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7. Gold Cup 1962
Tonsberg, Norway, August 6-11, 133 entries from 16 countries



In 1962 the Finns gathered once again in Sweden for a Gold Cup. 133 actual starters from 16 countries lined up, the biggest fleet up to that time in any yachting event. The Swedish dominated the fleet, winning four of the five races. Arne Akerson had bought the plastic Newport which Fred Miller had brought from the US and sailed to 3rd place in Travemunde in 1961. Arne even used Fred's sail, mast and boom. Measuring that boat the committee had found several kilos of lead built into the bottom and forced Arne to take it out and place it under the deck. For the rest the top positions were dominated by Elvstrom boats. The Finn fleet was shocked by the outstanding performance of the GRP hulls.

Gold Cup Winner 1962
Arne Akerson
Top three in 1962
Andre Nelis, Arne Akerson, Boris Jabobsson
As a result the newly elected president of the IFA Harald Bredo Eriksen of Norway initiated a Technical Committee, which was supposed to work out a new set of rules, controlling wooden boats as well as plastic GRP hulls. The winds at the Gold Cup were strong, the waves tremendous, the committee boat not anchored, the starts a battlefield, but the racing great. The winner was not decided until the last beat of the last race.

8. Gold Cup 1963

Medemblik, Holland, August 12-19, 162 entries from 22 countries


The Gold Cup in 1963 brought another record with 162 boats from 22 nations. The weather was wet and the wind was always very shifty. All the five races suffered from a constant change of speed and direction of the wind. Success was mainly a question of a good start in front of the crowd and an instinct for the next windshift. Many of the old favourites ended up low down in the final results and some new faces appeared in top positions. Hardly anybody managed to sail consistently. The measurement was poor and the newly created Technical Committee was not yet in control of the situation. Twenty year old Willy Kuhweide became the young winner of the Gold Cup. He had acquired a brand new Elvstrom boat just before the event. But generally results were so topsy-turvy, that no general pattern emerged. All sorts of boats, masts, sails and people turned out to he successful.
The fleet in 1963 Andre Nelis
Wim Maarse,
Yves-Louis Pinaud,
Boris Jacobsson,
Bengt Hornevall,
Goran Andersson

9.Gold Cup 1964

Torquay, England, July 18-26, 65 entries from 20 countries


In 1964 the Cup had to be organised again in Great Britain. Because of the transport problems and a new entry system - in response to the problems at the starting line the previous year - only 65 participants entered. For the entire series there was hardly enough wind for gunwhale sitting, let alone leaning out.

Every race suffered from big wind shifts, Sometimes these were so sudden and at such a magnitude that they turned the race into a game of chance. But whenever there was some rhyme and reason to them, there was Austria's 21 year old skipper Hubert Raudaschl in his homemade 1961 wooden boat with his homemade sail to take cool advantage of them. He even had the Cup in his bag before the last race and came out on the last day as a spectator. He had won the first and sixth race, placed sixth, fifth and fourth and finished only once with a two digit result. The measurement under chief measurer Vernon Forster was very strict. A newcomer from Brazil named Jorg Bruder ended up fifth.
Jorg Bruder in his first Gold Cup
in 1964. He would go on to win it three times in 1970,1971 and 1972

Final Results Gold Cup 1962
Final Results Gold Cup 1963
Final Results Gold Cup 1964
1. Arne Akerson S 7415
2. Boris Jacobsson S 6570
3. Andre Nelis в 6555
4. Henning Wind D 6142
5. Hans Fogh D 5774
6. Bernt Andersson S 5581
7. Jouki Valli L 5482
8. Richard Creagh-Osborne К 5348
9. Roar Larsen N 5211
10. Harald Bredo Eriksen N 4968
11. A. Chuchelov SR 4731
12. Rudolf Uglestad N 4730
13. J.C. Jammes F 4721
14. Bernhard Reist Z 4535
15. Ulrich Libor G 4306
16. Bjorn Rosen S 4215
17. Gunnar Dahlgaard D 4044
18. Adelchi Pelaschier I 4044
19. Vernon Stratton К 4039
20. H. Willems H 4024
21. Hakan Kellner S 3866
22. Glen Foster US 3853
23. Lennart Lindahl S 3802
24. Ole Petersen D 3738
25. Hubert Raudaschl OE 3669
26. Brian Saffery-Cooper К 3604
27. Igor Moshkvin SR 3588
28. Per Werenskiold N 3548
29. Ulrich Hagan G 3434
30. Chr. Hansen D 3395
31. Mats Larsson S 3372
32. Hans G. Flint G 3359
33. Gunnar Andersson S 3336
34. Lennart Wallin S 3312
35. Bruno Trani I 3257
36. Dieter Mayr G 3207
37. Werner Werenskiold N 3187
38. Uwe Mares G 3121
39. Desmond Stratton К 3074
40. Gerhard Huska OE 3062
41. Robin Webb К 3024
42. Hans Asklund S 2968
43. Gerald Leverland H 2888
44. J.B. de Jong H 2880
45. Arnold van Grunewaldt S 2836
1. Willy Kuhweide G 6387
2. Boris Jacobson S 6211
3. Hans Willems H 5974
4. Bernhard Straubinger G 5699
5. Valentin Mankin SR 5651
6. Ralph Roberts KZ 5434
7. Hubert Raudaschl OE 5297
8. G. Devillard F 5282
9. Per Werenskiold N 5223
10. Uwe Mares G 5186
11. Arnold von Grunewaldt S 5178
12. Per Jordbakke N 5076
13. Hans Fogh D 5069
14. Andre Nelis В 4899
15. G. Andersson S 4869
16. Peter Canham к 4431
17. Richard Creagh-Osborne к 4410
18. Hakan Kellner S 4361
19. M. Kojima J 4349
20. G. Andersson S 4335
21. A. Remien G 4191
22. M. Skalisz PZ 4156
23. Richard Hart К 4071
24. Alexander Chuchelov SR 4023
25. Bernt Andersson S 4019
26. Lennart Lindahl S 3972
27. D. Newell KZ 3908
28. M. Fletcher KA 3684
29. Lennart Wallin S 3630
1. Hubert Raudaschl OE 8275
2. Hakan Kellner S 7296
3. Richard Creagh-Osborne К 6838
4. Peter Canham к 6746
5. Jorg Bruder BL 6574
6. Henning Wind D 5787
7. Alexander Chuchelov SR 5609
8. Mike Astley К 5236
9. Arne Akerson S 5129
10. Valentin Mankin SR 5065
11. Jack Knights К 4989
12. Gilbert Lamboley F 4950
13. Van Gelder H  
14. M. Kojima J  
15. Brain Saffery-Cooper К  
16. Wim Maarse H  
17. Per Jordbakke N  
18. Adelchi Pelaschier I  
19. F. Pampaloni I  
20. S. Golser I  
21. Ricardo Boneo A  
22. T. Yamada J  
 
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