Fredrik Loof made sure of his second
Gold Cup win by winning the last race to beat Luca Devoti by 3 points.
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Final Results Gold Cup 1995 |
Final Results Gold Cup 1996 |
Final Results Gold Cup 1997 |
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| 1. |
Hans
Spitzauer |
AUT
1 |
17.00 |
| 2. |
Fredrik
Loof |
SWE
7 |
17.75 |
| 3. |
Philippe
Presti |
FRA
762 |
19.75 |
| 4. |
Richard
Clarke |
CAN
11 |
28.75 |
| 5. |
Xavier
Rohart |
FRA
778 |
31.75 |
| 6. |
Hank
Lammens |
CAN
19 |
36.00 |
| 7. |
Michael
Fellmann |
GER
79 |
42.00 |
| 8. |
Luca
Devoti |
ITA
789 |
44.00 |
| 9. |
Jose
Maria v d Ploeg |
ESP
105 |
62.75 |
| 10. |
Michael
Maier |
CZE
304 |
64.00 |
| 11. |
Jali
Makila |
FIN
215 |
68.00 |
| 12. |
Dean
Barker |
NZL
247 |
71.00 |
| 13. |
Peter
Theurer |
SUI
2 |
72.00 |
| 14. |
Karlo
Kuret |
CRO
110 |
74.00 |
| 15. |
Leith
Armit |
NZL
241 |
85.00 |
| 16. |
Othmar
Mv Blumencron |
SUI
1 |
86.00 |
| 17. |
Oleg
Khoperski |
RUS
21 |
88.0 |
| 18. |
Paul
McKenzie |
AUS
208 |
99.0 |
| 19. |
Andreas
Buchert |
GER
6 |
100.0 |
| 20. |
Richard
Stenhouse |
GBR
540 |
101.0 |
| 21. |
Larry
Lemieux |
CAN
201 |
103.0 |
| 22. |
Dirk
Lowe |
GER
14 |
105.0 |
| 23. |
Andre
Budzien |
GER
70 |
105.75 |
| 24. |
Emanuele
Vaccari |
ITA
727 |
106.0 |
| 25. |
Philippe
Rogge |
BEL
2 |
108.0 |
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1. |
Philippe
Presti |
FRA 762 |
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2. |
Hans Spitzauer |
AUT 1 |
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3. |
Fredrik
Loof |
SWE 7 |
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4. |
Karlo Kuret |
CRO 11 |
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5. |
Jali Makila |
FIN 215 |
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6. |
Sebastien
Godefroid |
BEL 7 |
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7. |
Roy Heiner |
NED |
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8. |
Yuri Tokovoi |
UKR 21 |
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9. |
Michael
Maier |
CZE 304 |
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10. |
Hank Lammens |
CAN 19 |
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11. |
Oleg Khoperski |
RUS 21 |
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12. |
Xavier Rohart |
FRA 778 |
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13. |
John Driscoll |
IRL 1 |
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14. |
Luca Devoti |
ITA 789 |
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15. |
Richard
Stenhouse |
GBR 540 |
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16. |
Mateusz
Kusznierewicz |
POL 17 |
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17. |
Michael
Fellmann |
GER 79 |
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18. |
Thomas Schmid |
GER |
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19. |
Richard
Clarke |
CAN 11 |
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20. |
Peter Theurer |
SUI 440 |
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21. |
Paul McKenzie |
AUS 208 |
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22. |
Walter Riosa |
ITA 55 |
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23. |
Ian Ainslie |
RSA 1 |
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24. |
Dominik
Zycki |
POL 4 |
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| 1. |
Fredrik
Loof |
SWE
7 |
21 |
| 2. |
Luca
Devoti |
ITA
1 |
24 |
| 3. |
Xavier
Rohart |
FRA
778 |
32 |
| 4. |
Richard
Clarke |
CAN
11 |
45 |
| 5. |
Sebastien
Godefroid |
BEL
7 |
49 |
| 6. |
Hans
Spitzauer |
AUT
1 |
52 |
| 7. |
Yuri
Tokovoi |
UKR
21 |
53 |
| 8. |
Mateusz
Kusznierewicz |
POL
17 |
54 |
| 9. |
Emilios
Papathanasiou |
GRE
6 |
65 |
| 10. |
Michael
Fellmann |
GER
79 |
69 |
| 11. |
Karlo
Kuret |
CRO
11 |
70 |
| 12. |
Ian
Ainslie |
RSA
1 |
70 |
| 13. |
Richard
Stenhouse |
GBR
550 |
72 |
| 14. |
Rafael
Trujillo Villar |
ESP
100 |
75 |
| 15. |
Oleg
Khoperski |
RUS
21 |
77 |
| 16. |
Andreas
Buchert |
GER
6 |
79 |
| 17. |
Michael
Maier |
CZE
304 |
80 |
| 18. |
Iain
Percy |
GBR
540 |
86 |
| 19. |
Ian
Baker |
NZL
242 |
87 |
| 20. |
Dominik
Zycki |
POL
4 |
111 |
| 21. |
Peter
Theurer |
SUI
456 |
120 |
| 22. |
Philippe
Rogge |
BEL
2 |
130 |
| 23. |
Paul
McKenzie |
AUS
208 |
136 |
| 24. |
Dariusz
Migacz |
POL
40 |
148 |
| 25. |
Darrell
Peck |
USA
1144 |
154 |
| 26. |
John
Driscoll |
IRL
1 |
157 |
| 27. |
Walter
Riosa |
ITA
55 |
162 |
| 28. |
Igor
Tkachuk |
UKR
1 |
175 |
| 29. |
Nenad
Viali |
CRO
14 |
183 |
| 30. |
Michael
Apoukhtin |
RUS
14 |
183 |
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